January 2017. The calm before the storm.
Knowing February and March would be big months for us, with family and friends arriving in Sydney, last minute wedding prep and our honeymoon, we consciously slowed down and made time to relax in January. I started as I meant to go on, spending the very first day of the year reading in the pool.
On our way back to Sydney from the UK, we stopped in Hong Kong as a bit of a buffer before we got back into real life.
Looking back on 2016, one of the biggest highlights, apart from getting engaged, was our trip to the UK, France and Hong Kong back in May. It was a huge trip incorporating Oliver’s younger brother’s wedding, introducing my fiancé to my friends and family and my first trip home since the move.
December has been good to us. Busy at work for the first few weeks but rewarded with ten whole days off to end the year. Last December we drove down to Adelaide to spend Christmas with family and then roadtripped back via the Great Ocean Road. It was an awesome adventure, but after an eventful year, we were very happy to have a staycation in Sydney to recoup and relax before our wedding festivities kick off in a few weeks.
