New closets to outgrow (we moved house!)

View of the river and city from the park nearby

It's been a while since I've been active on this blog now, and I think it's time to change that! Life in Brisbane is still exciting, there's lots of things to explore and I continue to be amazed by the beauty of this country.

We recently moved house and I can say that I finally feel like we're somewhere I can truly call home. I absolutely LOVE our new place and am enjoying seeing it all come together as we unpack. 

Our new home is right next to a beautiful park (with subsequently beautiful birds, sunsets and river-walks), and there's a grocery store, pharmacy and post office just across the road. Being close to the river, we're also a short stroll from the CityCat and, as such, the city. I couldn't be happier! :D

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Front balcony and the 2 upstairs bedrooms

Livingroom and hallway

Kitchen, dining room and back balcony

Downstairs

Garden

There are also 2 bathrooms, both with bathtubs, that I forgot to take photos of! Love it! :D

And last, a few photos of our wonderful Tigerpus, who couldn't be happier with her new home! <3

Beautiful and very deadly

Have you made any exciting changes in 2014 so far? 

Where thou art - that - is Home

Tigerpus

This weekend another piece of the "moving to Brisbane" puzzle came together as my partner and I moved into our very own little cottage. I love it! :D There is plenty of space for both us and the latest addition to our little family - Tigerpus!

Once we finally got power in the house (we moved in on the weekend and had to go 3 days without electricity) I could finally cook our very first meal in the new house - Norwegian style tomato soup! Haha.

I can't wait until we get everything settled and can just kick back on the balcony, and enjoy the sun overlooking our (very overgrown) garden with sunflowers and all! I even spotted some lorikeets in a tree nearby! :D

Our little cottage

I just love the style of the cottage, all the space and especially our back balcony! :)

Livingroom and kitchen

One of these bedrooms has become our very own little walk-in closet! It's a dream come true!

Bedrooms and bathroom

Unfortunately, moving house also means we'll be without Internet for the next 2-3 weeks as that takes some time to set up! :( So this is also my very first mobile blog post and it'll probably go a bit longer between posts... Hope it still looks OK! 

Have you got any exciting plans for the weekend? I'm thinking BBQ on the balcony! :D

"Ja Vi Elsker" 17th of May!

Hurra hurra hurra!

What better way to return to Australia, than to celebrate Norway's National Day with about 1000 other Norwegians and friends from all over QLD and beyond? :)

I was a bit sad that I wouldn't be in Norway for the 17th of May, even though I couldn't wait to get back to Australia. Luckily, the biggest Norwegian celebration in the Southern hemisphere actually takes place in Brisbane! :D

My boyfriend was happy to join in and shout "Hurra!!!" with me as we paraded through the streets of Brisbane by police escort this morning - following a marching band playing Norway's National Anthem and other traditional songs celebrating our country and it's people. I was a bit surprised by the range of feelings that rushed through me and almost brought me to tears as I chimed in on "Ja Vi Elsker" with hundreds of other Norwegian expats. It has been an emotional week returning to Brisbane and it felt surprisingly nice to celebrate our National Day with so many other Norwegians :)

We continued by listening to a long and tiresome speech about Norway, our traditions and the history of our National Day (which in itself is a tradition), followed by feasting on hot-dogs and waffles with brown cheese! :D <3 To absolutely no surprise most of the Norwegians were busy standing in line for beer and wine... hehe. I suspect there will be a LOT of drunk Norwegians roaming the streets of Brisbane tonight!

17th of May in Brisbane

It has been a very nice day! :D And I even got to buy some O'Boy from the store Swedish Goodies that I wrote about in another post - and that had taken the trip to Brisbane for the occation! :) Yay!

Oh, and speaking of nice things - did you know that I've gotten a kitten!?! :D This amazing little furball is named Tigerpus and she has melted my heart completely! It was love at first meow!

Tigerpus! <3

Isn't she just adorable? She has adjusted very quickly to her new home and is such an active, inquisitive little thing. I can't get enough of her! :) <3 (I think it's a her, at least, hehe)