Sandrine & Edgar in Australia

Sunday, March 28, 2010

End of PART 1 of "Sandrine and Edgar in Australia"

This is the end of the first part...

... End of PART 1 of "Sandrine and Edgar in Australia"

We shared with you the first 3 years and 1/2 in Australia, plenty of adventures, travels, fun, friends...
We will now move on to another blog called
http://diego-in-australia.blogspot.com/
with Diego as the main subject!
Take care, and thank you for being part of our lives...
Sandrine and Edgar

Monday, June 15, 2009

Diego's first week

Monday, January 26, 2009

World Tour 3 - Puebla, Mexico

World Tour 3 - Puebla, Mexico
We spent 3 great weeks in Mexico, mainly in Puebla, where time was spent celebrating Christmas, New Year, Birthdays and "Reyes" with family. We played lots of "Marathon" and pictionnary, ate good food (tacos de canasta, tortas de milanesa, chalupas, tacos al pastor y tacos arabes, pavo, etc... A 25 persons reunion with ex-Crouzet allowed us to catch up with most ex co-workers. And Sandrine had a big surprise: a very nice baby shower, that she did not expect!
On the way back to Australia, we also stopped for 3 days in Dallas, Texas, to catch up with friends, and do frenetic shopping, was fun! And that was the end of our adventures... Next one in 2009 will be quite different with a little baby boy iluminating our lifes...

World Tour 2 - London, England, with my parents

World Tour 2 - London, England, with my parents

London:
We visited Big Ben,
Tower Bridge, London Eye,
Westminster, Oxford Street,
Buckingham Palace, and outside of London
Windsor Castle, Stonehendge and Bath.

World Tour 1 - South Africa - Cape Town and Safaris

World Tour 1 - South Africa - Cape Town and Safaris

We spent 2 weeks in South Africa: first around Port Elizabeth, where we saw a safari, a lion hunting, plenty of elephants, and even touched a tiger and a cheetah! We could walk with elephants, and Ed in an ostrich farm did some rodeo!
Then we came back to Cape Town through the Garden Route to Ana and Chris's wedding, which was a highlight in the Stellenboch wineyards. To finish, we visited Cape Town, Table Mountain and Lion Head, great view of the city! The Waterfront and toured Cape of Good Hope, the most southernest point in South Africa. What an adventure!

Where is Adelaide?

Adelaide is in South Australia. The city has been described as the "City of Churches", "Athens of the South", "The Wine State", "The Festival State" and the State of the Arts". It truly lives up to all of these titles. It has a moderate, mediterranean climate, with long, warm to hot summers and short winters. Its popultation is 1.4 million lucky souls. Adelaide is also the capital of the Wine State. A must see is the new Wine Centre, which showcases Australia's booming wine industry and is situated on the extension of North terrace. South Australia produces more than 60% of Australia's wine in 7 differnet wine districts, all of them with a special character of their own, the most famous is the Barrossa Valley.

Adelaide at night

Wherever you want to go in Adelaide is easily accessible, there is an absence of traffic jams. This is in great part thanks to the legacy of Colonel William Light, who laid the city out on a square mile grid, with quite wide boulevards. Colonel Light also surrounded the city with a buffer zone of parklands, very well preserved: leafy streets and squares are present everywhere. Culture, art and entertainment is live. Beaches figure largely in the life of Adelaide. This is not surprising when you look on a map- a long sandy coastline goes from Gulf St Vincent and down to Capre Jervis. Kangaroo Island is a main attraction.

Surfing

What is surfing but an outlet for anxiety and stress, an inlet for nature and satisfaction, a connection between you and the ocean with your board acting like some semi-conductor of magnetic and gravitational forces pulsing from the center the sprawling expanse of nature itself? Sounds a bit fluffy, huh? But stay with me on this. It’s this connection that is at the very core of the surfing experience. This connection is addictive, all-encompassing, and sometimes all-powerful. This connection enthralls many to forsake relationships, careers, and even their own health only to emerge ten years down the line, weather-beaten and alone with only memories of great waves and great times. Go surf! It is better to try it and leave, than to never try it at all...

Living in Adelaide

A Mediterranean Climate in an Affordable City Adelaide is fortunate to have four distinct seasons, with comfortable spring and autumn days, a mild wet winter, and a warm to hot, dry summer. This is a Mediterranean climate, similar to southern Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, and Greece. From December to February, the summer average temperature is around 28 degrees, while from June to August, Adelaide temperatures average 15 degrees. A very hot day comes along three or four times a year when it is best to travel in the early morning and then take a trip to the swimming pool or beach in the early evening. Raincoats and overcoats are not used much in Adelaide where a jacket is a better option. Adelaide’s clear night skies most of the year open the heavens to a million stars overhead, an unexpected pleasure, and one of Adelaide’s treasures.

What about the other animals?

Sandrine & Edgar in Australia

Sunday, March 28, 2010

End of PART 1 of "Sandrine and Edgar in Australia"

Monday, June 15, 2009

Diego's first week

Monday, January 26, 2009

World Tour 3 - Puebla, Mexico

World Tour 2 - London, England, with my parents

World Tour 1 - South Africa - Cape Town and Safaris

TIP

If you want to see more pictures than this page...

Where is Adelaide?

Adelaide at night

Kangaroo Island

Uluru - Ayers Rock

Sydney

The Opera House in Sydney

Surfing

Wine in Australia

Living in Adelaide

So, do Australians really eat kangaroos?

And TAZ?

What about the other animals?

Who is Nemo?

Crocodiles in Australia

The rainbow lorikeet