Hey all,
It's been another hot second since y'all heard from me on here!
2 years, almost to date.
So much has happened, I've been to great places, met wonderful people and most importantly I've grown in life.
In this post I'm going to give you all, and myself a recap of those 24 months. To continue posting about my great Aussie adventures after.
2017
Starting where I left off at the end of January 2017.
Shortly after returning home from this great trip I kind of rolled into a relationship which felt like the best thing in the world.
Which leads me to my second adventure of 2017 in April.
Portugal, April 2017
During this two week trip I celebrated my 21st birthday in the beautiful city of Porto.
Thus for filling my life goal to spend my birthday in a new country every year for the 3rd year in a row!
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| Oporto |
Heading down to Lisbon, we rented a car and road tripped the remaining West Coast down to the beautiful Algarve.
It was an awesome trip, full of good coffee, sleeping on beaches, learning to surf, spontaneous kayaking, beautiful sunsets in the best company possible.
I'd always dreamt of travelling with my partner, and now I was finally able to share my travels.
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| beach camping somewhere on the south west coast |
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| Lisbon |
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| everlasting beach views |
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| Atlantic Ocean cotton candy sunsets |
After this great getaway vacation it was back to reality, back to uni.
Heading into summer I surprised my partner (and myself) with a srprs.me trip which ended up flying us to one of my favourite cities in Europe, Budapest !
Budapest, June 2017
As you either know, or don't, I lived in the beautiful city of Budapest with my family for 4 years when I was younger.
So you could definitely say I have a soft spot for the country and it's beautiful capital.
It had been a couple of years since I had visited and this time I was able to finally show my partner around the city I hold dearly in my heart.
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| Hősök tere |
Even though we only had a couple of days worth citytrip we still got the most out of it.
Walking around for hours, beholding all the sights to see and relaxing in the thermal baths
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Széchenyi thermal baths |
Safe to say it was a great ending to a good uni-year.
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| the magnificent royal parliament |
To round off this very euro-tripping year I went city tripping with my dearest sister, Tweenie, in Marseille, France!
Marseille, September 2017
After a great summer, this little city trip was the perfect way to end the summer and start the new (and my last!) uni year.
We chose marseille for no other reason really than that the flights were cheap, we found a good hotel deal and the sun was sure to shine so off we went !
A great balance again, between old and new city and nature close by. National park de Calanques is absolutely magnificent and easy accessible by bus or ferry from Marseille. The park is great to go sea kayaking to explore the beautiful coastline. unfortunately it was too windy to go out on kayak so we set out on foot as far as we could without hiking boots.
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| the picturesque town of Callelongue |
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| R.I.P. Zorro one of the greatest losses in life |
And even though my travelling year ended on a high, not all was as well. Once uni began again, the pressure of passing all my subjects to go on an international internship and to get my degree in general grew immensely. This combined with getting a kitten and having to let him go merely a month after we got him and some other personal downs. My year ended in more of a minor.
Safe to say I was great full for the adventures I had in 2017 but extremely looking forward to going solo again in 2018.
2018
After going through another bit of hell (reed: exams) in January. February could not have come quick enough for I was heading off to Costa Rica for a solid 3 months of solo travel and wildlife rescue internship!!
I could not have been happier to leave Belgium behind and head off across the ocean for yet another great adventure.
And what an adventure it was.
Stayed tuned for my full recap of my time in beautiful Costa Rica, my summer back home and my journey back to the wonderful land of Oz !
xoxo Liz
