Oh 2010, what a year.

Full of emotions, thinking, decisions, farewells and significant changes. Those of you, who follow me on this blog already for a while know that this is the year in which I moved from Hamburg to Sydney ...

I wanted to say thank you for coming by here, for leaving lovely comments or just for saying a little hello....

2011, hopefully you will be a year of exciting, surprising moments, moments in which we feel well and comfortable and also full of love, luck and just what we want from life

Let's have a wonderful new year ....

Maria

I would like to show you a couple of moments of my last 12 months....

In January I said 'Goodbye' to Will, who moved back to Australia after living with me in Hamburg....we had a sad but wonderful time at the Café Johanna on his last day in Hamburg....

After rearranging the apartment I found my new favourite place. I loved to sit there ....

In February, I discovered my mom's old hand-knitted Norwegian jumpers, which kept me warm during the cold Winter

I cooked a little Valentines meal and sent it to the other side of the world.

Had wonderful Sunday afternoon catch ups with my friends....

In March I flew to Autralia to visit Will for three weeks, it changed my life...

not just because I learnt how to paint my own teapot, but

because of a question I got asked and to which I said yes

I was back from my exciting trip in April...back at work and realising step by step about all the things which will be changing in the next couple of months..

I got more and more excited about everything which was about to happen, I also knew that my move to Australia in August means to move out of my beloved apartment....to leave dear friends and family, who mean so much to me

I also gave things some more colour as Spring was a little late that year

In May I visited my great friends Nanna and Maria in Copenhagen.....

and had visitors from Munich and Berlin staying with me in Hamburg.

I also went on many photo excursions with Frau Sieben :) (who will visit me here soon) It was also a month of change as I quit my job...

In June I loved the colours of a fresh Summer snack....

and the signs in my neighbourhood, after having a wonderful evening eating the best pizza with dear friends in Hamburg

In July Will came by to help me move. It was a sad month of farewells and tears in Hamburg...

but also sad back home at my parents place....

On the 1st of August I landed in Sydney. Welcome new life!

I went out for hours to explore the city....

In September there was still much left to discover and orientate....so many new neighbourhoods

I also got myself a second-hand sewing maching which never stood still ever since...

In October I thought many times of my friends back home, of Hamburg, my family...missed so many things..tried to think positive ....felt how it is to be homesick...