I don't really have any new updates, just been hanging out in Sydney. I leave for Brisbane on Sunday and I'm totally stoked about it. My friend has an apartment lined up for me to look at, so let's hope it's fab.
I do have 2 things I've been thinking about, one silly, one confusing.
1. (silly) I will be 25 in under 2 months and was talking with a 17 year old and discovered I am 8 YEARS OLDER than her. Time to start researching botox and menopause meds. FML.
2. (confusing) A few people have asked me if I'm homesick or if I miss anything about home and (guilty enough) I must say...not really. Obvi I miss my friends, family (the ones that answer my phone calls at least), NYC pizza and Taco Bueno, but aside from people and select food products I don't miss much. Am I weird or do I just have a weird ability to feel at home anywhere that I am? I think it's just because as soon as I meet someone I make them my BFF immediately so I never feel lonely cause I have friends everywhere. (Tony knows haha).
Just some random thoughts for you on this Friday (Australia) afternoon or Thursday (American) night.
G'night folks.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Hello, I Live Here!!!!
I'm still in Sydney and LOVING it. I got here on Thursday and was pretty useless this weekend due to jet lag and wine consumption. I'm staying with one of Kat's friends (Kat is a Contiki friend). So staying in the living room with Kristy, Laura and Dame-o. They are all so chill and nice I feel like I've known them forever. Kristy and I sat up on Friday and drank ourselves silly on cheap wine and talked about random shit until we decided it was time to go to the beach (round 3am) and smoke...cigs...and stuff. First reason why I love Aus? Beaches everywhere.
I got out today and did some sightseeing, at first glance of the Sydney Opera House I welled up in tears like a dipshit and was glad I remembered sunnies. The city itself is beautiful, but I mostly like the little suburb towns where the nice beaches and relaxed people are.
Observations:
1. they really do say g'day mate (try not to laugh, dare ya)
2. men with accents really ARE better looking (sorry Americanos)
3. being American here is like being the cool kid, everyone has questions and wants me to say "American" things
4. they are as obsessed with American culture (celebs, music, movies) as we are
5. "Righty-o" means alright then
6. "Hey how you going?" means hi how are you
7. it's approx 50 degrees and there are surfers everywhere in wetsuits and some not, I prefer the non wet suits :)
8. they have a lot of the same stores (7-11, Target, Toys R Us, K Mart, McDonalds, KFC....) you get the point, and it's comforting when I see them
9. they drive on the wrong side of the road, UGH
10. 1 American $ gets me 2 Australian $'s....do the math!!!!!
I'm trying to decide how I'm going to spend my year here, someone told me about these vans called "wicked vans" where you buy them for like...$500 and drive them around Australia and just camp out in diff towns. (Think the VW hippie van, not a Ford Caravan with additional safety features). If I can find a recruit to drive me I'm totally doing it.
That's all the news I have for now, will report back later.
I'm off to ogle some peeps.
I got out today and did some sightseeing, at first glance of the Sydney Opera House I welled up in tears like a dipshit and was glad I remembered sunnies. The city itself is beautiful, but I mostly like the little suburb towns where the nice beaches and relaxed people are.
Observations:
1. they really do say g'day mate (try not to laugh, dare ya)
2. men with accents really ARE better looking (sorry Americanos)
3. being American here is like being the cool kid, everyone has questions and wants me to say "American" things
4. they are as obsessed with American culture (celebs, music, movies) as we are
5. "Righty-o" means alright then
6. "Hey how you going?" means hi how are you
7. it's approx 50 degrees and there are surfers everywhere in wetsuits and some not, I prefer the non wet suits :)
8. they have a lot of the same stores (7-11, Target, Toys R Us, K Mart, McDonalds, KFC....) you get the point, and it's comforting when I see them
9. they drive on the wrong side of the road, UGH
10. 1 American $ gets me 2 Australian $'s....do the math!!!!!
I'm trying to decide how I'm going to spend my year here, someone told me about these vans called "wicked vans" where you buy them for like...$500 and drive them around Australia and just camp out in diff towns. (Think the VW hippie van, not a Ford Caravan with additional safety features). If I can find a recruit to drive me I'm totally doing it.
That's all the news I have for now, will report back later.
I'm off to ogle some peeps.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Approx 150 Degrees in UK, Hello Australia!
Hey everyone! I'm off to Australia tomorrow and I can't really tell you how I feel because I'm so hot in London that my brain isn't functioning properly. This feels like a NYC summer except NO ONE has freaking air conditioning. So annoying. Tried to go shopping today but was so hot that I just bought a water and poured it on my head.
Shopping: fail.
Sitting at the pub now trying to sit as still as possible so I don't get too hot and start sweating like a whore in church.
Sweating: fail.
I leave tomorrow AM at 9, so that means I have to get up at 6am. Um.....haven't seen that time since I was in Greece and that was cause I was too drunk to sleep. My total travel time is 24 hours and 10 minutes. Only plus side to this is they have AC. Yay! I have a 3 hour stop over in the United Arab Emirates (Every time I say that I start humming "Bombs over Baghdad"). So not PC but whatever, it's funny. Let's hope I get out ok :)
I get to Australia at 6:30PM on Thursday and I'll be in Sydney until the 12th.
Wish me luck in the UAE!
Shopping: fail.
Sitting at the pub now trying to sit as still as possible so I don't get too hot and start sweating like a whore in church.
Sweating: fail.
I leave tomorrow AM at 9, so that means I have to get up at 6am. Um.....haven't seen that time since I was in Greece and that was cause I was too drunk to sleep. My total travel time is 24 hours and 10 minutes. Only plus side to this is they have AC. Yay! I have a 3 hour stop over in the United Arab Emirates (Every time I say that I start humming "Bombs over Baghdad"). So not PC but whatever, it's funny. Let's hope I get out ok :)
I get to Australia at 6:30PM on Thursday and I'll be in Sydney until the 12th.
Wish me luck in the UAE!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Speak English!!!
Staying in London has been interesting, I'm staying in a "suburb" called Acton. It's basically NYC's Queens/Brooklyn with a funny accent and approximately 497 more kebab shops. My friend that I'm staying with, Kat, works in a pub and it's really interesting to see the SAME people everyday at like 1pm in the afternoon drinking the day away. I thought I was the only one getting away with not working! ;)
Learning the lingo has been interesting and I've caught myself saying "Put some pants on" and getting giggles from old men cause here, pants are underwear, not shorts with legs. Confused? Me too. They also call fries chips which everyone knows, but fuck I'm tired of saying chips when I mean fries and crisps when I mean chips....overload.
I went out to a pub called the Red Back on Sunday and said "We're only staying for an hour".....5 hours later I could barely speak and was trying to hit on this really hot rugby dude who tried to shun me for not following rugby. Dude, I'm American, do you follow American football? Didn't think so. Funny story about him, I asked him his name, it was Liam, and for some reason I couldn't for the life of me remember it. I asked my friend D to ask him his name DISCRETELY and so Danny says, "Hey dude, she forgot your name again, what is it?"
Hand to face moment.
Luckily he still talked to me after that, but I doubt I will see him again after my drunken memory loss and non-rugby-followingness. Damn the luck. So I moved on to a short English dude with crazy hair. His name was Dean...I think.
Terrible decision ensued...oh well. No more drinking, til Friday :)
Drop me a comment (and leave your full first name so I know who you are!)
Learning the lingo has been interesting and I've caught myself saying "Put some pants on" and getting giggles from old men cause here, pants are underwear, not shorts with legs. Confused? Me too. They also call fries chips which everyone knows, but fuck I'm tired of saying chips when I mean fries and crisps when I mean chips....overload.
I went out to a pub called the Red Back on Sunday and said "We're only staying for an hour".....5 hours later I could barely speak and was trying to hit on this really hot rugby dude who tried to shun me for not following rugby. Dude, I'm American, do you follow American football? Didn't think so. Funny story about him, I asked him his name, it was Liam, and for some reason I couldn't for the life of me remember it. I asked my friend D to ask him his name DISCRETELY and so Danny says, "Hey dude, she forgot your name again, what is it?"
Hand to face moment.
Luckily he still talked to me after that, but I doubt I will see him again after my drunken memory loss and non-rugby-followingness. Damn the luck. So I moved on to a short English dude with crazy hair. His name was Dean...I think.
Terrible decision ensued...oh well. No more drinking, til Friday :)
Drop me a comment (and leave your full first name so I know who you are!)
Saturday, June 20, 2009
So It Begins
So I decided to start blogging again so that I can tell all of you at the same time what I'm doing/where I am.
This new "journey" (so cheesy, sorry) has taken me for a spin. When I was growing up I remember thinking all I ever wanted to do was work for corporate America (Stoooopid), live in New York City (greatest decision of my life), and see the world (doin it doin it and doin it well).
So here I am. I'm sitting in a pub in London thinking about how amazed I am that I have finally decided to do this. After my Contiki tour in March I knew that I couldn't imagine going back to a 9-5 job in any city and be happy. New York was everything I wanted it to be but for some reason I always felt so restless and kept thinking that "This CANNOT possibly be it." Maybe I'm ungrateful, maybe I'm crazy...or maybe I just know the secret to life. ;) j/k
It's really hard to explain to people who don't want this type of life (No home, no car, no job..etc) but in a nutshell...I've never felt so free in my life. Sure, there are days when I'm in a pissy mood, I'm tired, I'm hungover, I'm sad....blah blah blah all the negative things are still present, but in the end I know that I'm doing the right thing for me. I'm still happier than if I would have stayed put and just settled.
I have already met some of the most interesting and amazing people you could imagine and I can't wait to meet more. After going to Greece last week I was 100% sure that this is what I need to be doing. There were so many people there who had been traveling for so long and were so happy with their decision. Numerous people were parking it in Santorini for the summer to work and play and I think that next summer I shall do the same.
I leave for Sydney on the 30th so I have like 10 days here in London and can't decide what to do with myself. To be honest I'm a bit exhausted and want to sleep for 10 days, but there is an offer for a trip to Scotland and then an itch to head to Spain...all so freaking cheap it makes me sick. $60 plane ticket to both (give or take) and hostels for like $10 a night. Then again, I'm going to be sightseeing Sydney for 2 weeks and then moving to Brisbane so wont be "settled" for a while so I'm thinking I should take this time to rest up.
Hope you are all doing well, and I hope that you all keep reading my blog. I will try to update as much as possible with any interesting stories.
This new "journey" (so cheesy, sorry) has taken me for a spin. When I was growing up I remember thinking all I ever wanted to do was work for corporate America (Stoooopid), live in New York City (greatest decision of my life), and see the world (doin it doin it and doin it well).
So here I am. I'm sitting in a pub in London thinking about how amazed I am that I have finally decided to do this. After my Contiki tour in March I knew that I couldn't imagine going back to a 9-5 job in any city and be happy. New York was everything I wanted it to be but for some reason I always felt so restless and kept thinking that "This CANNOT possibly be it." Maybe I'm ungrateful, maybe I'm crazy...or maybe I just know the secret to life. ;) j/k
It's really hard to explain to people who don't want this type of life (No home, no car, no job..etc) but in a nutshell...I've never felt so free in my life. Sure, there are days when I'm in a pissy mood, I'm tired, I'm hungover, I'm sad....blah blah blah all the negative things are still present, but in the end I know that I'm doing the right thing for me. I'm still happier than if I would have stayed put and just settled.
I have already met some of the most interesting and amazing people you could imagine and I can't wait to meet more. After going to Greece last week I was 100% sure that this is what I need to be doing. There were so many people there who had been traveling for so long and were so happy with their decision. Numerous people were parking it in Santorini for the summer to work and play and I think that next summer I shall do the same.
I leave for Sydney on the 30th so I have like 10 days here in London and can't decide what to do with myself. To be honest I'm a bit exhausted and want to sleep for 10 days, but there is an offer for a trip to Scotland and then an itch to head to Spain...all so freaking cheap it makes me sick. $60 plane ticket to both (give or take) and hostels for like $10 a night. Then again, I'm going to be sightseeing Sydney for 2 weeks and then moving to Brisbane so wont be "settled" for a while so I'm thinking I should take this time to rest up.
Hope you are all doing well, and I hope that you all keep reading my blog. I will try to update as much as possible with any interesting stories.
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