People. I have and announcement.
I going to LONDON!
Blah blah blah, you don't wanna hear my excuses to why I've been completely awol for the last...year. Because in all honestly I don't have any nor do I want to make any up.
So here we go, stepping into the current and the future. I, myself, Erin Hipwell...yes that's me.... am going to London. Do I hear you asking "Why are you going there Erin", (no I don't, but it was a good segue), I am going to London to Au Pair! Yes that involves children, the little human beings that rome the earth who are incapable of doing things for themselves. Well, I suppose that's where I step in. In a nutshell Au Pairing is (in most cases) travelling to a different country and staying with a family for your desired amount of time to look after their children, whilst giving you the experience to explore a new place and meet new friends! These days there are so many agencies that you can sign up to, which make finding your ideal family a breeze! I went through the agency Smart Aupairs- they were great and so lovely and made it really easy to find a really great family!
I will be jetting off on the 20th August on the long flight of 24 hours (why is Australia sooo far away?!?), and to add the insanity of the whole thing this is my first time overseas! I plan to stay until May, then depending on how much my bank balance has suffered I would love to explore around Europe for a little bit! I thought it was necessary to prepare myself of what's to come by watching the movies such as The Nanny Diaries, Uptown Girls, Mrs Doubtfire and of course Nanny McPhee. All the obvious picks. I am ever so excited to be venturing off and I hope this change will bring new interesting and inspired content to my little blog!
Although I am sparing you of any mediocre excuses I think it's well due and fitting for a quick catch up on the ever so exciting things that have happened in the past few months.
I will do so by sharing a few of my snaps.
Here we have my cousin Tilly and I enjoying a Starbucks (Mint mocha with cream on top, mmm) in Melbourne, yes, I know I was in Melbourne again, what can I say it's a great city! A little fun fact for you I'm not a fan of Starbucks coffee, but my cousin is from Tasmania (the little island detached from the bottom of Australia, yes you probably forgot about it) and Tassie being very small they haven't yet got Starbucks (nor do they have 7Elevens?!?!?) so of course one of our first stops being Starbucks as she was ever so excited! That my friends, is how the 'holding our Starbucks drink' selfie came about.
The next photo is, not to brag but a beautiful pic taken at St Kilda water front- whilst we were still in Melbourne! The sunset that day was stunning, so accordingly we took ourselves to a local bar and quenched our thirst whilst taking in the scenic sunset!
Whilst I was going through my pictures I stumbled across this beaut of a selfie (yet another seflie), so with no reasonings I thought I'd throw it on into the collage.
Yes, wether you liked it or not, I watched Eurovision. I laughed, I cried (tears of laughter) and found joy whilst watching it. I swear every year it gets weirder and funnier, the winner of course this year being a man dressed as a lady. Enough said.
Not much to say about the next photograph except, to be a dog. Right?! They well and truly live the life. This was a quick snap of my dog relaxing in the morning winter sun.
But first.......let me take a selfie. Joking joking. I thought I'd just include this selfie as I love the headband and the yellow coat.
Ahhhh, prepare yourselves, raw carrot cake. It's healthy, it's cake and you don't have to wait for it to cook, erm what more could you want?! If you want to make this there are multiple recipes on the internet, I seriously recommend trying it!
Last but certainly not least a pic of me when I got my passport! Yay! Probably the most exciting pic on my phone! This girl is going to England!
After that well needed ramble of a post, I say it's good to be back and can't wait to upload fun and..more frequent content. If you made it this far, you deserve a medal gal!
Speak soon.
xx
