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Just a quick blog, basically to show some happy snaps! The weekend before last we had a daytrip to Oxford. Oxford is a fantastic uni town, for those unfamiliar with Oxford it is not multiple campuses as such; it is multiple buildings all separated according to faculty. For example, physics in one building, another is mathematics, etc; etc. A pretty place, one of our friends Wes has won a scholarship to study at Oxford university this year, am sure he'll love it here!... read more

Chim Chimeny Chim Chim Che Roo! Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of travelling into London to meet Prof. Caralyn Barton, Lucy-Lou and Lisa B. Now, the professor is living in South Kensington/Chelsea, London. On my way out of the station I passed the Lamborghini shop, multiple porches, BMW’s Merks, etc; you know what I’m thinking! Also lots of very nicely dressed people, yes, this area is very classy! The buildings are mostly of Edwardian design, with bold white large columns making a grand entrance. The Prof states she frequently sees Hugh Grant on the streets! Was delightful to see the girls and reminise about old 2F times, was awesome to be able to pickup the pieces like we’d all seen each other the day earlier. After some wine, a table of Thai fish cakes for ... read more

Welcome 07! Well to anyone we have missed and for those we have not, we will wish you a very Happy New Years again!! Many of you would know we decided to see the new year in with style, heading into London to see the Chemical Bros. Our night began by meeting a friend of Justin’s whom we’d met a few times in Melbs at Paddington station. From here our adventures over London began! We jumped on a train where we were picked up by 2 of Michael's friends. Drove to Tanya’s house, dropped off the car, back on the train. We arrived to another persons house and were happily greeted by a somewhat familiar face, and lots of nibblies!! Turned out to be at least 11 of us, all Australian!! Funnily enough. The familiar ... read more

Barcelona was fantastic. Just a tip when flying the ‘low cost’ airline - ryanair to start with though. Firstly, no one seriously believes you when you advertise flights for 1 euro. We all know there is a catch. The catch is actually multiple. Catch 1 = plus taxes. That brings us up to 30 euro immediately. Yeah right, how come the taxes when you fly with easyjet are only about 10 euro. Anyway, moving on to catch 2, would you like to take a bag with you? Pardon? A bag? Well yes as a matter of fact, that doesn’t sound like such a bad idea to actually take some clothes with me for a 2 week trip overseas. Ok, so 40 euro is our ‘low cost price’? Well yeah, but you’re going to Barcelona right? Well, ... read more

I included this in the previous but some reason it did not publish it!! With the conclusion I had added that although Milan is not pretty and rich in history, we had a very enjoyable and relaxing break!! xoxox... read more

Milan, or Milano…. Sounds good, ce? Well, no, not so good… With some interesting comments before we left, we greeted Milan with fresh eyes and excited hearts. Our bus ride from the airport took us through the city to the main train station, we got the metro to the closest station to our hotel. We thought… or maybe optimistically hoped the area may have changed when we got out of the metro but it had not. It was the same everywhere.... Smoggy, dirty, rubbish everywhere, and people who all thought they were engaging in a starring contest with you! Any Italians out there (Yes Fi!) or people who love Italy, I do too just not this part. After visiting Rome, Venice, Florence, Tuscany and now Milan I can vouch for this. I guess it was a ... read more