I am procrastinating once again....should be studying..but my mind is on these gorgeous hanging paper lanterns, how amazing would they look hanging from trees...or from a marquee ceiling?
Photos from Nicola Inglis Photography, Style Me Pretty.
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Wedding Inspirations
Hello!
Well we are well and truly back from our wordly travels, and right now stuck in the reality of work and study!!! So in great study (and blog purpose) diversion our blog will transform into my wedding inspiration site!!
We are planning our wedding for Sept next year in Arrowtown - spring with a hint of snow! Due to big scary exams we are just half way through a 2 year engagment...so much time to gather amazing ideas and plans!!!! (and as Neal might arge too much time to change ones mind and accumulate wedding magazines!).
Since we got engaged last year, I have loved following some of the most amazing wedding blogs (see below), and gradually our theme has evolved. In my head I have a wedding full of laughter, love and most of all personality. Overall we are heading in an elegant spring vintage direction(!), bringing the outside inside and trying to incorporate things that define us as a couple. One of my fabulous bridesmaids commented she expected our wedding to be full of little quirks - hopefully se is right!!!
My favs:
http://magnoliarouge.blogspot.com/ - fantastic NZ site, gorgeous!!
http://stylemepretty.com/ - so many clever ideas
http://www.oncewed.com/ - vintage inspirations
http://www.etsy.com/
http://flowerroomqueenstown.blogspot.com/
Well we are well and truly back from our wordly travels, and right now stuck in the reality of work and study!!! So in great study (and blog purpose) diversion our blog will transform into my wedding inspiration site!!
We are planning our wedding for Sept next year in Arrowtown - spring with a hint of snow! Due to big scary exams we are just half way through a 2 year engagment...so much time to gather amazing ideas and plans!!!! (and as Neal might arge too much time to change ones mind and accumulate wedding magazines!).
Since we got engaged last year, I have loved following some of the most amazing wedding blogs (see below), and gradually our theme has evolved. In my head I have a wedding full of laughter, love and most of all personality. Overall we are heading in an elegant spring vintage direction(!), bringing the outside inside and trying to incorporate things that define us as a couple. One of my fabulous bridesmaids commented she expected our wedding to be full of little quirks - hopefully se is right!!!
My favs:
http://magnoliarouge.blogspot.com/ - fantastic NZ site, gorgeous!!
http://stylemepretty.com/ - so many clever ideas
http://www.oncewed.com/ - vintage inspirations
http://www.etsy.com/
http://flowerroomqueenstown.blogspot.com/
Friday 3 August 2007
Tapas, Kites and Churches!
Hola and Ola!
Gosh it has been a long time since I have sat down to tell our tales...hmmm I will try to be succinct!
Well we have been off doing crazy driving and adventures since we left Ireland in the rain on June 21st! We were a little worried after a wet start - we missed our first ferry and then I managed to flood an entire cabin level on the next boat!! Good thing we had our togs out as from then on the weather only got hotter, clouds in the sky have been a miracle. I will pop the highlights of each place below.
France: 1st stop Mont St Michel, an absolute must do in Northern France, beautiful cathedral and monastery on a rocky island. Hours of night photos for Neal! Then lots of driving to Bordeaux - beautiful and sophicticated city with fab world food and drink festival ( even Aussie Fosters!). Popped into St Emilion near Bordeaux city and got happily lost in the narrow medieval lanes.
Andorra: CRAZY!!!!! Shop after shop in the mountains!!! Wicked drive there though the Pyrenees.
Spain:
Valencia. WOW!!! What an amazing week. We spent a great week with Dad and Moira (and every NZer living in London!) for the Americas Cup, well we are still gutted but it was a hell of a time! Sunshine, drinking and cheering from early till late! We met so many new friends, as well as ones we hadn't seen since school! Valencia itself was also a cool walled city with fab buildings and cafes, not to mention the best Tapas EVER! It was so much fun to spend the week with the parentals, and we were sad to say Adios as they headed back to France and us down south.
East Coast - Andalucia. We gapped it down from mental Valencia to the calm oasis of Altea, a beach town on the coast with steep winding streets to discover. Thank goodness we didnt stay long at the next beach Bendidorm - you couldnt even find a spot amongst the UK tourists and high rises! We sampled a golf course in Alicante and then headed down to Capo de Gato and Almeria in Sth Spain. The cape was wild and windy, with vertical drops and pristine beaches if you could only keep your towel down!
As a contrast we headed inland to Granada - one of my favourites so far. The Alhambra Palace - old Moorish fortress with amazing arabic architecture and mosaics - was awe inspiring. The old historical city was chocka with old souk/market streets, cathedrals and views well worth the climbs. From there we went to Cordoba, and hit 45 degrees! We happily escaped to the cool of the Mesquita, the original mosque now with a cathedral inside. It ahs to be one of the most impressive buidings I have ever seen with red and white arches as far as you could see! Then to Seville for golden cathedrals and Palaces, again so much to see and discover! Luckily we had a pool!
For a change of scenery it was down to Tarifa - a windy surf and kite surf town. More like home! We did a day trip to Gibraltar - a piece of England monkeys and on the bottom bit ot Spain.
Portugal:
We spent close to 2 weeks hanging out and becoming locals in the Algarve! The best of the week was learning to kite surf with some absolutely wicked instructors, Sofia, Ricardo and Maverick (Juan). We spent 5 days flying kites -and ourselves.....we can now get up an ride ....next step will be jumping....we are totally HOOKED!! To the Sofia and Ricardo - thank you for the most amazing time, and for taking us to eat baby pig!!! (www.southadventures.pt). Loads of other beaches and towns to discover, so nice to hang in the water!
Phew nearly ther... UP the coast to Milfontes then Lisbon - yummmy custard tarts, fado in Barrio Alto, Monastery in Belem. The only thing was we got a bit hassled in Lisbon, keep clear of dark streets! As a change Sintra was full of Palaces and Gardens righ tour of a fairytale, LOVED it! And lastly to Porto to cruise the old town and taste the gorgeous port at Taylors!
Now we are back in Spain, and heaing across the North then down to Madrid, Barcelona then warp speeding to Italy to meet Neals parentals....sorry guys in advance for the lack of air conditioning!!!!!!!!!!!!
Must finish, you probably only read the first bit!!!! Hope all is well.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Liessse and Neal
Gosh it has been a long time since I have sat down to tell our tales...hmmm I will try to be succinct!
Well we have been off doing crazy driving and adventures since we left Ireland in the rain on June 21st! We were a little worried after a wet start - we missed our first ferry and then I managed to flood an entire cabin level on the next boat!! Good thing we had our togs out as from then on the weather only got hotter, clouds in the sky have been a miracle. I will pop the highlights of each place below.
France: 1st stop Mont St Michel, an absolute must do in Northern France, beautiful cathedral and monastery on a rocky island. Hours of night photos for Neal! Then lots of driving to Bordeaux - beautiful and sophicticated city with fab world food and drink festival ( even Aussie Fosters!). Popped into St Emilion near Bordeaux city and got happily lost in the narrow medieval lanes.
Andorra: CRAZY!!!!! Shop after shop in the mountains!!! Wicked drive there though the Pyrenees.
Spain:
Valencia. WOW!!! What an amazing week. We spent a great week with Dad and Moira (and every NZer living in London!) for the Americas Cup, well we are still gutted but it was a hell of a time! Sunshine, drinking and cheering from early till late! We met so many new friends, as well as ones we hadn't seen since school! Valencia itself was also a cool walled city with fab buildings and cafes, not to mention the best Tapas EVER! It was so much fun to spend the week with the parentals, and we were sad to say Adios as they headed back to France and us down south.
East Coast - Andalucia. We gapped it down from mental Valencia to the calm oasis of Altea, a beach town on the coast with steep winding streets to discover. Thank goodness we didnt stay long at the next beach Bendidorm - you couldnt even find a spot amongst the UK tourists and high rises! We sampled a golf course in Alicante and then headed down to Capo de Gato and Almeria in Sth Spain. The cape was wild and windy, with vertical drops and pristine beaches if you could only keep your towel down!
As a contrast we headed inland to Granada - one of my favourites so far. The Alhambra Palace - old Moorish fortress with amazing arabic architecture and mosaics - was awe inspiring. The old historical city was chocka with old souk/market streets, cathedrals and views well worth the climbs. From there we went to Cordoba, and hit 45 degrees! We happily escaped to the cool of the Mesquita, the original mosque now with a cathedral inside. It ahs to be one of the most impressive buidings I have ever seen with red and white arches as far as you could see! Then to Seville for golden cathedrals and Palaces, again so much to see and discover! Luckily we had a pool!
For a change of scenery it was down to Tarifa - a windy surf and kite surf town. More like home! We did a day trip to Gibraltar - a piece of England monkeys and on the bottom bit ot Spain.
Portugal:
We spent close to 2 weeks hanging out and becoming locals in the Algarve! The best of the week was learning to kite surf with some absolutely wicked instructors, Sofia, Ricardo and Maverick (Juan). We spent 5 days flying kites -and ourselves.....we can now get up an ride ....next step will be jumping....we are totally HOOKED!! To the Sofia and Ricardo - thank you for the most amazing time, and for taking us to eat baby pig!!! (www.southadventures.pt). Loads of other beaches and towns to discover, so nice to hang in the water!
Phew nearly ther... UP the coast to Milfontes then Lisbon - yummmy custard tarts, fado in Barrio Alto, Monastery in Belem. The only thing was we got a bit hassled in Lisbon, keep clear of dark streets! As a change Sintra was full of Palaces and Gardens righ tour of a fairytale, LOVED it! And lastly to Porto to cruise the old town and taste the gorgeous port at Taylors!
Now we are back in Spain, and heaing across the North then down to Madrid, Barcelona then warp speeding to Italy to meet Neals parentals....sorry guys in advance for the lack of air conditioning!!!!!!!!!!!!
Must finish, you probably only read the first bit!!!! Hope all is well.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Liessse and Neal
Friday 1 June 2007
June!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Team!
Gosh how time has flown since the last update - and no we have not been blown off the windy cliffs or found ourselves lost forever in the Amsterdam canals!! Much more mundane things like working, packing, learning to play golf (bloomin game) and getting stuck into the gym!
Since April we had a ball in Amsterdam with John and Kaetlyn. It is a great city, excellent food, bars, beautiful canals and how can one forget the red light district!! Neal and Johns eyes nearly popped out of their heads!! It was cool to catch up with J+K and sad as we will not see them until we are back in NZ.
Speaking of which we are both getting very sad about leaving, we have really settled into Cork and made some good friends - and who can forget the ease in which you can travel from here - "Oh I'm just popping over to London for the weekend!". In fact I can hardly wait to get stuck into the travel. Would love to work in Canada one day - only for the skiing of course!
What else - we spent a FANTASTIC weekend in Adare, Limerick for the Irish Golf Open - Neal was working there with Rolex. Beautiful course and manor, mingling with the pros and drinking FAR to much in the hospitality tent!
This weekend is a long weekend so we are off to Clonmel for a friends 21st - and then maybe up to Northern Ireland or find some adventures like horse riding or mountain biking! I am on call tonight for paediatrics so will be good to have a weekend to enjoy!
Hope all is well and the snow starts falling for those below the equator!
Slan
Gosh how time has flown since the last update - and no we have not been blown off the windy cliffs or found ourselves lost forever in the Amsterdam canals!! Much more mundane things like working, packing, learning to play golf (bloomin game) and getting stuck into the gym!
Since April we had a ball in Amsterdam with John and Kaetlyn. It is a great city, excellent food, bars, beautiful canals and how can one forget the red light district!! Neal and Johns eyes nearly popped out of their heads!! It was cool to catch up with J+K and sad as we will not see them until we are back in NZ.
Speaking of which we are both getting very sad about leaving, we have really settled into Cork and made some good friends - and who can forget the ease in which you can travel from here - "Oh I'm just popping over to London for the weekend!". In fact I can hardly wait to get stuck into the travel. Would love to work in Canada one day - only for the skiing of course!
What else - we spent a FANTASTIC weekend in Adare, Limerick for the Irish Golf Open - Neal was working there with Rolex. Beautiful course and manor, mingling with the pros and drinking FAR to much in the hospitality tent!
This weekend is a long weekend so we are off to Clonmel for a friends 21st - and then maybe up to Northern Ireland or find some adventures like horse riding or mountain biking! I am on call tonight for paediatrics so will be good to have a weekend to enjoy!
Hope all is well and the snow starts falling for those below the equator!
Slan
Saturday 28 April 2007
Doctor?!
I just thought these were quite cool piccies from a day out to Kinsale last week with our friend Haldane "Mr Paparazzi!!)
Oh yeah - dont forget to have a look at all our photos, the link is on your right!
Manchester United!!!!!
Glory, Glory Man United!!
We are just back from a few days in Manchester and Liverpool. Neal had last minute tickets to the semi finals of the Champions League football - to watch Manchester United play AC Milan!
Chancing my luck I also got the days off , and scored a ticket in the boxes!!
WOW!! It was just so awesome!! Old Trafford was full of about 73,000 crazy singing fans - the air was just buzzing! I totally lost my voice from screaming and jumping up and down!! Neal was stoked to be there, and I am now a true convert to live soccer and Man Utd. Especially when they score last minute goals!
The next day we did a tour of Old Trafford - the museum, the players change room (got to sit where Cantona and Ronaldo sit - cool) and Neal got to sit in Sir Alex's chair in the digout!
Manchester is a great city! Heaps of cool restaurants, bars and insane shopping! Has been done up recently. We made a b-line for China town for our fix of yum-cha!! We found ourselves in a very dangerous gang suburb in search for a pharmacy - oops and thank goodness for a taxi driver who would wait for us!!
Not long to go - less than 8 weeks - so much to do! It seem s funny as the closer you get to leaving - the more good friends you make!
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Saturday 21 April 2007
Long Lost Easter Bunny!
Kia Ora Team!
Hows the craic?
Well has been a long time since I have written a little ditty for the blog site! Must be too much work!!
It has been action stations since St Paddys day. Easter weekend Neal surprised me with a weekend away in Kenmare, Co. Kerry (major brownie points!) - it is along the route of the ring of kerry - beautiful traditional wee town with awesome pubs and restaurants. As the piccies will show we pottered about in the glistening coves and Neal played a round of golf at Waterville. The golf course was insane ( I was the caddy due to recent tummy stitches damn it!), real links course with tall grasses and gorse! It has two holes ranked some of the most beautiful/best in the world - pretty cool. Not to mention lots of choccie from the Easter Bunny!
Yip am still pottering along with this golf malarchy - and I dont even want to be a surgeon !!(sorry boys!!) It is a great way to see the country, and last night I played my best round ever - and also my first round with other people - including one of the golf pros!!
Work is keeping us pretty busy, the on calls suck big time - this is my first weekend off in weeks! Bring on the 50hour weeks at home! We have even managed to convince a few friends to come down to NZ and work - should be fun! Speaking of fun Neal is in seventh heaven at the moment after scoring a ticket to watch Manchester Utd play Milan at Old Trafford in the semis of the Champions league!! Like a big kid in a candy store!!
Its getting a lot warmer and more summery here - yet despite that I have only been on two runs towards a half marathon I am doing in 2 weeks with friends - oh dear!!!
Ah well time to go, hope everyone is well and happy!
XXXXXXXXXX The on call guru and The worlds most excited Man Utd. fan!!!!
Hows the craic?
Well has been a long time since I have written a little ditty for the blog site! Must be too much work!!
It has been action stations since St Paddys day. Easter weekend Neal surprised me with a weekend away in Kenmare, Co. Kerry (major brownie points!) - it is along the route of the ring of kerry - beautiful traditional wee town with awesome pubs and restaurants. As the piccies will show we pottered about in the glistening coves and Neal played a round of golf at Waterville. The golf course was insane ( I was the caddy due to recent tummy stitches damn it!), real links course with tall grasses and gorse! It has two holes ranked some of the most beautiful/best in the world - pretty cool. Not to mention lots of choccie from the Easter Bunny!
Yip am still pottering along with this golf malarchy - and I dont even want to be a surgeon !!(sorry boys!!) It is a great way to see the country, and last night I played my best round ever - and also my first round with other people - including one of the golf pros!!
Work is keeping us pretty busy, the on calls suck big time - this is my first weekend off in weeks! Bring on the 50hour weeks at home! We have even managed to convince a few friends to come down to NZ and work - should be fun! Speaking of fun Neal is in seventh heaven at the moment after scoring a ticket to watch Manchester Utd play Milan at Old Trafford in the semis of the Champions league!! Like a big kid in a candy store!!
Its getting a lot warmer and more summery here - yet despite that I have only been on two runs towards a half marathon I am doing in 2 weeks with friends - oh dear!!!
Ah well time to go, hope everyone is well and happy!
XXXXXXXXXX The on call guru and The worlds most excited Man Utd. fan!!!!
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