All good things must come to an end, as the saying goes. And our time overseas was definitely good, absolutely, and yes it has ended but apart from the initial shock of arriving back in Melbourne, there doesn't seem to be any reason why the good must now end and the bad must begin. We had such a fantastic time and instead of rueing the fact that we are back it seems more sensible to reflect on how fantastic the trip was. An incredible time of nearly 7 months were neither of us worked a day and did only what we [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone, quite a bit has happened since we both made our last entries. For starters we are now both in the same country again and that country is quite different to the one where we met up again. For both of us is was quite difficult for a few reasons to leave our adopted countries of residence, Germany and Canada. The thought of travelling to Sweden and Thailand did take the edge off a bit but it was still difficult. Kristian and I have talked about what advise we would give to people setting off on a trip like ours; [View Full Entry]

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Well im very sad to say that I am no longer in Canada, instead im back in Germany in the city of Frankfurt killing time till 3:20 pm when I go to meet up with John at the airport. This blog wont be accompanied by any photos or anything exciting since the last entry, its more of a massive thankyou to all the very cool people I met and spent time with in Canada. It was a hard choice deciding whether to leave Germany during the world cup but it was such a good decition and a jorney that has made [View Full Entry]

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Its strange to think that after 3 months in Germany I have now spent just over 1% of my life here. Granted that perhaps seems not so much, however it differs slightly from the 4 days that our original plans had us staying. So today is the last day, so much has happened since we arrived in May. The World Cup, a month long festival in every village, city and town in the country. Trips to Medieval Castles and Towns, A weekend in Paris, A week in Spain, our own little apartment, a music festival, beer gardens, bars, nightclubs, restaurants. Its [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, As you may have read in one of John's earlier blogs, my travel plans have again changed. An opportunity arose to go with Chelsea and some of her family and friends to the Yukon Territory of Canada for a wedding, and later to Alaska for a bit of a vacation. After looking at flights to Whitehorse and finding them to be very expensive (1000 dollars for a return domestic flight!) I decided to just book the flight home and drive up there with some of Chelsea's friends, who had bought a van just for this trip. A vehicle we [View Full Entry]

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A few weeks ago I got email from an Australian girl I met in Vienna about her travels in Spain, and it was entitled: Spain- Oh Boy!. I think that pretty much somes it up. Spain is the place and the place is Spain. I stayed in Barcelona and that place is hot. When people talk about the Sun beating down, that saying is definitely true in Barcelona, the Sun and the heat is unrelenting. No cool changes, no cloudy days, just heat and this is why that Spain is so legendary for it late nights because some days are hard [View Full Entry]

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Its funny, the people you meet. While waiting with great anticipation and apprehension for the commencement of the Australia vs. Japan match (all those weeks ago), we were approached by a man wearing an official Australian Soccer shirt and carrying a hand-sewn Australian flag. "Are you Australian?" he asked in English with a German accent. "Yes" we answered. "True Blue?" he enquired. "Most definiteley". This guy was Alex, and over the next couple of hours we came to discover that he was half Australian, half German and that his hand sewn flag was stolen during a political protest in Canberra [View Full Entry]

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What do you do when the country you are staying is knocked out of the world cup? Well if you are in Europe you can always just go to another country that is still involved, so off we went to France. We had since the beginning of the World Cup been saying that if Germany was in the final we would go to Berlin but not really in a serious way. And we always joked that if France got in but not Germany then we would go to Paris. Well as luck would have it France did get in and after [View Full Entry]

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Hello all. The weekend just past, on Saturday July 1st was Canada's 139th Birthday. So in celebration of this 3 day weekend Chelsea, a bunch of her friends and I went to spend it at a lodge on a lake in the middle of no where. After packing the truck and cars we headed off for the 4 hr drive to 'Long Lake' in Nopiming Provincial Park. The last hour of the drive was along dirt roads and we made the mistake of not closing the external air inlet and so arrived at the lodge completly covered in dust. The cabin [View Full Entry]

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The past few days in Tübingen have been relatively quiet, for one reason in particular: No Football. Its been so strange I feel like I have lost a shoe. The world cup started with 3 games every single day, what bliss, and then went down to 2 per day, still very tidy. But in between the round of 16 of the Quarter Finals there are two whole days where neither a football is kicked nor a shin is grabbed in mock horror and pain at a foul that did not occur. Tomorrow though will make up for that because Germany plays, [View Full Entry]

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