I’ve been so busy lately I’ve been slacking on the blogging, but hopefully you’ve been following on Instagram! This week, Facebook did it’s year in review video for me and reminded me of a few things which happened this year, but here’s a highlight for the blog.
I started off January 2017 partying at Epcot, Disney World in Florida, USA. We arrived a few days earlier and saw the NYE fireworks the night before New Years Eve, this was a great tip so to see NYE fireworks in both parks. Epcot celebrated when it turned midnight in each country and I would definitely do it again, of course the speciality glow cocktails and Grey Goose slush cocktails in France certainly got the party started!
We’d took a trip to Disney World to carry our wedding planning and menu tasting sessions and whilst there enjoyed our favourite theme parks. After Florida, we flew back to the UK to see friends and family, we’d flew in from Australia via Kuala Lumpur, Thailand and then Germany, so although the flights were getting a bit much, it was lovely to see them for a little longer after being away over a year. Of course we enjoyed plenty of cocktails with them!
Later in January, we headed back to Australia. We spent most of the year in Sydney whilst saving up for our wedding. Although we managed a few trips such as the Blue Mountains and Jervis Bay. We enjoyed going to Vivid, tourist attractions, some trance nights and bunny sitting, plus getting a city centre apartment. For my birthday weekend we enjoyed various cocktails including at the top of the Sydney Eye Tower at 360 Dining and the dry ice skull cocktails at Assembly Bar. Many more cocktails were of course consumed at the various happy hours I managed to find!!
In October, we headed back to the UK to catch up with family for a quick trip prior to the wedding. We enjoyed the rest of October and early November in Florida celebrating our Disney World wedding. Our favourite wedding cocktail was a Bramble for the early evening, and at the after party we had a Purple Martini, a sweet and sour twist on a Cosmopolitan, complete with glow cubes. Later in the trip we enjoyed various visits to the Epcot Food and Wine Festival, a firm must do for my year! This year it was super fun with our family and friends
November also saw us take a trip to New Orleans, were I sampled the famous Grenade cocktail and drank Love Potion No.9 shots in a Vampire Speakeasy. They helped ease the fact that my unbacked up iPhone broke and I lost all my photos from the last few months.
We followed that by a trip to New York, of course many cocktails were consumed there, and I loved checking out the small bars. Following that we headed back to the UK, were I tested out a few new places.
December sees us just arrive back in Sydney, writing this I have a perfect view of the city skyline complete with the Harbour Bridge.
Who knows what 2018 will bring, my life has most definitely become less organised! But one thing’s for sure, it will certainly involve more cocktails and travel!
