Coming to you live from free wifi in the hong kong airport. Mandatory disembarking. Just testing out the email blogging...
14 June 2009
12 June 2009
I'm on holidays, woowoo!
So happy for my 3 weeks off. I leave for Australia in about 13 hours (that includes the train journey to Heathrow), and I still have to pack. :) Nothing like cutting it fine. I figure that it'd take me longer to pack if I gave myself the time...plus, I didn't do my washing til quite late and things were still drying even this morn.
So, this is the weather comparison (Launie is the closest I can find to Dport on iGoogle). It appears that like just when I left Australia, it'll be raining when I arrive back. Not much has changed. ;) People keep saying that when you go home, it can be a bit of a shock as living on the other side of the world you feel that life has moved swiftly on, but that things are as they always were in your hometown.
I understand what they're saying, but I beg to differ. I know that even though I may have experienced many different aspects of life over here, living in a Global melting pot, a lot can change in 2 years no matter where you are. I will be able to see definite glimpses in this from my neices who've grown up a lot in the time I've been gone, but also in the spaces left by the people who've passed away since I left.
Plus, a lot of good friends have moved away over the last few years and/or married and started families. I look forward to meeting many new faces, especially be they gurgling bundles of joy. I can hardly count how many - is it 8 or 9 babies of people that I know quite well, that have been born since I left less than 2 years ago? Amazing.
Taraah. See you on the other side.
So, this is the weather comparison (Launie is the closest I can find to Dport on iGoogle). It appears that like just when I left Australia, it'll be raining when I arrive back. Not much has changed. ;) People keep saying that when you go home, it can be a bit of a shock as living on the other side of the world you feel that life has moved swiftly on, but that things are as they always were in your hometown.
I understand what they're saying, but I beg to differ. I know that even though I may have experienced many different aspects of life over here, living in a Global melting pot, a lot can change in 2 years no matter where you are. I will be able to see definite glimpses in this from my neices who've grown up a lot in the time I've been gone, but also in the spaces left by the people who've passed away since I left.
Plus, a lot of good friends have moved away over the last few years and/or married and started families. I look forward to meeting many new faces, especially be they gurgling bundles of joy. I can hardly count how many - is it 8 or 9 babies of people that I know quite well, that have been born since I left less than 2 years ago? Amazing.
Taraah. See you on the other side.
28 March 2009
Yesterday was a brilliant day. Met heaps of lovely people and we pretty much all clicked straight away. There's 6 other aussies (yay!!!!) 3 from the USA (Philly, Virg, Calif) a gal from Manchester, England, England and a Saffa.
We checked out the Rock of Cashel (in Tipperary, where my mum's family is from), Mitchelstown Caves, Blarney Castle and yes, I did KISS THE STONE! Ahem, so did someone else I know...who will show up in my pics when I load them for you :)
We ended up in Killarney last night and went out for dinner (where we met some other Americans who were also staying at our hostel) then to see some traditional Irish storytelling and a bit of whistle music. Ended up heading to a local disco with a band playing lots of 90s songs...think killing in the name of, nothing else matters...my kind of head banging music. EPIC! They were all in their early 30's and looked like they were disappointed there was no moshing :(.
Today we've been to a cool beach, and have been travelling around some gorgeous cliffs as well as just general nonsense on the bus. Looking forward to the cliffs of moher later today!
We checked out the Rock of Cashel (in Tipperary, where my mum's family is from), Mitchelstown Caves, Blarney Castle and yes, I did KISS THE STONE! Ahem, so did someone else I know...who will show up in my pics when I load them for you :)
We ended up in Killarney last night and went out for dinner (where we met some other Americans who were also staying at our hostel) then to see some traditional Irish storytelling and a bit of whistle music. Ended up heading to a local disco with a band playing lots of 90s songs...think killing in the name of, nothing else matters...my kind of head banging music. EPIC! They were all in their early 30's and looked like they were disappointed there was no moshing :(.
Today we've been to a cool beach, and have been travelling around some gorgeous cliffs as well as just general nonsense on the bus. Looking forward to the cliffs of moher later today!
26 March 2009
Dublin, Ireland
So, it's time for another update from somewhere random :) Has been a while.
Sorry to anyone who was looking forward to seeing some Tunisia pics, I've put them up on facebook but nowhere else. If you want to see some, let me know and I'll put a few up here.
Tonight I'm here in Dublin and it is the night before another tour with Radical Travel. This will be my fourth with the same tour providers,(but under diff banners) oh well. What can I say, they're so great for limited time travel - especially when you're travelling your own.
The tour consists of 3 days in the Republic of Ireland,3 day southern rocker travelling around many well known places. Would have been nice to get to Tipperary, where mum's family are originally from but that's not on the itinerary unfortunately. Maybe it will constitute another trip over here sometime soon. :)
Nice to have a little bit of time off work, has been great having some travel to look forward to. My next trip after this will of course be my trip back home to Australia in June. I have to say that I'm more than a bit excited about that trip. I've been pointing wildly in the sky every time I see an airplane lately, which quite a few people can attest to! My sister sent me pics of my neice, Isabella, after she'd won a couple of running races the other day, gosh she's growing up. And Eva looks so different with really long hair. It sucks to be so far away from them when they're so small.
I'm heading out for taters now, will maybe get to blog again soon...really nothing to write yet!
cheers
Sorry to anyone who was looking forward to seeing some Tunisia pics, I've put them up on facebook but nowhere else. If you want to see some, let me know and I'll put a few up here.
Tonight I'm here in Dublin and it is the night before another tour with Radical Travel. This will be my fourth with the same tour providers,(but under diff banners) oh well. What can I say, they're so great for limited time travel - especially when you're travelling your own.
The tour consists of 3 days in the Republic of Ireland,3 day southern rocker travelling around many well known places. Would have been nice to get to Tipperary, where mum's family are originally from but that's not on the itinerary unfortunately. Maybe it will constitute another trip over here sometime soon. :)
Nice to have a little bit of time off work, has been great having some travel to look forward to. My next trip after this will of course be my trip back home to Australia in June. I have to say that I'm more than a bit excited about that trip. I've been pointing wildly in the sky every time I see an airplane lately, which quite a few people can attest to! My sister sent me pics of my neice, Isabella, after she'd won a couple of running races the other day, gosh she's growing up. And Eva looks so different with really long hair. It sucks to be so far away from them when they're so small.
I'm heading out for taters now, will maybe get to blog again soon...really nothing to write yet!
cheers
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