Blogs from Oceania - page 7313

We had our farewell drinkies on Saturday night, at the lovely La Zeppa. A good many well wishing friends turned out to drink to us, and buy drinks for us- an unexpected but entirely welcome feature of the evening! (I lost count, but think I may have been close to some sort of record.) Jenny would like to add that the menu was exquisite, and I heartily recommend the figs with prosciutto and parmesan! And may I never have another gin martini as long as I live! Although the appletini was another matter altogether :) Juliet believes she made a lot of promises to send postcards daily... please do not be offended if this does not eventuate... but I will definitely be updating here, and also emailing as often as we can wrangle internet access. And ... read more

6 March 2006: Australia produces many excellent wines. One of the areas in the state of Victoria which is known for many wonderful wines is the Yarra Valley, which is right here outside Melbourne. So, on Thursday we had “wine” day. All the wineries have tasting rooms and most have restaurants also. We visited about 4 or 5 different wineries and at lunch at the Rochford. The dining room and the food (and of course the wine) were all great. The last one we visited is a subsidiary of a French winery and makes sparkling wine, which was fun to see and taste. On the way back we stopped at the local dairy. They were offering samples there too, which we were happy to accept. I am including some photos simply titled: a happy man! On ... read more

ihana aamu! eka aamu, ku jakso mennä töihin ihan reippaana. Meidät pistettiin tänään sit anestesiahoitajien ja -lääkärien mukaan leikkauksiin täks päiväks. Ja vielä eri leikkaussaleihin. Mä pääsin katteleen verisuonileikkauksia. Intuboidessa mulle näytettiin äänihuulet ja kerrain sain jopa hapettaa yhtä potilasta ennen intubointia. Anestesialääkäri mulle selitti lääkkeitä ja monitoreja ja käytiin läpi kaikki intubointivälineet. Jos toi sanasto ois taas vähän kasvannu. Ja sain soittaa heräämöönki, että tuotas potilas. :D oon jo aika hyvä puhuun puhelimeen engelskaa! ;) Mutta tarkailua tää päivä lähinnä oli.. Minna oli kattomas luukirurgiaa ja meidän kontio-mies oli siellä operoimassa.. Minna oli lähinnä vaan kyseli ja kuunteli tarkkaan mitä sille opetettiin. Kaupassa käytiin.. taas vaihteeks! meidän jokapäiväinen traditio.. jotain pientä on aina pakko hakee! tänään tuli opintotuki eli h... read more

i am sitting here at the very same place i wrote my first post in the country of new zealand. in the big city of auckland. the boys are asleep and the time is 1:24am. i decided to come and write my last post in new zealand. we are leaving tommorow, 7:40pm is our departure from the airport. with our hands full of souvineers and minds full of memories, we will be setting sail, back to where we came from. it really hit me this afternoon, as the 24 hour mark came upon us and i realized it was my last day in nz. ive been a bit quiet all day and have been truly thinking of what weve done and what its done to us. in so many ways have we grown and changed mentally ... read more

Hey! We are currently in Mission Beach after travelling a few hours from our last stop in Airlie Beach. Airlie Beach was the stepping stone to the Whitsunday islands, an amazing array of untouched islands off the border which provided glorius views of beauty! The trip was only 2 nights and 3 days but we pretty much all agreed that we could easily do it again and if i was in Oz for longer i would definetly have tried for a job for a couple of weeks! We started off by meeting the crew and the other passengers. It was a 26 man boat and this time there were only 7 of us. However, within 30 minutes 3 of the 4 crew knew my name and we were well on the way! ;-) We were on ... read more