Visibility on Cardrona was single digits Monday so we swapped our day off and did wineries yesterday. Today is looking blue bird.

The mountain is calling and I must answer

Got to do the paraglide I didn’t get to do last year ❤️

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The panic in that moment!
I love the logic though. I do similar for my wash pack / tech bag

And there’s just enough time to fix it but *just*

And that’s the anxiety right there

One of my reoccurring nightmares is getting to the airport with good time only to realise I didn’t think to pack my passport.

Today I realised there’s a variant to this nightmare: correct expiration, old name 💀

There aren’t enough podcasts that just start right away. To many spend *several minutes* on intros

Some pics from a little weekend in an off the grid shack in Heathcote.

Cute little weekend in Heathcote.

Good timing given how hectic the last few weeks have been + work being chaotic.

I’m thinking about you in my head thoughts

When the hotel gym has half decent equipment so you have no excuse not to send it*

*It, not pictured

But before we move house, wedding time!

Keys acquired 🥰

The tradition of champagne and pizza on the floor continues

You should have seen me when we got a replacement part for the Dyson

First thing we’re doing after a month away?

Buying a new washing machine to replace the one that died the day before we left.

Might be a little bit excited.

Bless. The server at this cafe, instead of switching to English she slowed down and gesticulated more after I stumbled on her second question 🥹

So…verve Cliquot and verve Pommary were the only two widows running their respective champagne empires at the time.

Perhaps they yapped

tour guide yesterday: does anyone know who Taittinger exported to first?

American: WAS IT THE EWW ESSS AYYYYE?

Just between us, after a month travelling around, it’s super nice to be in a tour group and not have the first and loudest thing you hear be American

I should have packed my pillow to travel with 😅

Had to leave the Airbnb unlocked to go to the shops the first time. Couldn’t workout how TF to lock it 🥲

As an aside, I’ve figured out enough French to carry a conversation at a cafe / Boulangerie including responding to follow up questions ^_^

I expect this won’t stick in my brain for too long after leaving

Also, apparently France has a new door lock that’s everywhere that requires the handle to be turned up in order to lock it.

So glad those instructions came with the Airbnb ಠ_ಠ

Laying up yes, but all other occasions there’s too much in places I need other body parts to go and it just doesn’t work 🥲

Just putting it out there, rectangle pillows > square pillows.

Sorry Europe

Saw a chateau built in the 12 century today

Mail is a prime candidate for a translate button pls Apple

Touché

Not me bringing my ID thinking I might get checked in France 😂

Ah yes, the weather in France is: 👌