Author Archives: Antonio Rodrigues

New Year

This year I have seem the Sydney Harbour fireworks for the third time. This time we went to the Manly North Head, the view wasn’t as great as the photo below but we could see all the six fireworks spots. A very nice vantage point and not so crowded, you can walk in 5 minutes [...]

Our new home

This is our new place in Artarmon. It is a two bedroom unit on the second floor of a ten units building. I am getting everything in place for when Gabi comes back from Brazil.

Good to be back

I was back in Australia on the 10th of November. It was very good to be back. I got I warm welcome as soon as I wakeup in the next morning. Here is a picture of everybody on their pyjamas, including me.

My grandma’s birthday

My grandmother Anna turned 86 years old the past Friday (07/10) and my parents organized a family lunch on Sunday. We took the opportunity to take some pictures. The whole family united at the lunch table Daniel, Mario, me, Lígia, grandma, Leonardo e André – the grandchildren with grandma.

Planning the return

Oh well. It is almost time to go back to Australia. The year off has been great but we are also looking forward to go back to Sydney. We started to have a look on Domain for housing. Since Tati and Matthias have moved to Forestville our target area is around this region. Some plan [...]

Europe Trip Part 2

To finish off our Europe Trip we left London to Barcelona in Spain and then to Italy where we visited several regions including Rome, Napoli, Capri, Tuscany, Milan and Venice. Before returning to Brazil we travelled back to Zurich where we spent another day and then caught the flight back to Sao Paulo. Below you [...]

Europe Trip Part 1

In the beginning of July Gabi and I headed off to Europe for 8 weeks. We left Sao Paulo To Zurich in Switzerland. Have spent some days there with our friend Henrique. After that we went to Germany, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Paris in France and London in England for the first part of the [...]

My Birthday

First birthday with my parents and my brother and sister since 7 years. We went to a Pizza place close to their place and we had a really nice time. Nice way to celebrate 34 years of life.

Machu Pichu

Machu Pichu and the Inca Trail were the most anticipated event of our one year off. First because if you want to do the Inca Trail you have to book the tour way before hand. Second because we would have to walk for 4 days with altitudes between 2600m to 4200m. Not an easy task. [...]

Relaxing…

Sometimes being on a long holiday can be stressful. Last month, Gabi and I, together with her parents, went to a city called São Lourenço, around 150 km from where her parents live. The place is known for its spa centre and medicinal water. I couldn’t resist and got myself in an immersion bath with [...]