Happiest and saddest place on earth

I know this has taken me a while to post but I guess I just couldn't come to terms with the fact that its over :(

Disneyland is the happiest place on earth so I guess it was fitting for it to be my last stop. Then off to LAX to jump on a plane back to rainy Melbourne.

Hopefully I'll be back soon. And hopefully I can keep this blogging up, even once a week, because I've found it nice and really therapeutic :)

For now
Xox

Last day in LA

More shop shop shopping :)

Hit up Rodeo Drive, then had a champagne at the Beverly Wilshire (Pretty Woman hotel) and shopped a whole lot more!

Afterwards went to Robertson Blvd, the credit card got a bit of a workout at Kitson then had a late lunch at the Ivy, pretty sure I saw a "real housewife" or two... Or maybe they were just super botoxed, bling-ed out nobodys?

The day ended with a classy gallon of diet coke and the new episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians :)

All packed and ready for our last day tomorrow... At DISNEYLAND the happiest place on earth :)

- K x

Vic Secret, Beldels, Bloomingdales, Oh My!!

Wow, I know how to shop, and yet I have never shopped like I did today. I literally shopped till I dropped. So much so that the boys had to take a load of bags back to the hotel for us.

Beverly Hills will never look the same again, and I don't think my credit card ever wants to go near Bloomingdales after the bashing it got today :)

Afterwards we celebrated Mums birthday in style at Asia de Cuba, yummy japanese fusion food and a special dessert for Mummy dearest.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a repeat of today :)

- K x

G'day LA

After a 5 hour flight, and a few tears we arrived back in LA last night :)

Lazy Mexico Days

The last few days have been spent chilling by the pool, jet skiing and rocking out the karaoke stage.

My last day in Mexico is tomorrow which makes me pretty sad, off to LA for a few days then homeward bound.

3 weeks at the start felt like forever but it's gone super quick!

Love,

- K x

Chicken Little

Went to Chichen Itza yesterday and it was amazing. Beautiful Mayan ruins that were built they think around 700ad which is crazy.

We had a Mayan guy which was pretty cool, he told us all about the supposed end of the world on 21st December this year. Apparently it just means the end of an era and happens every 52 years which is pretty lucky for all of us who didn't want to die :)

Nothing else really, stopped by a little town on the way home nicknamed little Barcelona which is believed to be one of the first cities founded in Latin America.

Fun times :)

- K x

Relaxing time

Basically that has been my last few days. Sleeping and reading :) its been nice.
Also these little guys are like a big guinea pig and they're super cute, they are all over the place. For some reason they make me miss Abbey :(

- K x

Under the sea

Sorry for being late but the second I got home last night I fell asleep!

Yesterday we did a tour and saw Tulum, a Mayan ruin, it was amazing and the history of the Mayan is so interesting. Fun fact, the area that I'm in now was only developed 40 years ago, before that people still lived the Mayan way!

We then went to a few Cenotes which is kinda like a lagoon. The first one was Xel ha which had a bat cave (the bats were actually really cute) we could snorkel into. Then we went to Akumal which is a turtle beach. We swum with turtles which was really cool, they were huge! Finally we went to Yal Ku which is a giant Cenote where fresh water and sea water meet so there were heaps of little fishies!

Then finally home time, a nap, and a fancy dinner at the italian restraint here. The food at this resort is amazing :)

Anyway better go work on my "tan" (or lack thereof, any bets I'll come back whiter than before!).

- K x

It's official, I'm an international model

Okay not really, but really. Basically just got picked off the beach to do a promo photoshoot for the hotel, nothing too interesting just 30min of sitting there in one position and getting champagne to pretend to sip and getting burnt by the sun.

Other than that nothing much happened, lay by the pool. Went to dinner, tried 2 types of watermelon martinis (the St Kats one is way better!)

Lovely warm day in Mexico and looking forward to go to the ruins tomorrow :)

Love,

- K x

Hola Mexico

Not that much today, just a 5 hour flight to Mexico. It's so hot and pretty here and the hotel is AMAZING, I thought our dollar went far in Thailand but wow Mexico is on another level.

Nothing much else to report, just super sleepy!

- K x

Wow

I genuinely don't think I've ever been this tired in my life. We rode 9 miles (approx 15km) today from Fisherman's Wharf, across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito.

I can't believe I made it after never having done real exercise in my life, although there were a few tears and rest stops (I am a drama queen), I'm still pretty impressed!

Once in Sausalito we went to a yummy spot on the bay, tried clam chowder (I'm not a fan) and had yummy seared tuna with wasabi mayonnaise, made me think of jap mayo which brought me back to St.Kats :(

Once back in San Francisco (no I didn't ride back there was a nice ferry) Macy's was hit up, a cute pair of shoes later and it was time to test drive half baked Ben and Jerry's to see if it's worthy of the $13 at Leo's at home (it's $4 here... And yes it was!).

Now we've just finished packing as we head to Mexico tomorrow morning. It will be soo nice to stay put for a while, we are staying in Playa del Carmen for 8 days... All expenses paid/inclusive so Tom is going to go crazy with the food/free water sports available!

Until Mexico,

- K x

Just 1 thing

Not going to lie basically nothing happened today, except one thing.... Shopping.

Yeah my savings took a massive hit but hey pretty things make me happy :)

Love,

- K x

San Fran-disco

After arriving last night and staying at the beautiful Sir Francis Drake hotel we decided on a tour of the city to start off the day. After buying a pair of Keds to walk in (my 13 year old self is shitting herself) we spent 3 hours of ooh-ing and ahh-ing at a bunch of buildings, but I've got to say the Golden Gate bridge was pretty impressive. The buildings looked very Melbourne like as the city was flattened in 1906 by an earthquake (everything here is measured by earthquake eras it's weird).

After that we set out to Alcatraz. We did the only tour that you can actually walk on Alcatraz (not just sail around it). Did a really lame (but actually pretty cool) audio tour around the prison, they even had ex-residents speaking on it and telling stories/their experiences.

Finally a little shopping (they have a sports Calvin Klein here - its awesome) and some yummy French for dinner and now I'm just back at the hotel ready for a big sleep :)

Love

- K x



Ps: Tom wants a quote on here... He says "don't do drugs"

Driving on Highway 1... Part 2

After all the excitement yesterday nothing much happened today, just drove from Cambria to San Francisco and arrived at 6.30pm, our hotel Sir Francis Drake is soooo 1920s deco and really cool. I would love my house to be decorated in this style :)

Lots of lame country radio stations and sleep :)

Tomorrow will be much more exciting, SanFran seems pretty cool, very Melbourne like, so I'm excited to explore the city!

Love,

- K x

Road trip part 1

Sorry about the lateness about this post, but you all can deal.

Big day, drove through Malibu, stopped in Santa Barbara for a land shark tour (it's as cool as it sounds) then stopped in Cambria (sounds like Camberra) at a bed and breakfast to sleep, room was massive as was the excitement that followed, Brian decided to lose the keys... 200 miles out of LA... 300 miles from SanFran.... Yep clever, so had to get a replacement car which came at 5am this morning!

Nothing much else happened, just a lot of sleep! And becoming hooked on the CW show 'cheaters' (tacky, reality, awesome TV!)

Love,

-K

Marc Jacobs and Chanel

Wow, massive day. Went to Universal studios from 9 - 3 (seriously anyone going, splash out for front of house pass, may be double the price but we waited 3 not 80 mins for most rides). Then onto Santa Monica to have a look at the pier and do some shopping.

Hit up Bloomingdales hard for my first purchases of the trip, stocked up on Chanel makeup (cannot believe the cheapness of it here, $30 mascara?!?!? Amazing) and bought my first big ticket item of the trip. A beautiful Marc Jacobs milk colored bag. I saw it and within minutes it was mine, ah love.

Too tired to write anything else, so that's all you get for now, oh and photo collage #2 :)

Love,

- K x

The first 40 hours are always the hardest.

And that they were, finally after leaving Melbourne at 6am Thursday I get to go to sleep for the first time! Massive day today, landed at LAX at 7am and have not stopped.

We did the usual touristy things, Hollywood blvd, walk of fame Chinese theatre etc. Then Mum and Tom went crazy in a shoe store, got to say I was a bit impressed 5 pairs of Nike/Calvin Klein/Ralph Lauren shoes for $350!

Finally a bit of a shop on Rodeo which included many rings being tried on in Tiffany's. Don't worry, no damage done yet, but a few purchases are in mind for our next visit, after Rodeo we popped into Koi in West Hollywood for dinner. One word, amazing. Decor, food, atmosphere all awesome. I would recommend it to anyone, a bit exxy but soo worth it! (and they even served me alcohol!)

Now I'm in bed and it's 10.30pm and I am so sleepy. Tomorrow Universal Studios so better get my beauty sleep!

Love,

- K x

Just a test.

Not taking my laptop o/s so will be updating via iPhone... We will see how this goes.

Here are some pictures of the thing I will miss most in the world.

Love,

- K x

A Little Friday Sparkle.

So I haven't posted on here in forever but I am going away for 3 weeks soon so thought it would be a good way to stay semi in contact with friends and family. I'll get around to changing the layout/colour scheme because lets be honest all black and grey is a little depressing. Life has changed considerably for me since Germany/posting on this Blog, so I've come to rely on this little quote by one Miss Tinkerbell "All you need is Faith, Trust and a little Pixie dust" it reminds me to keep believing and keeping the sparkle in my life alive (lame I know, but that's just me). So if you feel like it check back and have a look at the super exciting life I'll be leading (for 3 weeks) while you're all braving the cold in Melbourne.

- K x