Europe - Part 5

Arrived in Italy! 

 The ruins across from our hotel

 Spanish steps!

 

The main shopping strip (get off at Spagna station and its right in front of the Spanish steps - Pretty much all the surrounding streets in this area are the best places to shop)

 

 

 

 Petrol stations are literally on the side of the road.

 Ma & Pa. Mum got those peach & white spotted stretch jeans from New Look in Paris. I will be taking them out of her closet at some point...

 

We just had to buy some parasols from the gypsies and once we did, about 50 other guys ran up and tried selling us crap. They were like seagulls to fish & chips.

These guys are douchers. They ask if you want a photo with them and before you say anything they start putting crowns on you and all these costumey things and take your camera, and then we find before they take the photo that they're charging 5 euro so we politely said no and they snatched the gear off of us and some of my hair got stuck in the stupid helmet thing they put on my head. Rude pricks. Dont give them money, for the love of god!

Oh! Just a tip for people that want to see the Colosseum on their own and without a tour group, I suggest you buy your tickets from the Roman Forum (next to the Colosseum) to avoid the massive wait in line (and the ticket is used for entry to both places anyway, so 2 for 1!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 After having the best tasting gelati in the freaking world!

 

This was the biggest bummer of the whole trip. I was dying to see this after seeing it in movies like Roman Holiday & Only You, but when we got to the church where its housed, I was ready to be disappointed. I was expecting this giant thing in a romanticised back area of the church covering a whole wall like in Roman Holiday, but instead it was surrounded by grim fencing in front of the church...

Still from Roman Holiday

This is the Bocca della Verita which is housed in Santa Maria in Cosmedin. The Bocca della Verita is caged at the front of the church with a line in front of it for tourists wanting to take photos of it. You then step to the right and the entry of the church is there and you can light some candles and do all that religious stuff if you want to, or you can just exit. Even though Sam and I aren't religious at all, we decided to go in and see what it was like. It was 35 degrees that day and hot as hell so naturally I wore a singlet and so did the other tourists walking into the church. As I walked in this guy and a even bigger guy (presumably a guard or something) walked up to me and said some things in Italian and motioned to the exit. So as I'm getting kicked out of the church, I'm wondering why and then I see this sign out the front                  

 But then why was I the only person that got kicked out when heaps of other women were wearing singlets? WHAT THE EFF, ITALY?! The 'Dress with dignity' line really amused me, so Sam and I walked off and laughed at how dumb it all was.

 

 

The Trevi Fountain was by far my favourite thing to see in all of Europe. I couldn't wait to see it above all the other attractions. There's something just so romantic about it. The statues, the water, the colours. I'm just in love with it.

Europe - Part 4

 

 

 

 

 I was so sick and it was so damn windy at the top of the Arc de Triumph. 

 The 'line' for McDonalds... HAHA!

The best McDonalds I have ever eaten in my entire life

 I cant remember who the designer was, but this was the best clothing I saw in Paris.

 

 

 

 

 

 Befriending a seemingly stray Scotty dog

 

 

 

And then we head to Rome....

I've been MIA..

I didn't get a chance to finish my Europe posts (which I will today) because life got quite crazy. I was doing a lot of running around these past few weeks and being the biggest Lady of Leisure because I finally got a new job! After finishing my contract at work in October 2011, I've pretty much been unemployed since (I had some stints at call centres and shitty jobs, but nothing important or serious) and I begin on July the 9th. I'm nervous and excited about this, but especially nervous because I'll be way out of my comfort zone. Since finding out the news Sam and I have started looking at display homes to get an idea of how much we have to save and what kind of houses are out there. The first house we walked into, I fell in love with. It was the Sierra by Simonds builders.

I found this video on their website, but it doesn't do it justice. The display home we saw was exactly what I want and thinking very much ahead in time, I could see Sam and I having kids in this house and them running around causing a rukkus. The flow of the house was so beautiful, I cant get it out of my head. We were in for a rude surprise when we found out the price though. The house itself is something like $160,000 with the inclusions we want, but the block of land is a whole other story... The land in the cheaper area is $240,000 and in the area we want, small blocks of land begin at $300,000. That's the part that burns me on the inside the most. With that money I could build 2 houses!! My mum came with us when we were chatting to the land  agent and she almost flipped her shit when she heard how much it cost. In 1994 my parents paid $56,000 for their block of land. I mean, I understand inflation with the changing economy, but JESUS CHRIST! Even though this price is a massive punch in the gut, we're still going to have to save as much as we possibly can to get this started, even if it takes a number of years. But in doing that, I really hope that I'll still be able to go and do my hairdressing course, but judging by the cost and technicalities of that, I don't think it will be possible for another few years (Knowing this has actually brought my mood so far down).

BUT ANYWAY, HAPPY THINGS!
Here's what you missed on Glee...

I've been wearing the crap out of this outfit because I've gotten rid of all my larger clothes and its pretty much all I have left.

My drink matched my phone!

Kitengi has found her new hiding spot.

New fave winter outfit. (Leather jacket - Target, Dress - Glassons, Scarf - Princess Highway, Boots - Autograph)

Me and my best friend everrrr after she got tattooed by the amazing babe Natalie @ Lightning Ink in Coburg

My best friend(sssss!) in front of the #famousselfiemirror (check the tag on instagram, hey!)

Hair kit cleansing

Perfecting the art of hair curling with velcro rollers

Perfecting the art of fake lash application.

OH! and I got my angelbites re-pierced!

Current fave badges.

Whatever I missed, I'll be sure to update on, but for now I'm off to finish these Europe posts!