Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Anne & Robert


Dressed and ready to attend a wedding in Bucharest - August 2006

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Via della Spiga




Alex and Nock inspect the Vai della Spiga one of the nicest old streets in Milan

Milano - Hadley's at Nabuco Restaurant



We enjoy dinner at the Nabuco restaurant on the evening of our arrival in Milan.

Anne & Robert At Dinner - Milano August 2006



Dinner in Milano with family and friends

Dinner at Il Coriandolo Milano


To celebrate our reunion in Milan we go to Il Coriandolo. We ate lots of food and enjoyed the Italian wine

Enjoying a coffee break in Milano


Aimee and Alex enjoy a coffee break on Via Torino, Milan, Italy

Milan - Il Duomo



Anne, Aimee, Morgan, Alex and Nick in front of the famous Milan Duomo, the third largest cathedral in the world where building work commenced in the 14th century and continues till today. The building has just undergone a major external renovation and looks very beautiful in the sunlight

Morgan & Aimee - Galleria Vittorio Emanuele



Two aussie ladies, Morgan & Aimee at dinner - Galleria Vittorio Emanuele. We enjoyed the meal and watched the passing pedestrians.

Dinner at Galleria Victorio Emanuele


Aimee. Nicholas and Alexander Hadley at dinner, Milan August 2006
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele



Anne, Alex and Nick at the central meeting point in Milan - the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, a grand shopping arcade built in 1878

Nick turns 14 - 10 August 2006


Nick turns 14 and blows out the candles in our kitchen at our home in Bucharest

Max Mara Shop Milan


Morgan, Nick, Alex and Aimee at the Max Mara shop in Milan. Anne bought an outfit here for a wedding we will attend next week

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Maleny House - Inner Courtyard


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Our next home in Australia


Maleny House - click on picture to enlarge

Maleny House - First Floor Plan


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Second Floor Plan

View from main bedroom


The view from the second floor bedroom

Second floor walkway to main bedroom


To the left a Gabion Wall protects from noise, a zen garden for contemplation and a reflection pool

Maleny House - Looking east to the coastline


A special view from the kitchen across the living area!!

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Great Scenes from Romania



I took this photo high in the Transylvannian mountains in November last year. It is early morning and the trees are covered in ice.

Cousins get together


Cousins meet up for Anne's 50th birthday

The Boy's meet up at Toronto


The boy's get together for some fun at Grandad's place

A beef sausage at last


Enjoying an Australian beef sausage as they are not available in Romania

Christine and Anne


Christine and Anne at Monica's house - June 2006

Meeting family and friends in Brisbane


We spent a lovely days with some family and friends in Brisbane

Tea with Aunty Kath - Tanilba Bay June 2006


We meet Aunty Kath at Tanilba Bay

Anne's 50th Birthday Party - Toronto 2006



Anne's birthday with her Mum, Dad and sisters

Sydney Harbour


We return to one of our favourite cities - Sydney

My best Romania photograph


A great photograph in Transylvannia - Winter 2005

Hadley's together for 5 minutes

Every now and then the Hadley's meet. Here we are together for 15 minutes after 3 years!!

Hadley Trio


A happy photograph on Mum's 50th Birthday

Alex and Jessica


A great shot of Alex and Jessica - June 2006 Toronto

Hadley's and Kennedy's - Anne's Birthday


Robert, Anne with Jack and Marie at Anne's birthday at Gypsy's Table Maleny

Hadley's in Maroubra


Uncle Greg, Nick & Alex Maroubra June 2006

Hadley Cousins in Toronto


Alex, Jessica, Nick, Stuart, & Liam in Toronto June 2006

Glass Restaurant Hilton Sydney


Here we are at the Glass Restaurant, Hilton Sydney on our trip to Sydney in June 2006

Hadley's in Caloundra

Hadley Fun

We are an Australian family living, working and studying in Romania. Robert and Anne are ancient but young at heart. Alexander(Alex) is 16 going on 17 and Nicholas (Nick) is 14. Since leaving Australia almost 10 years ago we do lots of travelling. We thought it may be useful sharing some of our recent experiences