Hey peeps (half my blog was deleted!! AH so its not as detailed at the end now),
I was working alot in the last couple of weeks trying to save my money for the rest of my travels. Went to Northies for 3 english guys going away. Went to the Syd festival again for a free concert with Vas and Sascha. Meet up with Dave and Stef when we got to the Domain (near the botanical gardens in Syd) There was a stage set up there for a concert. As we were walking to the Domain Vas asked some guy on the street for a cigarette and then they both realized that they knew each other from somewhere. Vas from Spain and the guy from Australia. So they went thru 4 different country they both had been to before realizing they worked together in Thailand in 2002. It was soooo random. We couldnt get over it. when we got down to they the concert they had blankets set up everywhere on the grass for ppl to sit, it was just a really cool vibe. but after the main band played a couple of songs it started to rain :( and not just sprinkle but down pour rain. We tried to embrace it and started to dance in the rain but then it was just so crazy that the band (which had lots of musical instruments) stopped playing cause there uncover stage was getting soaked from the windy rain. It was still really fun on our journey back minus the aircon train that wasnt so great when we were soaked.
I had thursday and Fri off the next week so met up with Phil who i met in Cronulla and is living on Manly Beach a ferry ride from Syd Centre. It was a nice area awesome beach. The ferry was 30 mins each way along the Sydney Habour it was absolutely beautiful. The next day me and Finn rented bikes in Cronulla and rode them 10km to Botany Bay and 10km back. My ass has never hurt so bad after that. We saw Captain Cook landing in the national park, and had lunch in a cafe there it was a nice day.
Got back to the hostel and felt like being lazy and watch a movie (which is mostly guys in the hostel so its mostly guy movies) So since the room was empty we choice to watch Pretty women. You'd be surprised how many guys come in the tv room and was like "oh pretty women" and stayed to watch it haha. Then Monique come in and we decide to watch another chic flick "Dirty Dancing" that didnt go as well. All the guys left complaining in the courtyard haha. But Simon from England stayed and watched and knew the whole song in the end we were all singing it out loud it was pretty funny.
On Wednesday i got stopped by a train guard and he tried giving me a ticket but i pulled the tourist card and pretended i didnt know what i was doing and that i thought the bus and train was connected. He still tried to get info on me but i said i had no id on me and so he evenually let me go with a purchase of my ticket i was "suppose to buy". I was lucky cause 2 ppl at the hostel had tickets that they had to pay...
Thursday Jan 26th was Australian day, spent the day at the hostel and went for a swim with Cameron and it started to rain but it was really cool as the water was sooo warm. Then went with Rad down to the fireworks. They were so good. They had a stage with a concert on Cronulla beach and the fireworks felt like they were over your head...
Friday after work played grounds with like 20 of us from the hostel at the local baseball field. I was picked first for the teams :) made me happy but that i had to actually be good. It was really different and you hit and ran when you liked your hit up to 3 times. Foul balls were still in play so pretty much you couldn't get out. At night went out with Finn to Northies as we both didnt work on Saturday. Not sure how she got so drunk but it was so funny our way back home. I stayed up til 6am in the courtyard "aka laundry room" playing a card game called Shit Head with Mitch, Monique, Nick and Lloyd. The game slowly turned out to be Slit head with a rule when you lost you get a mens razor to your eyebrow. Nick had so many slits he ended up getting both ears pierced from Mitch ahha. So random but i didnt lose of course. in the morning everyone was like WTF happened last night.
Spend sat day with Finn and a bag full of Mcdonalds at the beach til it decided to rain on us. Went out for Seans Bday (from Ireland) to Northies, tried buying him drinks but he was buying me ones so we ended up double fisting all night. Claire organized a going away BBQ for me on Sunday at Shelly beach.Was nice to get to say bye to everyone. Me sascha and vas and 2 of vas;s friends went to El Sol Mexican restaurant for drinks later that night.
Worked my last shift on monday and got everyone to sign my Australia flag i bought in NZ and keep forgetting about. And got pics with them!!
Spent monday night chilling with everyone saying bye and putting my packing off. Claire, rachel and finn kept asking me if i was packed yet. So decided to do my laundry cause it would be easier to pack clean clothes. So when i put my stuff in my laundry bags i told them i was packed. they just laughed at me. I think i was still hungover from Saturday night!!!
Stayed up til 230am playing normal shit head with mitch lloyd and simon, i had to be up at 4am to catch my 7am flight.
Spend 2 days in perth city, doing a tour of all the old building, government, town hall, post office, court house. My favorite bring the old fire station with an old fire truck inside. They turned it into a museum. Then went to the art gallery and the Perth Museum, which was really neat with recreated animals of there fir, penguins, monkey, kangaroos, zebras etc.
After a long day walking around went to the Hostel Pool (super excited i have a pool, my first one) minus the 3 german guys continulyy splashing each other, that was really weird and awkward.
Talked to 2 English girls in the hostel and there trip up north of western oz was canceled due to floods so not sure what or where i should go from here.
Went to Fremantle with Simone and Erica today and i will be here for 3 days. We went all around the city to the old prison last used in 1980 and then the first prison along the beach. where they lit a canyon off, it was awesome. Then the shipwreck museum. We went to a pub for drinks called the Sail Anchor which is well known in Oz for the 43 beers on Tap. I was excited and it was so hot out today it was really refreshing. taste tasted 6 before choosing Feral White a Belgian beer that reminded me of Richards White. Then met up with Ericas friends and went to South Beach on the free bus they have in Fremantle. Not sure why but they had 3 free routes in Perth as well. Its sweet.
Going to Rottnest Island with Erica/ Simone on Saturday and Cotteloe and Scarbough beach on Sunday to see Cassie and then to Margaret river maybe Monday or Tuesday to visit Simone (a different Simone) who is working on a winery there.
Miss you and love you,
See you in a months time :)
Mieks xoxo
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Cronulla Life/Melbourne
Hey i havent wrote in a long time!! Mostly cause i was just working then when christmas came i went to Melbourne for 10days so i decided to wait til i had lots to write about and now i have too much so this might be a long one. lol
Went with Grant to the city to go across to Manly beach by ferry and the ferry was closed so we went to the Sydney Aquarium, which was so awesome. Saw Penguins, Sharks,Dugongs, lots of tropical fish, stink rays, crabs, turtles, and platypus. They had 4 under water tunnels so you can see them all swimming above you it was wicked. the sharks were really freaky tho.
Went to a concert with Dina from Switzerland and we got about 10 others from the hostel to join us. It was a small venue in Cronulla called the brass monkey and they had lots of local bands playing there. It was only $14 to go. They had Indie Rock that night. One band was amazing, got there cd. The other 2 were ok.
Spent Christmas in Cronulla at the hostel. On Chirstmas Eve went out with everyone to a restaurant called Opah for drinks then to Northies bar. The bar closed at 12 so went back to the hostel and in the court yard we all sang christmas songs. It was alot of fun.
Had a Secret Santa on Christmas morning with about 30 of us. One of the guys dressed up as santa and we (well most of us) sat on his lap to open our present in front of everyone... There was some interesting gifts!! I got a boomerang and a australia beach bag... Other gifts were, a apron with fake boobs, a willy warmer, a Oz speedo, a mcdonalds happy meal and the drink was empty cause the person who bought it in the morning was thristy on his way back to the hostel lol.. A case of random left over beer!
We had a Ham lunch that was paid for from the Mike the owner of the hostel. There was so much food, It fed us alll day and breakfast the next morning... Went to the beach with everyone from the hostel it was such a nice day! Went swimming, played rugby on the beach, made a sand couch and drank lots of beer. Couldnt believe how many families spent there christmas on the beach it felt really weird but cool.
Skyped with my family (about 40 of them) i was late coming back from the beach so when i called them they were all drunk lol :) it was alot of fun to talk to them! Made me wish i was at home for Christmas but i felt like i didnt miss much as i got to see it all thru the computer haha.
Spent christmas night at the beach. The guys were playing rugby and then we just sat in a circle on the sand haviing some drinks... One guy fell asleep so they threw him in the water lol.
Decided to take a vacation away from my Holiday working vacation and flew to Melbourne on Dec 26th. Spent 2 days with Jenna Osavitsky (a family friend from Vancouver, who is leaving in Oz for a yr) Got her bf Troy to pick me up as jenna was working.. The problem was ive never met her bf so it was interesting. I called him and he said to wave at every black car driving by and he would just pull over and ill just jump in his car as it was a busy street. So there i was waving at every black car haha (you know how many blk cars there are lol, felt like an idiot) but sure enough it worked. I got in the car and was like your troy right haha...
They live in St Kilda so walked around abit in the area and they (jenna, troy and james there roommate) showed me around, then went to Luna Park which was an amusement park with a roller coaster that was really old and had someone that controlled it by standing in the middle of it.. It was weird seeing someone standing up on the coaster. It was right on the beach so went to a local pub for drinks. Later that night went out to Richmond area and had dinner at Thy Thy which is Vietnamese food. James ordered all the food cause he goes there so much he knew what was good. It was the best dinner ever. We were allowed to BYOB so we had a bag of random left over drinks from there fridge. Lots of places in Oz you can bring your own food if they only serve drinks and vice veras!!They decided it was bday and told the restaurant to sing me happy bday so i got a desert. They turned the lights off and everyone stopped and sang me happy bday lol... It was so random. The desert was a deep fried banana with 2 scoops of ice cream (And of course they did made it look like a penis/balls lol). then went out to Vic bar for drinks.
The next day Troy had off work so he took me around Melbourne City and showed me everything, it was a long day but i liked the city alot it had a European feel to it and they had so many trees everywhere which made the city so beautiful. We went to the old Library which was bulit in 1854, Musuem, Parliament buildings, federation square, Brunswick st where theres millions of cafes, st pauls cathedral, botancial gardens, saw a building that looked like the eiffel tower, the brown river, cinema rooftop bar, section 8 pub which was made from wooden crates and barrels, china town and a famous juice bar for having a unique bean from south america.
Later that night went to a jewish festival with James and his gf Monica. They live in a jewish community so ppl told them to go and i wanted to see what it was all about. First thing i saw was a shirt that said "Im jewish and i know it" from the LMFO song it was hilarious. Then there was a guy on stage preaching to his ppl about being jewish and they all have to stick together haha. They had camel rides, lit there candles and then had fireworks... It was forsure interesting lol.
Was watching lots of Cricket in the last 2 days with Troy and James and there were trying to explain how it works. They had a boxing day match at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds so i decided to go watch PART of a game. It was really neat tho i really didnt know what was going on. I was 4 row from the bottom so my seat was really good. I then just cheered when the oz ppl were. They were playing India and there was about 7 india ppl behind me so i just made sure not to cheer when they were lol.. The game lasted 7 hrs that day i only stayed for 3 hrs. The series was 5 days long tho and Oz won.
Julie (my friend from Canada) and her Bf Trent (who is from Melbourne) picked me up from Jennas place and we headed to Torquay about 1.5 hours from the city and we stayed at there beach house (which was a trailor park) not really what i was thinking when they told to me we were heading to there beach house lol... But it was really awesome theyre right by the ocean. I stayed with them for a week. Had alot of nice dinners/Drinks with there family and friends, met most of trents aunts uncles cousins lol. They called me trents 2nd canadian gf. We went out for chinese dinner one night, me and julies walked 10km to Bells Beach, which is a really popular surf beach where they have world surfing competetions held there. The waves were crazy there and lots of ppl surfing. Went on ferry to Sorrento Beach one day with his family and we met up with one of trents cousins and had fish and chips on the beach. it was really amzing there. one guy that lives there owns his own helicopter and flys into town every day on it. Spent New years in torquay had a huge lamb BBQ with all there family/friends in the park. Then watched the fireworks on the beach.
On Jan 2 headed to the Great Ocean Road, stopped long the way in Lorne for Tea/coffee on the beach and then lunch in Apollo bay. Then we drove to the 12 Apostles in the 38 degree weather. dRank about 5 bottles of water in 2 hours and didnt have to pee it was so humid there. the views were so amzing it was like 3 hours of driving right along the unreal coast line. Started to take so many pics then realized the ocean wasnt going anywere anytime soon,... Stayed in Apollo Bay at the Surfside hostel and made Mexican taco salads and played cards (which julie hates lol) and got pretty drunk and had some interesting conversations lol... Woke up and julie had Bed bugs :( so pretty much showered and left and the hostel lady said that they were there 2 days ago, what an idiot!!!! She felt bad in the end and gave us 4 beer in a 6 pack box lol. Not sure if she drank the other 2 of what... it was pretty funny.
In the morning went to a do a bush walk and saw so many Koalas on the side of the road, pulled over so many times to take pics. Most of them were sleeping tho. Went to the light house and then a golf course to see the kangeroos. Got of the car and there were everywhere on the golf coures it was crazy.
Went to lorne again on our way home to buy fresh fish for dinner that night in Torquay (as well my last night with them) Saw 3 giant sting rays in the water from the pier. it was crazy how many people were jsut swimming beside them and not really caring, i was freaking out for them..
Was sad to leave Julie/Trent had so much fun with them was so nice to see familar faces, and also didnt wanna go back to work :( was starting to enjoy myself without the working thing. Got back to the hostel tho and had a really friendly welcome back from everyone, so it was nice to feel like i was coming home and not just to a hostel with ppl i didnt know!!! Happy to know ive made some great friends. Ppl were leaving the night i just got back there so we went out for drinks to say good bye. Then more ppl left then night after so agian went out to Northies for a good bye for 3 english guys. Went to bed at 5 am and had to be up at 7am for work so i was super tired after work and was goin to have a nap but saw Sascha in the kitchen and he asked me to go to concert that night in Central syndey. It is the Sydney Festival in Hyde Park that lasts 2 weeks and lots of the concerts are free, they close all the surrounding roads. We went to see Manu Chao, which Sascha and Vas knew so i went, and im glad i did it was the best concert ive been too that ive never knew any of there music. The singer is French with Spanish roots, so sings songs in French, Spanaish and English... It was awesome!!! It was an outdoor concert right in the city, with 15,000 ppl. Everyone was dancing having a great time. After the concert 2 guys with drums were playing music and everyone was follwing them down the closed roads, it was unreal. Everyone cheering and dacning in the street. Were going again this saturday. Not sure who is playing but should be fun.
Went snorelling 2 days ago with Dave and Simone at Shark Island, near Cronulla Beach and we saw lots of trocial fish. Then one really big thing, so dave went down to see it but it swam under the seaweed and he just put his hands under the seaweeed and caught it with his hands. He snorkells and scuba dives alot so he know alot about the types of fish and stuff and he came out of the water with this thing and it ended up being a Cat Shark... It was so crazy it was a length of my arm. He turned it over caseu it was trying to bite him. Im still in shock that he caught a tiny shark. We looked it up in his book to make sure and it was a cat shark!!!
I worked 6 days in a row :( and now have 2 days off work so been chilling at the beach. I gave my notice in at work and plan on heading to Perth on Jan 30th ish havent booked my flight yet.
So thats what i have been up to... Having a great time! Probably been back in Vancouver March 10th SO SOON... Miss you,
Love Mieke xoxox
Went with Grant to the city to go across to Manly beach by ferry and the ferry was closed so we went to the Sydney Aquarium, which was so awesome. Saw Penguins, Sharks,Dugongs, lots of tropical fish, stink rays, crabs, turtles, and platypus. They had 4 under water tunnels so you can see them all swimming above you it was wicked. the sharks were really freaky tho.
Went to a concert with Dina from Switzerland and we got about 10 others from the hostel to join us. It was a small venue in Cronulla called the brass monkey and they had lots of local bands playing there. It was only $14 to go. They had Indie Rock that night. One band was amazing, got there cd. The other 2 were ok.
Spent Christmas in Cronulla at the hostel. On Chirstmas Eve went out with everyone to a restaurant called Opah for drinks then to Northies bar. The bar closed at 12 so went back to the hostel and in the court yard we all sang christmas songs. It was alot of fun.
Had a Secret Santa on Christmas morning with about 30 of us. One of the guys dressed up as santa and we (well most of us) sat on his lap to open our present in front of everyone... There was some interesting gifts!! I got a boomerang and a australia beach bag... Other gifts were, a apron with fake boobs, a willy warmer, a Oz speedo, a mcdonalds happy meal and the drink was empty cause the person who bought it in the morning was thristy on his way back to the hostel lol.. A case of random left over beer!
We had a Ham lunch that was paid for from the Mike the owner of the hostel. There was so much food, It fed us alll day and breakfast the next morning... Went to the beach with everyone from the hostel it was such a nice day! Went swimming, played rugby on the beach, made a sand couch and drank lots of beer. Couldnt believe how many families spent there christmas on the beach it felt really weird but cool.
Skyped with my family (about 40 of them) i was late coming back from the beach so when i called them they were all drunk lol :) it was alot of fun to talk to them! Made me wish i was at home for Christmas but i felt like i didnt miss much as i got to see it all thru the computer haha.
Spent christmas night at the beach. The guys were playing rugby and then we just sat in a circle on the sand haviing some drinks... One guy fell asleep so they threw him in the water lol.
Decided to take a vacation away from my Holiday working vacation and flew to Melbourne on Dec 26th. Spent 2 days with Jenna Osavitsky (a family friend from Vancouver, who is leaving in Oz for a yr) Got her bf Troy to pick me up as jenna was working.. The problem was ive never met her bf so it was interesting. I called him and he said to wave at every black car driving by and he would just pull over and ill just jump in his car as it was a busy street. So there i was waving at every black car haha (you know how many blk cars there are lol, felt like an idiot) but sure enough it worked. I got in the car and was like your troy right haha...
They live in St Kilda so walked around abit in the area and they (jenna, troy and james there roommate) showed me around, then went to Luna Park which was an amusement park with a roller coaster that was really old and had someone that controlled it by standing in the middle of it.. It was weird seeing someone standing up on the coaster. It was right on the beach so went to a local pub for drinks. Later that night went out to Richmond area and had dinner at Thy Thy which is Vietnamese food. James ordered all the food cause he goes there so much he knew what was good. It was the best dinner ever. We were allowed to BYOB so we had a bag of random left over drinks from there fridge. Lots of places in Oz you can bring your own food if they only serve drinks and vice veras!!They decided it was bday and told the restaurant to sing me happy bday so i got a desert. They turned the lights off and everyone stopped and sang me happy bday lol... It was so random. The desert was a deep fried banana with 2 scoops of ice cream (And of course they did made it look like a penis/balls lol). then went out to Vic bar for drinks.
The next day Troy had off work so he took me around Melbourne City and showed me everything, it was a long day but i liked the city alot it had a European feel to it and they had so many trees everywhere which made the city so beautiful. We went to the old Library which was bulit in 1854, Musuem, Parliament buildings, federation square, Brunswick st where theres millions of cafes, st pauls cathedral, botancial gardens, saw a building that looked like the eiffel tower, the brown river, cinema rooftop bar, section 8 pub which was made from wooden crates and barrels, china town and a famous juice bar for having a unique bean from south america.
Later that night went to a jewish festival with James and his gf Monica. They live in a jewish community so ppl told them to go and i wanted to see what it was all about. First thing i saw was a shirt that said "Im jewish and i know it" from the LMFO song it was hilarious. Then there was a guy on stage preaching to his ppl about being jewish and they all have to stick together haha. They had camel rides, lit there candles and then had fireworks... It was forsure interesting lol.
Was watching lots of Cricket in the last 2 days with Troy and James and there were trying to explain how it works. They had a boxing day match at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds so i decided to go watch PART of a game. It was really neat tho i really didnt know what was going on. I was 4 row from the bottom so my seat was really good. I then just cheered when the oz ppl were. They were playing India and there was about 7 india ppl behind me so i just made sure not to cheer when they were lol.. The game lasted 7 hrs that day i only stayed for 3 hrs. The series was 5 days long tho and Oz won.
Julie (my friend from Canada) and her Bf Trent (who is from Melbourne) picked me up from Jennas place and we headed to Torquay about 1.5 hours from the city and we stayed at there beach house (which was a trailor park) not really what i was thinking when they told to me we were heading to there beach house lol... But it was really awesome theyre right by the ocean. I stayed with them for a week. Had alot of nice dinners/Drinks with there family and friends, met most of trents aunts uncles cousins lol. They called me trents 2nd canadian gf. We went out for chinese dinner one night, me and julies walked 10km to Bells Beach, which is a really popular surf beach where they have world surfing competetions held there. The waves were crazy there and lots of ppl surfing. Went on ferry to Sorrento Beach one day with his family and we met up with one of trents cousins and had fish and chips on the beach. it was really amzing there. one guy that lives there owns his own helicopter and flys into town every day on it. Spent New years in torquay had a huge lamb BBQ with all there family/friends in the park. Then watched the fireworks on the beach.
On Jan 2 headed to the Great Ocean Road, stopped long the way in Lorne for Tea/coffee on the beach and then lunch in Apollo bay. Then we drove to the 12 Apostles in the 38 degree weather. dRank about 5 bottles of water in 2 hours and didnt have to pee it was so humid there. the views were so amzing it was like 3 hours of driving right along the unreal coast line. Started to take so many pics then realized the ocean wasnt going anywere anytime soon,... Stayed in Apollo Bay at the Surfside hostel and made Mexican taco salads and played cards (which julie hates lol) and got pretty drunk and had some interesting conversations lol... Woke up and julie had Bed bugs :( so pretty much showered and left and the hostel lady said that they were there 2 days ago, what an idiot!!!! She felt bad in the end and gave us 4 beer in a 6 pack box lol. Not sure if she drank the other 2 of what... it was pretty funny.
In the morning went to a do a bush walk and saw so many Koalas on the side of the road, pulled over so many times to take pics. Most of them were sleeping tho. Went to the light house and then a golf course to see the kangeroos. Got of the car and there were everywhere on the golf coures it was crazy.
Went to lorne again on our way home to buy fresh fish for dinner that night in Torquay (as well my last night with them) Saw 3 giant sting rays in the water from the pier. it was crazy how many people were jsut swimming beside them and not really caring, i was freaking out for them..
Was sad to leave Julie/Trent had so much fun with them was so nice to see familar faces, and also didnt wanna go back to work :( was starting to enjoy myself without the working thing. Got back to the hostel tho and had a really friendly welcome back from everyone, so it was nice to feel like i was coming home and not just to a hostel with ppl i didnt know!!! Happy to know ive made some great friends. Ppl were leaving the night i just got back there so we went out for drinks to say good bye. Then more ppl left then night after so agian went out to Northies for a good bye for 3 english guys. Went to bed at 5 am and had to be up at 7am for work so i was super tired after work and was goin to have a nap but saw Sascha in the kitchen and he asked me to go to concert that night in Central syndey. It is the Sydney Festival in Hyde Park that lasts 2 weeks and lots of the concerts are free, they close all the surrounding roads. We went to see Manu Chao, which Sascha and Vas knew so i went, and im glad i did it was the best concert ive been too that ive never knew any of there music. The singer is French with Spanish roots, so sings songs in French, Spanaish and English... It was awesome!!! It was an outdoor concert right in the city, with 15,000 ppl. Everyone was dancing having a great time. After the concert 2 guys with drums were playing music and everyone was follwing them down the closed roads, it was unreal. Everyone cheering and dacning in the street. Were going again this saturday. Not sure who is playing but should be fun.
Went snorelling 2 days ago with Dave and Simone at Shark Island, near Cronulla Beach and we saw lots of trocial fish. Then one really big thing, so dave went down to see it but it swam under the seaweed and he just put his hands under the seaweeed and caught it with his hands. He snorkells and scuba dives alot so he know alot about the types of fish and stuff and he came out of the water with this thing and it ended up being a Cat Shark... It was so crazy it was a length of my arm. He turned it over caseu it was trying to bite him. Im still in shock that he caught a tiny shark. We looked it up in his book to make sure and it was a cat shark!!!
I worked 6 days in a row :( and now have 2 days off work so been chilling at the beach. I gave my notice in at work and plan on heading to Perth on Jan 30th ish havent booked my flight yet.
So thats what i have been up to... Having a great time! Probably been back in Vancouver March 10th SO SOON... Miss you,
Love Mieke xoxox
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Sydney and Adelaide - Dec 4th 2011
Hello everyone,
Im doing well. 2 weeks ago now went out to Sophie and Antonia (the german girls that i was working with) and will (from germany but is Dutch) We made homemade pizza and had drinks it was fun.
After i started working at the cafe a few shifts turned into working to much and was working 6 days a week so i decided to cut that down to atleast 5 days a week. Not all the shifts are 8 hrs a day but at least 2 of them are a week. So making enough money to get me by as well just saved some for a little trip down to Adelaide. My bosses are pretty chill but when its busy they get stressed out really fast. I like working the late shift with one of the owners cause we just chill and drink beer lol cause its pretty dead after 3pm.
Been hanging out with the regulars at the hostel alot. Simone from italy, dave from england, grant from england, cameron from toronto, stef from germany, rad from oz, vas from spain, phil from halifax, and ellen from england
Cameron and grant havent been working lately so we've been hanging out alot. Not sure when the last night i havent drank in the last 3 weeks :( the sad part is i have to go to work and they have been just chilling on the beach and sleeping in. I need a really detox right now i feeel really bloated from all the beer and Goon (boxed wine). Grant is a chef so he has been making some really nice meals for us. Lamb one night with mushroom (i forgot to tell him i didnt like mushrooms) so he made me try them in his meal and i loved it. Not mushroom per say but the meal. i have been drinking alot of wine too not just the goon wine. So now grant thinks he can get me to like anything. I told him if he got me to like Corriander i'd be really surprised lol. I probably ate a pound of mushrooms in 2 days lol. Anyways we had spaghetti and then mexican and then chicken wrapped in beef. All amazing food. Then grant thought i should make them dinner lol.... I dont think they understand i dont cook. So we had leftover beef so i made the mexican tacos. Surpirsing turned out really good and ppl in the hostel tried it and thought grant made it :) and i made my speciality desert fruit and yogurt in a cup!!! If it wasnt for them thats probably all i would eat.
Went to the beach one day with everyone from the hostel to celebrate Conan's bday. We filled a cooler with food for a bbq and one with drinks and just chilled on the beach playing touch rubgy. It was really fun. that was the day i drank from 12 noon at the bbq til 630 am the next day... Went to the beach to watch the sunrise :) it was good times. I drunk dialed Cami and sang her 2 songs lol...
Went to the library with simone and got books to help him learn english better. Its slowing working. And then went skating with Grant, Cameron and Norman at a ice rink near by. It was really fun and reminded me of christmas and home.
The last room i was in there was a lady that was atleast 60 yrs of age and wears a mask over her mouth when she sleeps its really creepy and smells funny... Her nickname is Darth Vador lol. Mean i know but really you have to see this lady. And her feet are size 13 i swear. Cameron has size 12 and i think hers are bigger. She used to work in the army and now lives in our hostel appartently, she was here last yr for 6 months and now is back. I went to Adelaide which ill fill you in on but when i came back from Adeliade i had to change rooms so i was in a 4 person girls dorm and now im in a 6 room dorm with 5 other guys. 4 are german guys and then dave. Its not bad there pretty clean.
So i was getting tired of working so me, cameron and grant flew down to Adelaide for a mini vacation. i went for 5 days and there still there til tuesday cause i had to work.
So when we arrived last tuesday we went to the coopers brewery and did a tour of the plant and of course tasted there beer. We tried 14 or 15 different beers they own. They were all really good except many one of the dark beers. We had to wear bright orange vests when walking thru the plant lol. It was really neat. they produce 900 bottles of there lager in 1 mintue. I never have seen a machine so nosiey and move so fast. Later that night picked up some beers from a drive thru beer place where the guy that sold them to us had onnly 2 teeth the box was taped shut (really creppy, yes i know) Then paid $6 each to have all you can eat pizza at the hostel, so that was a good deal.
Woke up on Wednesday at 9am to do a wine tasting tour in Barossa (an hour drive) went to two wineries one called richmond grove and the other Kaesler (where we had lunch). Drove to whispering walll where it was on the water and it was a bent wall that you could talk to each other from either side. It was really neat. Cause we were far away and had to yell if we werent at the points of the whispering effect. Went to a small town called Lyndoch were we a a cup of tea. There was lots of old ppl on our tour but we had so much fun still. Tried Kangaroo meat at the lunch (wasnt bad at all) Tried atleast 20 different wines. Felt really good after all the wine. Went to a look out of the barossa valley, it was called the Menglers hill lookout it was really neat to see all the wineries in the area. Then walked around a town called Hahndorf. Kindof boring went thru a kids cave tour that was $2 to enter lol. Felt like i was high on something. It was all kids things and they played its a small world after all with christmas decorations everywhere. And found a candy shop, where they had a good selection of droppies :). I think everyone knows i like candy now cause ppl keep buying candy for me lol.
Then the next 2 days went to Kangaroo Island :) best thing ever. If anyone is ever in Adelaide go to this island it was UNREAL. We did a tour with 16 ppl. Went Sand boarding in the desert down a huge sand hill. Went kayaking down a canal area where grant and cameron tipped our kayak in the water rigth when were we about to finish!!! Finished a box of goon on our ride to the seal colon. The tour guide said no one had every drank that much and especially in the ride there. We were dancing and singing in the van lol. It was good times. Went to Remarkable rocks where there are weird shaped rocks along the ocean. 2 places to see seals. And one where we got really close on the beach to them. one of the seals was pregant and you could see the baby moving inside here. It was really cool. drove to our accomodation which was on a wildlife retreat. Hung out with Koalas and Kangaroos and then 5 of us slept in SWAG bags out side (which is where you have a foam in a plastic zipped up bag and you just make your bed in it and your head is the only thing showing). The stars were out that night it was Amazing experience to have the animals all around you... Best part of the trip i think. Had a camp fire and roasted marshmellows. On the way back on the ferry they had a trunk full of sheep, reminded me of my Grandma. But ppl kept complaining cause it made our 45 min ferry ride really smelly hahah.
And then last night went out with Dave, Stef, lorenzo and phil to a bar in Cronulla called Northies. It was casual night but fun.
Miss you,
Mieks <3 and cant believe its December!!!! CRAZY
Im doing well. 2 weeks ago now went out to Sophie and Antonia (the german girls that i was working with) and will (from germany but is Dutch) We made homemade pizza and had drinks it was fun.
After i started working at the cafe a few shifts turned into working to much and was working 6 days a week so i decided to cut that down to atleast 5 days a week. Not all the shifts are 8 hrs a day but at least 2 of them are a week. So making enough money to get me by as well just saved some for a little trip down to Adelaide. My bosses are pretty chill but when its busy they get stressed out really fast. I like working the late shift with one of the owners cause we just chill and drink beer lol cause its pretty dead after 3pm.
Been hanging out with the regulars at the hostel alot. Simone from italy, dave from england, grant from england, cameron from toronto, stef from germany, rad from oz, vas from spain, phil from halifax, and ellen from england
Cameron and grant havent been working lately so we've been hanging out alot. Not sure when the last night i havent drank in the last 3 weeks :( the sad part is i have to go to work and they have been just chilling on the beach and sleeping in. I need a really detox right now i feeel really bloated from all the beer and Goon (boxed wine). Grant is a chef so he has been making some really nice meals for us. Lamb one night with mushroom (i forgot to tell him i didnt like mushrooms) so he made me try them in his meal and i loved it. Not mushroom per say but the meal. i have been drinking alot of wine too not just the goon wine. So now grant thinks he can get me to like anything. I told him if he got me to like Corriander i'd be really surprised lol. I probably ate a pound of mushrooms in 2 days lol. Anyways we had spaghetti and then mexican and then chicken wrapped in beef. All amazing food. Then grant thought i should make them dinner lol.... I dont think they understand i dont cook. So we had leftover beef so i made the mexican tacos. Surpirsing turned out really good and ppl in the hostel tried it and thought grant made it :) and i made my speciality desert fruit and yogurt in a cup!!! If it wasnt for them thats probably all i would eat.
Went to the beach one day with everyone from the hostel to celebrate Conan's bday. We filled a cooler with food for a bbq and one with drinks and just chilled on the beach playing touch rubgy. It was really fun. that was the day i drank from 12 noon at the bbq til 630 am the next day... Went to the beach to watch the sunrise :) it was good times. I drunk dialed Cami and sang her 2 songs lol...
Went to the library with simone and got books to help him learn english better. Its slowing working. And then went skating with Grant, Cameron and Norman at a ice rink near by. It was really fun and reminded me of christmas and home.
The last room i was in there was a lady that was atleast 60 yrs of age and wears a mask over her mouth when she sleeps its really creepy and smells funny... Her nickname is Darth Vador lol. Mean i know but really you have to see this lady. And her feet are size 13 i swear. Cameron has size 12 and i think hers are bigger. She used to work in the army and now lives in our hostel appartently, she was here last yr for 6 months and now is back. I went to Adelaide which ill fill you in on but when i came back from Adeliade i had to change rooms so i was in a 4 person girls dorm and now im in a 6 room dorm with 5 other guys. 4 are german guys and then dave. Its not bad there pretty clean.
So i was getting tired of working so me, cameron and grant flew down to Adelaide for a mini vacation. i went for 5 days and there still there til tuesday cause i had to work.
So when we arrived last tuesday we went to the coopers brewery and did a tour of the plant and of course tasted there beer. We tried 14 or 15 different beers they own. They were all really good except many one of the dark beers. We had to wear bright orange vests when walking thru the plant lol. It was really neat. they produce 900 bottles of there lager in 1 mintue. I never have seen a machine so nosiey and move so fast. Later that night picked up some beers from a drive thru beer place where the guy that sold them to us had onnly 2 teeth the box was taped shut (really creppy, yes i know) Then paid $6 each to have all you can eat pizza at the hostel, so that was a good deal.
Woke up on Wednesday at 9am to do a wine tasting tour in Barossa (an hour drive) went to two wineries one called richmond grove and the other Kaesler (where we had lunch). Drove to whispering walll where it was on the water and it was a bent wall that you could talk to each other from either side. It was really neat. Cause we were far away and had to yell if we werent at the points of the whispering effect. Went to a small town called Lyndoch were we a a cup of tea. There was lots of old ppl on our tour but we had so much fun still. Tried Kangaroo meat at the lunch (wasnt bad at all) Tried atleast 20 different wines. Felt really good after all the wine. Went to a look out of the barossa valley, it was called the Menglers hill lookout it was really neat to see all the wineries in the area. Then walked around a town called Hahndorf. Kindof boring went thru a kids cave tour that was $2 to enter lol. Felt like i was high on something. It was all kids things and they played its a small world after all with christmas decorations everywhere. And found a candy shop, where they had a good selection of droppies :). I think everyone knows i like candy now cause ppl keep buying candy for me lol.
Then the next 2 days went to Kangaroo Island :) best thing ever. If anyone is ever in Adelaide go to this island it was UNREAL. We did a tour with 16 ppl. Went Sand boarding in the desert down a huge sand hill. Went kayaking down a canal area where grant and cameron tipped our kayak in the water rigth when were we about to finish!!! Finished a box of goon on our ride to the seal colon. The tour guide said no one had every drank that much and especially in the ride there. We were dancing and singing in the van lol. It was good times. Went to Remarkable rocks where there are weird shaped rocks along the ocean. 2 places to see seals. And one where we got really close on the beach to them. one of the seals was pregant and you could see the baby moving inside here. It was really cool. drove to our accomodation which was on a wildlife retreat. Hung out with Koalas and Kangaroos and then 5 of us slept in SWAG bags out side (which is where you have a foam in a plastic zipped up bag and you just make your bed in it and your head is the only thing showing). The stars were out that night it was Amazing experience to have the animals all around you... Best part of the trip i think. Had a camp fire and roasted marshmellows. On the way back on the ferry they had a trunk full of sheep, reminded me of my Grandma. But ppl kept complaining cause it made our 45 min ferry ride really smelly hahah.
And then last night went out with Dave, Stef, lorenzo and phil to a bar in Cronulla called Northies. It was casual night but fun.
Miss you,
Mieks <3 and cant believe its December!!!! CRAZY
Thursday, 17 November 2011
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