Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4477

Well it's true we're not in Kansas anymore. In fact, we were never in Kansas, however, we were in New Zealand and now we are in the mighty land of OZ. So sorry it has been 17 days since our last update, but, come on now folks we are on vacation here. I will try to recap as succinctly as I can, though I do have a propensity for being verbose so you better make sure you are seated for this one ( I mean, really, you already ought to be seated as only overworked sales people with back problems stand while working at their computers). We left the Crums little strip of paradise and had a great ferry trip back to the North Island of New Zealand. Our first stop, back in Wellington, was a ... read more

Well Ed and I have two days of teaching to go then we have Friday off to do the last of our packing. Hopefully the kids are ok to take us to the airport on Saturday...given the amount of times we've taken them! Can't wait to land on foreign soil and begin our adventure! Weather in Paris looks fine, only 21 degrees but seems to be getting warmer.... read more

Now i know there are alot of people out there who have things much worse than i do, but i still feel i have a right to complain about the week we just had. Firstly i got a call monday morning from ANZ bank asking me whether i had authorized a transaction of $4000 to some unknown person via internet banking. i hadnt - and so became a victim of internet fraud. Now apparently i will get this money back but i have to wait 25 days for an investigation to take place and ive had to go to the police station and make statements etc. So i will know in a few weeks whether this is bad news or not, but at the moment my wallet is $4,000 lighter! Early thursday morning my cousins came ... read more

junassa nukkuminen on sitten kamalaa.. tai no paremmin se meni kuin viime kerralla. ja me Minnan kaa patentoidaan omia asentoja nukkua junassa... kuten et laittaa pöydän alas ja nostaa jalkansa siihen. erittäin mielenkiintoista! kotona oltiin joskus seittemän jälkiin. Tänään täällä vietetään Anzac päivää eli sodassa kaatuneiden muistopäivä tms. Sydneyssä on todella iso marssi, jossa on sodassa olleita miehiä ja naisia. Ajateltiin lähtee kaupunkiin kattoon niitä, mut jotenkin oli veto pois, niin tyydyttiin seuraan niitä vaan tv:stä. Oli se aika hienon näköistä, mut ei sitä tv:stä jaksanu kovin kauaa seurata ja kanava vaihtu Amaizing race maratoniin... ja sit pidettiin kunnon ompeluseuroja ja tehtiin ristipistotöitä ja puhuttiin tv:lle... todella lepposaa! Illalla piti vähän tehdä ruokaakin eli makaroonia ja kanaa.. näppärästi meni sekin ruoka alas!... read more

Bite Size Stories of this Huge Country Kangaroo (Cannes): Haven’t seen any in the wild, but ate one last night. Not bad, not gamey like I thought it would be. But I still prefer beef. $24 Drink (Cannes): In Australia they think Smirnoff is good Vodka. I disagree. This is why I ordered an Absolute Red Bull. But when I was handed the drink it was green and looked like a science experiment gone bad. I thought it must just be the black light, so I handed the girl behind the bar $6 and grabbed the drink. She laughed at me and said, “no, that will be $24” What? Why? What is this?...to which she replied “Absinthe, vodka, and Red Bull” Great! It was the most expensive, disgusting drink I have ever drank in my life. ... read more