Fernweh

It’s not a very impressive city, not in the way that makes me take a lot of photos at least, but me and Lauren had a good time here nevertheless. Sunday night we went out to dinner with Mike and Lulu from the tour, because they both left on another tour to Alice Springs early [...]

Arrived in Adelaide in one piece last night, after a packed 3 days with Oz Experience. It was a blast, not just because of the stunning landscapes of the Great Ocean Road and the Grampians, but also because we were an awesome group of people – 13 altogether, plus our guide Kate. We all got [...]

Photos and details on what I’ve been doing the past couple of days will have to wait, because the bus tour to Adelaide will leave tomorrow morning at 6.30am from the town centre, so I should get packed and go to bed. But I’ve had a really good time here, thanks to Sonja and her [...]

I finally arrived on Saturday, after Rathy was nice enough to bring me to the airport at 4 in the morning. My friend Sonja came to pick me up, and since then I’ve been staying with her and her lovely family in a suburb of Melbourne, full with cute little Victorian worker’s cottages. Their house, [...]

So my time here is officially almost over. Here’s my last week in Wellington: – Saturday: Dinner with friends at Southern Cross, then out to a bar and dancing. – Sunday: Last time at church. – Monday: Saying goodbye to Adeline and an evening at Strawberry Fare with my friends from church. – Tuesday: Miriam [...]

Everything’s packed and I gave my keys to Meredith. Not as many boxes as I’d feared, but oh, it was hard! Trying to get excited about going down South tomorrow, but not quite there yet. I’m more thrilled about my Australia trip at the moment: Staying with a friend in Melbourne, then a three-day tour [...]

I’ve paid the first half of my plane ticket, so I now have a schedule for leaving New Zealand. Needless to say I’m not happy about it. But here are the dates: June 19: last exam visit Denise, pack and ship all my stuff June 28: Meredith moves into my room travel the South Island, [...]

Got back in one piece – but let me tell you, Australia really is pretty far away… There are definitely more fun things than spending almost 30 hours on planes and in airports! *g* Another thing to remember is NOT TO PLAY WITH YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA WHEN TIRED!!! Because if you do that, you might [...]

Like the first time I was in Sydney (on my way to Auckland two months ago), I'm taking advantage of the free internet provided – hard to believe that I got a spot at one of the three terminals without waiting… Anyway, in my ramblings about travellers cheques and airline luggage restrictions some things I [...]

Quite a lot has happened since my last update – I really should write here every day to share all the small things that I've seen and done… But since that's impossible, here's another overview – the last one from this trip, because I'm flying home tonight. The trip to Sydney went well – I [...]