This may sound peculiar, but it has been quite nippy lately for Australia! This afternoon, the weather turned around, and for the first time it felt like Spring – perfectly timed for my beautiful best friend’s bridal shower. I decided to have a little bit of fun with my outfit with some clashing prints.
Manning Cartell Top / Shakuhachi Skirt / Wittner Heels
(Cameron & Me)
I woke up this morning to rain on my window; reminding me of the intimate romance of the city of Innsbruck. Such a colourful, lively and inviting city. Nights at the ballet theatre with snow covered roads and lamp posts, being surrounded by mountains, walking two minutes to the ski slopes and catching the gondola up the mountain for a germknödel and cappuccino with a breaktaking view..
Photo taken with Canon SLR
This morning I woke up at sunrise to freshly brewed coffee and snow covered windowsills. As I crawled to the edge of my pillow, my surroundings took my breath away. The Austrian Alps majestically towered all around us.
We didn’t want to waste a second of daylight in this centuries old, magical city. We hastily put our snow gear on before venturing out, in order to maximise exploring time before skiing at Patcherkofel. We fell in love with the crisp, refreshing air and the leafless trees in the park. We admired the colourful buildings across from Old Town. We were fascinated by the way that the colourful buildings almost looked squished together. The grey sky simply highlighted their bright hues.
The view of the buildings across from Old Town
We almost skipped along the cobblestone streets, still in disbelief that this city would be our home for the next six months. It wasn’t long before the smell of fresh croissants and espressos drew us into the local bakery, Baguette.
Delicious creamy coffee from Baguette
Little Black Bambi X x
This photo was taken on the second leg of our 11km walk around the cliffs of Cinque Terre.
When we heard about a tiny group of fishing villages located amid some of the most dramatic coastal scenery on the planet along the cliffs of Italy, we couldn’t resist adding it into our itinerary. Cinque Terre consists of five coastal villages; Riomaggiore (where we were staying), Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso al Mare.
On our first night we went out to dinner on the main street in Riomaggiore for fresh seafood and wine from the local vineyard.
On our second day we tackled the most scenic walk I have ever been on. We spent our day walking along 11 kilometres of sheer rocky coastline, terraced hills and through vineyards while watching the waves break on the cliff face (the whole walk is usually 12km, unfortunately one section of five was closed down due to a land slide). The five tiny villages of Cinque Terre are built into the rocks between the beach and the hills and are connected by centuries-old footpaths and mule tracks that hug the coastline 500 to 1000 feet above the Mediterranean sea. The extensive cobble-stone footpaths led us through olive groves and vineyards, chestnut woods and orchards while we got to experience each village’s unique character. We stopped halfway at Corniglia at one of the many local restaurants for lunch. When the waiter told us we could have homemade or store bought pasta – obviously we chose home made!
While we were in Cinque Terre, we stayed at the La Dolce Vita Rooms. Our room was very spacious and had quite a welcoming feel to it.
*La Dolce Vita Rooms is located in the centre of Riomaggiore (one of the main villages in Cinque Terre).
Little Black Bambi 
