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Grindelwald, Switzerland

7 July 2017 by kristarella 1 Comment

After WCEU, I took the opportunity to visit my cousin who is living in Switzerland for the summer. Not far from where she lives is a town called Grindelwald and up the mountain from there, Pfingstegg. As it happens, our grandparents visited there about 40 years ago, so we decided to try to find all […]

Filed Under: Photos, Travel Tagged With: Europe, family, Grindelwald, history, Pfingstegg, photos, Switzerland

WCEU 2017 Photos

6 July 2017 by kristarella Leave a Comment

I have finally finished processing all the photos from my trip to Paris & Switzerland! Here are some from WordCamp Europe. See the full album on Flickr.

Filed Under: WordCamp, WordPress Tagged With: Europe, Paris, photos, WCEU, WordCamp, WordCamp Europe

Leavin’ on a jetplane (to WCEU)

12 June 2017 by kristarella Leave a Comment

Woot! WordCamp Europe (WCEU) is just a few days away; and as I write I am in the airport lounge doing some work, enjoying some dessert, and thinking about WordCamp. I love WordCamps in general for a number of reasons. In no particular order some of those are: learning teaching amazing community swag inspiration community […]

Filed Under: Travel, WordCamp, WordPress Tagged With: Europe, Paris, photos

Tower, green hills, red roofs

Český Krumlov

11 July 2016 by kristarella 1 Comment

On my trip to WordCamp Europe, via Prague, I got to go on a tour to Český Krumlov. It was fantastic! Český Krumlov is a town to the South-West of Czech Republic, which is famous for its castle. The castle began being built by the Lords of Krumlov in 1253, giving the oldest parts of […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Czech Republic, Europe, photos

My first European adventure

22 June 2016 by kristarella Leave a Comment

It’s been just over a year since I started working for Automattic; and what an amazing year! I have got to do what I really like doing, which is help people make their websites. I have met a bunch of new people, online and in person. I have contributed to learning and development projects for […]

Filed Under: Travel, WordPress Tagged With: Europe, WordCamp

Put up advent calendar… only 5 days late. Hoping Put up advent calendar… only 5 days late. Hoping tomorrow I will flip three top row and catch up on the readings.

Rob Smith preached at our church on Sunday on Isaiah 9, and he said something to the effect of, “they were looking forward to the first advent of the Messaiah, but we look back to his first advent, and look forward to his second.” That added a new dimension to Christmas for me that I don’t often consider.
This Saturday it was so exciting, and humbling, an This Saturday it was so exciting, and humbling, and uplifting (yes, both of those!) to see these—my teachers, training mates, and life mate—achieve their next level of black belt. What a remarkable bunch of humans! 

Thanks Mum & Dad (Nelly & Grampa) for looking after Mark so I could be there!

#gkrkarate
My main reason for cruising the harbour yesterday My main reason for cruising the harbour yesterday was tagging along with @angelashoobert and @dereksamaha on a shoot at Cockatoo Island. So fun! I grabbed a few behind the scenes shots 📷🧡
Getting closer to the main event of my adventures Getting closer to the main event of my adventures yesterday: Cockatoo Island
Part of my adventures yesterday: ferry rides on #s Part of my adventures yesterday: ferry rides on #sydneyharbour
One short day in the Emerald City! The wonderful m One short day in the Emerald City! The wonderful music of @wickedinoz is still running through my head. Defying Gravity gave me chills! 🧹💚

It was also nice to come home to a toddler very happy to see me, and fascinated by my red lips! 😆💋

#wickedmusical #defygravity 
#marksymonds
Mark had his very first bus ride today! We went in Mark had his very first bus ride today! We went into the city and checked out the new LEGO store, largest in the world!
Not the easiest in the world to find though! Some champion had put into Google maps that the entrance is via 400 George St, and that it’s in Strand Arcade, neither of which is accurate. The store is in Sydney Arcade (near to, but different from Strand Arcade), and the entrance is on Pitt St. The external signage is tiny from the front; I hope it improves.
We had fun looking at the big builds and great Pick and Build wall!
#lego #legostore #legostoresydney #afol
Happy Halloween! The first photo is my dragon scal Happy Halloween! The first photo is my dragon scales nails to celebrate today 🐉
The rest are some of my favourite manicures over the last year of using the @sistaco nail system.
#sistaco #nailart
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