Xmas in Brisbane!

For christmas me and Tytti headed to Brisbane. We got this amazing house through one of Tytti's customers, who is originally from Finland but has been living here for almost 40 years. The house had like 8 bedrooms, two kitchens, three bathrooms etc. Everything was free to us as well so all in all - perfect! On 24th, after my work, we headed to the airport and flew to Brisbane. Definitely a bit different xmas, but certainly a lot of fun! Kirsi and Samu arrived there on friday and our aussie friends came for a couple of days visit on sunday. England and Ireland were represented as well, since David and Jared came along. We stayed there altogether for five days and i bet i don't just speak on my behalf when i say that we could've stayed a lot longer! Here comes the pictures..

This is how it all started ..waiting for a train to the airport:

One way to spend the christmas eve - at the airport:

On a plane looking over the city, mostly south side of Sydney:

After an hour of crazy running in stores (we were in a hurry, 'cause everything was closing for christmas), we managed to get ourselves to Manly train station in Brisbane with million bags of food and alcohol beverages.. It was 10.30pm, we didn't really have a clue where were going and i have absolutely no idea how we would've gotten anywhere with all our bags, but luckily we ran into a couple of local guys who helped us carry our bags and showed us where to go to!

The next morning after a good sleep, we had breakfast on the balcony:

And here's the view from the balcony (looks a bit dry, since it was the time of tide):

My lovely lovely bedroom! (Mum would've liked this :))

The first thing i did when we got into the house was, of course, decorating the house!

On christmas day, we went out to look around in Manly and Wynnum:

Someone had gone a bit 'woowoo' with the garden gnomes...

The water was surprisingly really warm!

A huge salt water pool, where we spent approximately three hours with Tytti and Samu:

On sunday on our way to Brisbane city centre:

Xmas in the city:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

It had to end at some point ..on our way back to Sydney we saw the most beautiful sunrise on the plane:

New Years pictures are also on their way, so stay tuned!

Sara, xx