As we enjoy September slip by like the stealthy month-cat she is, the stark horror that it’s getting to the last 100 days of the year dawns on us.
Really?! 100 day to Christmas? I am concerned. any type of day now I’ll be worrying since it’ll be Christmas Eve as well as I’ll’ve just started shopping.
Where’s that paper bag? Breathe… Right. feeling much better now – this week’s IG edition sees Mrs R as well as me going to a couple of fascinating introduces of things we’re looking ahead to telling you about, plus a few of our much-loved people’s birthdays – oddly all on the exact same day.
Not to mention our travel recap looking back at a few of our never-before-seen travel footage as well as ideas on these lovely destinations.
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Today, Mrs romance as well as I are at the lovely Chiswick restaurant in Woollahra in Sydney’s east. We’re right here to inspect out our good friends at Olympus’ new camera. as well as to eat exceptional food. however mainly the cam – honest!
Olympus has been establishing their mirrorless variety for many years now – we ourselves utilize OM-D E-M cameras for shooting as well as they’re amazing.
This is Olympus’ new E-PL8 Pen camera, which has some quite great functions as well as some extremely elegant completes too. We both like the tan leather look.
I believe my hands are a bit huge to utilize one of these appropriately (think Berk from Trapdoor), however for travel, celebrations as well as daily use, this is a quite great option.
Just a couple of the tasty morsels we’re enjoying at the Chiswick while we’re discovering a lot more about the new Olympus Pen camera. It’s the very first time I’ve been right here (unlike Mrs Romance, who seems to find right here all the time the method she’s talking!), however I hope it’s not the last!
These Olympus E-PL8 Pen cameras truly are extremely good. They’ve got so lots of of the features of the full-size OM-D cameras – including a extremely cool selfie flip-out screen function – in a system that’s lighter, smaller as well as a lot more streamline. extremely impressed. a lot of cameras this size are just those compact point-and-shoots, however this one’s got interchangeable lens abilities as well as everything. Hmm.
Quite enjoying the foliage of this Olympus launch! It’s interesting to be one of the very first people on Australia to hear about this excellent new bit camera, as well as to be at the Chiswick as well has me smiling!
Launch Number 2!
This evening we’re at the Australian Heritage hotel in the Rocks learning about the 12th annual Beer Fest celebration that’ll be happening in October.
Friday 14th to Sunday 16th October will see the Australian Heritage – one of Australia’s oldest pubs – offer over 30 different breweries from across Australia. There’ll be things like blind tastings, expos, brewer talks as well as brand new beers available, plus food stalls, in the pub as well as on the street outside too.
There’s a great deal of beer fun about to occur in October, as well as this is absolutely one to keep in mind.
Love the sky over Sydney this evening. It’s the evening of three of our good friends – one of whom is Mrs Romance’s sibling Mary! delighted birthday, Mary.
The other two – Paul as well as Dave – were really born in the exact same healthcare facility in the UK! They’ve satisfied however one of them lives in Australia, the other lives in a absolutely different part of the country to his birthplace in England. They only satisfied for the very first time at our wedding!
Today, we’re having a huge picnic celebration for Mary. exactly how lovely is it here? This is Bobbin Head park in Sydney’s north on the Hawksbury River. It rained a bit earlier however it’s cleared up well – as well as the rainbow the weather’s left is a genuine treat!
One of the very best parts of Mary’s birthday: the doughnuts! three significant boxes of these poor boys.
This week’s travel recap
Each week we go back in time over a few of our much-loved travel destinations utilizing never-before-seen pictures of our travels. Here’s where we’ve been looking back on this week.
If there’s one thing both Mrs romance as well as I do love, it’s a great gin martini. as well as what a method to surface up a weekend. Or begin one!
Love the styling at the Balcony Bar as well as Oyster Co in Byron Bay. as well as this indication they’ve got on the wall states it all!
The shores along the southern coastline of Cuba is so beautiful. however then that’s what you’d expect from the Caribbean, right? This is somewhere between the Bay of Pigs as well as Trinidad, as well as just back from this rocky shore is a cenote. A natural sinkhole in the rock full of fresh or brackish water. just ideal for a dip.
For a lot more about our time in the wonderful country, inspect out a lot more of our articles on Cuba here.
The Bacara resort in Santa Barbara, California is absolutely stunning. It’s a much-loved location to stay for a few of the world’s greatest names (we’re speaking Oprah as well as Michael Johnson level), so if it’s great sufficient for them…
Here’s our full evaluation of our time staying right here on the last days of our road trip down the west coastline of the US.
It’s difficult to put into words what it’s like to find that you’ve got your own personal pool that overlooks the ocean! Our rental property in the Aleenta Hua Hin resort in Thailand was precisely what we needed after a stressful few days in Bangkok. Yes, this is about as extravagant as you can get, however this resort is likewise beautifully eco-minded.
Check out exactly how the Aleenta has nailed the idea of eco-luxe right here in our review.
One thing I do like is a huge comfy hotel bed. particularly if they have either great deals of pillows or one truly firm one. That feeling of sinking into freshly laundered as well as somewhat starched hotel sheets as well as understanding that tomorrow night you’ll have a fresh set to do everything once again is just the best!
Our time in Cuba was so unforgettable. We’ve both wished to come right here for so long, the danger of it being an anticlimax was exceptionally high. However, this country – the greatest island in the Caribbean – truly delivered. cut off from the rest of the world so totally for so long, the culture of Cuba is beautifully preserved.
We were right here the week before whatever altered as well as Obama’s USA started warming up the connection with the Castro brothers. I don’t believe things will modification beyond recognition that quickly, however we’re both so pleased we got there before everything started.
For a lot more information on what we did, where we went, what it was like as well as exactly how you can do it too, inspect out our protection of this mysterious, lovely country.
We hope you’ve took pleasure in this week’s IG edition as well as that this week’s a great one for you. See you once again soon!
Images by Mr as well as Mrs romance by means of Instagram: @MrAndMrsRomance