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It was soon time to say goodbye to Argentina, but not without one last stop! On our flight back home I decided to have a 24 hour layover in Mendoza so we had the chance to explore one last place before heading back to Sydney. My dad has visited pretty much everywhere there is to see in Argentina when he used to live there, but he was excited to see it again and this time with me!
We landed in Mendoza in the early hours of the morning and were picked up from the airport by the tour guide we booked in the afternoon before. We dropped off our suitcases in their office and the tour to the High Mountain was on it’s way!
Just a little side note if you’re ever in Mendoza/South America: when I called on the phone and also emailed the tour company while booking in our places, everything was done in English. Then when the tour started, the tour guide spoke in Spanish all day! This was fine for me since I can understand Spanish perfectly. But if you’re ever booking a tour in South America, be sure to double check if the actual tour is going to be in English or not just in case the same thing happens to you!
Out first stop of the day was Lake Potrerillos which you can see in the first few photos of this blog post. We then continued our drive through the valley where we saw el Puente del Inca which is a natural arch that forms a bridge over the Vacas River. There are hot springs inside the building under the bridge which you used to be able to get to, but they closed it off years ago. Interesting story about this place - there used to be a whole village next to the bridge, until one day there was an earthquake that destroyed everything except for the bridge and a church - and they are still standing today.
After el Puente, we headed on the windiest, scariest road up a mountain I’ve ever been on in my life! When we reached the top, we were almost 4000 meters above sea level (so the altitude sickness was real!) and up here is where you can see the Christo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer of the Andes) and stand with one foot in Chile and one foot in Argentina!
That was the final stop of our tour. We stopped for a lunch and then headed back to Mendoza where my dad and I slept and woke up the next morning to hop on a plane back to Sydney! I was home in Sydney for a couple of weeks before heading off yet again this time to Dubai, Lebanon and followed by Poland! It's been a busy year this year!
I filmed vlogs every single day while I was in Argentina, they’re all up on my YouTube Channel if you want to see!
All photos edited with my Gdansk Lightroom Preset!
You can read about my time in Buenos Aires in this blog post, but I wanted to dedicate an entire blog post to our morning visiting La Boca. I was blown away with how beautiful this place is, the colourful buildings, the interesting people, the history behind it all - I loved it so much! If you ever go to Buenos Aires I highly recommend that this is a must-visit place!
My dad, his friend and I walked through the streets of La Boca and I my eyes were constantly darting around trying to take everything in. The buildings here are painted in the most bright colours you will ever see, there are so many details and figures of people hanging around the town, street artists to watch and so many cute souvenirs to look at. I got to see Caminito which is a narrow street where the Italians first immigrated. If you watch my vlogs, my dad asked one of the street performers who was playing the accordion to play a traditional Argentinian song for me!
After La Boca, we headed to San Telmo where they have weekend markets and a beautiful plaza under the trees where you can eat and watch people dance the Tango.
See the rest of my photos from Buenos Aires here! And please subscribe to my YouTube Channel, I’ve released vlogs from every day I was in Argentina + I release new videos twice a week!
All photos edited with my Gdansk Lightroom Preset!
After an emotional goodbye with Mar Del Plata, my dad and I’s next stop was Buenos Aires, Argentina! I couldn’t contain my excitement for being in this city, and I had a huge smile on my face pretty much the entire weekend we were there.
Our first stop in Buenos Aires was the renovated Puerto Madero which is a tourist centre by the water with lots of restaurants and beautiful views. We stopped to grab some lunch here. Something I noticed that I really love about Argentina is how colourful everything is. I am in love with the brightly painted buildings - yellow, pink, blue and all the murals painted on the walls. It gives the city such character and also so many things to photograph!
My dad and I rented an amazing airbnb on the main street in Buenos Aires which had the perfect view of the Obelisco (the tall white sculpture in the heart of the city). We spent our weekend visiting so many sights: walking around the picturesque suburb of Recoleta, visiting the cemetery in La Recoleta, we made our way to the Plaza de Mayo and saw the Casa Rosada, we explored La Boca and the Parque Tres de Febrero where they have a never ending rose garden, among so many other things!
I also vlogged my entire time in Argentina which you can watch on my YouTube Channel! Next stop is Mendoza.
All photos edited with my Gdansk Lightroom Preset!
Earlier this year, my dad called me up one afternoon asking me if I can help him look for flights to Argentina. I haven’t visited my hometown of Argentina since I was about 10 years old so I jumped at the opportunity and decided to go there with him! Just to give you a little bit of background, both my parents were born in Mar Del Plata, Argentina which is a city about a four hour drive away from the capital of Buenos Aires. They then moved to Australia, where my sister and I were born. We’ve only been back to visit once as part of a TV show called Sorpresa y Media where they reunite families who haven’t seen each other in years.
The main reason they were never able to go back and visit was because when they moved to Australia they started their lives from scratch again with absolutely nothing in their pockets, as well as due to flights being a very expensive affair back in the day AND we were a family of 4. We were so lucky to have that opportunity to visit my family in Argentina. My grandparents all met me and my sister for the first time and it was all very emotional. My mum still has the episode somewhere on VHS that we used to watch every now and again when we missed them!
Even though I was really young, I remember so many snippets from that trip and I was so excited to finally go back to my parent’s home to be able to connect all the dots and remember everything now that I’m older.
I had a short 2 days back at home after being in Hawaii, before I met up with my dad at the airport and we made our way to Chile, then Argentina. We landed in Buenos Aires and my dad’s childhood friend was there waiting for us at the airport. We spent our first afternoon in the car making the very long four hour drive to Mar Del Plata.
Over the next 2 weeks, we spent every morning and afternoon visiting my grandma before heading out to visit all the sights of Mar Del Plata. It is such a beautiful city by the sea. We met so much family and so many friends, I worked on my rusty Spanish speaking skills (I can understand it with ease, but speaking it is a little hard for me!), ate so much amazing food and just really enjoyed spending our time there. I vlogged every single day I was in Argentina and you can watch all those videos on my YouTube Channel!
After Mar Del Plata, we spent some time in Buenos Aires as well as Mendoza - those blog posts are coming in the following weeks!
This trip to Argentina was honestly life changing. I felt so happy getting to see and talk to my grandma (I was so emotional the first time I saw her I cried so much!) and just getting to know the beautiful place where my parents grew up. My dad and I went on this trip to reunite with my grandma, but seeing Argentina for myself makes me want to come back and explore more of this country. I am definitely planning a trip to see more of South America soon!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy all the photos and the vlogs! More coming soon!
All photos edited with my Gdansk Lightroom Preset!
Another year in 100 pictures. Thank you for everything!!
2017 is also when I started working on my YouTube Channel, where I upload 2 new videos a week. Your support over on YouTube has been SO amazing and I thank you all so so much for all your positive feedback. I can't wait to create more photoshoots and videos in 2018!
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model jasmine @ vivien's
hair & makeup lidija j
film dan @ i make films
photography julia trotti
Watch the behind the scenes below! A tutorial on how to work with mundane locations to take amazing portraits. And please subscribe to my channel! I release 2 new videos a week.
All photos edited with my Amalfi Lightroom Preset Pack!
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I also have some exciting news because I've started sharing more fashion shoot behind the scenes videos + Lightroom & Photoshop Tutorials on my YouTube Channel! Be sure to subscribe as I upload 2 new videos every week x
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model georgie todd
makeup allira taylor
film dan @ i make films
photography julia trotti
Watch the behind the scenes video from this shoot in Melbourne below! And please subscribe to my YouTube Channel, I release 2 new videos a week x
My Bali Instagram diary! Another post that has been sitting in my drafts for way longer than it should have.
All photos were taken on my iPhone 8+ and edited on my FREE Digital Film App which you can download for iOS here.
Main Instagram account @juliatrotti // Personal account @juls.trotti
model chloe @ vivien's
makeup lidija j
video dan @ i make films
photographer julia trotti
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model martinika @ gaga models
film dan @ i make films
photography julia trotti
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Outtakes and behind the scene pictures from my trip to Lebanon for @fullyrawkristina. See our other photo adventures here: Bali, Hawaii & Dubai.
I also vlogged throughout this trip - check out my YouTube Channel for those videos! And please subscribe to my channel, I release 2 new videos every week.
All photos edited with my San Francisco Lightroom Preset!
Outtakes and behind the scene pictures from my trip to Dubai for @fullyrawkristina. See our other photo adventures here: Bali, Hawaii.
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All photos edited with my New York Lightroom Preset!
It's strange to think that this time 5 days ago, we were all the way up in Italy's north exploring the Italian Alps. Our last stop after a crazy week in Italy was the one I was most excited for. We are headed to Positano on the Amalfi Coast!
Dan and I had just spent our last 2 days in Florence before we started making our longest road trip yet to the Amalfi Coast. Since the drive was so long, we ended up making a detour to a beautiful locals-only beach somewhere in the south of Italy before making the rest of the trip at night to Positano.
When we arrived, we parked our car on the side of a cliff and watched the moon glistening over the water and soon after, watched the sun rise over the mountains illuminating all the beautiful homes, hotels and restaurants built in every nook and cranny on the mountains. I couldn’t believe I was here!
I also just want to mention that I am super proud of Dan for being able to drive on the streets of the Amalfi Coast. Every road up and down the mountain looks like a one way street, but really can fit two cars each way. There are people walking on each side of the road, vespas are constantly zooming past and restaurants and shops literally set up their tables and goods on either sides of the roads! So on top of all the constant winding and either driving up a really steep hill or down it, there were also soo many obstacles to constantly look out for! I don’t think I would be brave enough to drive in Positano.
We were in Positano for three days over the weekend and we spent our time here walking up and down hundreds of stairs - literally! you can see it all in my vlog here & here! - eating delicious Italian food, soaking in the crystal blue ocean, walking through all the beautiful alleyways looking at the local stores and just generally sitting and admiring the amazing views. This place is like nothing I’ve ever seen before and I would constantly catch myself just looking up at everything in awe.
I learnt so many things about being in Positano while I was there that I didn’t realise or think about even though this place has been on my bucket list for years! So I was thinking of making a video about tips for your first time visiting Positano or the Amalfi Coast. Let me know if you guys want to see it and I can create it for you! In the meantime though, I did vlog every day during our week in Italy and you can watch all the videos here!
But for now, I’m going to leave with you all the photos we took during our few days in this beautiful place, enjoy!
All photos edited with my Amalfi Lightroom Preset Pack!
Watch my vlogs from Positano below and please subscribe to my channel if you haven't already! I release 2 new videos a week including Lightroom Tutorials, Photoshop Tutorials, Digital Film Preset Features, Fashion Shoot Behind the Scenes & vlogs!
Dan and I were on our longest road trip haul through Italy yet making our way from Florence in the Tuscany region to Positano on the Amalfi Coast when we came across this gem in Italy’s south.
Towards the end of our trip, we had one last place we wanted to visit which was Positano. Since we were in Florence, that meant making a 6 hour drive to get to the coast! Oops.. didn’t plan that one ahead! On one of the many stops we made along the way, we decided to search and see if there was anything we could do to break up the drive which is where we found this beach. After hours and hours on being on the highway, we caught our first glimpse of the ocean and we started smiling immediately. We turned left onto the road which lines the beach and had the most beautiful mountain view ahead of us - it reminded me of Hawaii!
We parked the car and made our way down one of the little sandy alleyways between the holiday houses to the beach. We spent the rest of the afternoon walking around and relaxing on the sand, taking a break from all that driving. We got to see the sun set over the ocean which is something I’ve only ever seen twice before in my life and we noticed that all the people on this beach were just locals - not another tourist in sight! For this reason, I’d rather not name the beach we found and help keep it a locals secret/haven from the tourist saturated cities in Italy.
It was the perfect way to end off the day and we felt rejuvenated to keep driving through the night to make it to our destination of Positano - which is coming in the next blog post!
If you want to watch videos of all our travels through Italy, I vlogged every single day and you can find them all on my YouTube channel!
All photos edited with my new Florence Lightroom Preset Pack!
A few days into our week in Italy, Dan and I left Venice in the late morning and made our way towards Florence in the region of Tuscany. Our first stop of the day was in Fiesole, a small, quiet town at the top of a hill with impressive views of Florence. We had a late lunch (I had gnocchi and Dan grabbed a pizza) while booking our accommodation for that night and the night afterwards. Once we knew where we were staying in Florence, we decided to head into the city!
We dropped off our bags and our car at the hotel and set off to see Florence by foot. Oh my, I fell in love with Florence - it’s such a beautiful city with a magic about it I can’t quite put into words. Our first stop was the Duomo aka the Florence Cathedral which is SUCH a beautiful building, so of course we ended up taking hundreds of photos of and with it! We also made our way around the city to see Ponte Vecchio - the medieval bridge with houses and shops built on top of it - Palazzo Vecchio, Uffizi Gallery, Santa Croce Basilica and so many other things along the way that I can’t even remember now!
On our last day in Florence, Dan and I woke up early, checked out of our hotel and drove to the Piazzale Michelangelo which is a plaza with the most beautiful views of Florence. If you’ve ever googled Florence, almost all the pictures you see of it are taken from this spot!
I vlogged our entire week in Italy, which you can find on my YouTube channel! I can’t wait to share my next blog post where we start making our way further down south of Italy and find a beautiful locals-only beach.
All photos edited with my new Florence Lightroom Preset Pack!
Dan and I had just spent 2 dreamy days road tripping through South Tyrol, exploring all the beautiful spots the Italian Alps had to offer including amazing reflection lakes at sunrise and towering mountains. Sadly it was time for us to leave though, to continue on our trip through Italy and explore our next city: Venice.
Dan and I left South Tyrol via a winding road through the mountains. We didn’t want to take the highway to Venice as we wanted to cling onto the mountains for as long as possible! And even though the drive was twice as long - so 4 hours instead of 2 - it was SO worth it. The majority of the drive to Venice was just up and down mountain roads with the most amazing views. We passed so many small and big towns built in the middle of the mountains and took so many photos along the way, it was so beautiful and a road trip I’m never going to forget.
While we had a taste for how hot it was in Italy during August while we were in Milan, the cool temperatures of the Alps made us completely forget about it all. Until we reached Venice. Once we descended the safety of high altitudes and reached the city, the temperatures quickly soared back up to 40+ degrees Celsius, yuck!
Dan and I booked a hotel just outside of Venice and caught the train into the city. We spent the rest of our afternoon and evening walking around the very busy streets and little alleyways of Venice. I had my camera glued to my hands snapping everything that caught my eye!
If you want to see more of our time during Venice, be sure to check out my vlog! I also vlogged every day during our week in Italy, which you can see all the videos on my YouTube Channel!
Once we left Venice, we started making our way to the beautiful city of Florence - which I completely fell in love with! I can't wait to share that blog post next week!
All photos edited with my new Florence Lightroom Preset Pack!
After spending our morning in Milan, Dan and I started our long road trip to the Italian Alps. What started off as just highway for about an hour, quickly turned into one of the most beautiful and scenic roads I’ve ever been on - mountains surrounding us and so many quaint little houses and endless vineyards built into every corner of the mountains.
Since we were on a highway still, there weren’t too many places we could pull over to take pictures but you can see all the view along the way in my vlog! I also vlogged every day while we were in Italy, and you can check out all those videos on my YouTube Channel.
We fell asleep to the sound of rain and woke up at a cold 5am ready to catch the sunrise at Pragser Wildsee also known as Lago di Braies. Since this lake is surrounded and thus sheltered by mountains, it was a perfect mirror reflection early in the morning duplicating the landscape surrounding it. It is honestly one of the most beautiful sights I’ve ever seen in my life and I still look back on our early mornings here wondering if it was really real.
Dan and I spent the next couple of days driving around the Dolomities, stopping every few seconds on the side of the road for photos because South Tyrol is actually one of the most picturesque places I’ve ever been lucky enough to visit. We visited Lago di Braies several times, saw the Dolomites, visited the World UNESCO Heritage Site and basically were just constantly in awe of the landscapes around us.
One of my favourite and most memorable moments was driving back towards our accommodation and noticing all this fog building up on the surface of a lake. We quickly turned off the road, parked and started walking towards it to take photos, it was so quiet and absolutely peaceful. While we taking pictures, the fog quickly started travelling towards us and soon enough we were drenched in rain but I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face.
It was hard to leave the Italian Alps. It was only day 3 of our week in Italy, but it had quickly become one of my favourite places I have ever travelled to in the world. I know I’ll be back one day! For now, our road trip continues and we make our way from the Alps to Venice which all the photos will be coming from there in my next blog post!
All photos edited with my Amalfi Lightroom Preset Pack (coming soon!)
