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1:48 am - Friday, May 19, 2006

I finished my last exam yesterday. Woohoo!

It's kinda weird to be leaving in less than 2 weeks time... Although I'm still not home for 2 months yet! Mull and Orkney were beautiful, and well worth the visit! The sites in Orkney were fascinating and oh so cool!

While I was travelling with my brother in April I changed my plan: Originally I was going Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain then Portugal. But then the only train from Nice to Barcelona was during the day - a 12 hour journey. So I changed the direction of my cycle to go France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, which meant I was to be in Germany the second week of June. Bah baw! Where before I could find accommodation in Frankfurt for 15 euros, the cheapest place I could find in the area was in Cologne, and that for 30 euros. Oh the pain. So I shortened my stay in Germany by a couple of days and am staying in Spain slightly longer. Not that that's a problem :D.

Now that home is in sight I'm rather excited about getting back. So far I've just been pushing it out of my mind as something in the far future. I don't think I'd actually have minded coming straight back, although it's also rather exciting to do all this travelling! Also, being in Europe means I get one month of summer, instead of getting winter, spring, winter, spring, winter, spring! Woot! Looking forward to it!

Up, up, up and away!!

7 Bludgers' annotations:

Blogger Minerva said...

Ma baby's almost home *send out huggles*

How was the weekend away?

- 19/5/06 3:00 am
Blogger Alicia said...

It was bril!

Habukkak teaching was insightful and I got to play ultimate frisbee and foot-cough-soccer!

and I've been stiff since... So much for fitness...

- 19/5/06 7:35 pm
Blogger Minerva said...

Oh tell me you DON'T kick the frisbee. Please tell me no.

- 19/5/06 11:21 pm
Blogger Alicia said...

No. Two seperate games.

- 20/5/06 2:56 am
Blogger Minerva said...

Ahhhh *in understanding* good ok, coz kicking frisbee hurts and usually flies up too high.

- 20/5/06 5:08 pm
Blogger Minerva said...

Not that I tried before.

- 20/5/06 5:08 pm
Blogger Alicia said...

I remember someone doing a really good frisbee kick... Was it you John? Or Steve?

Ahh, I miss frisbee catching around your neck and foot and wrist...

- 20/5/06 10:38 pm


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FROM MAY

Make Japanese friends, with whom I can practice my Japanese and work in Osaka.

MID/END JULY

Extend Working Holiday Visa

JULY/AUGUST

Meet up with Tokyo friends to climb Fuji!

MID/END SEPTEMBER

WEEK 1:Make my way up to Tokyo.

WEEK 2:Explore a little of northern Honshu.

26th SEPTEMBER

Evening Qantas flight to arrive 27th AM.

MID OCTOBER

Start full time work with TTW. Find a pad in Harbord area so I can surf it up before work.

At the moment it looks like I will stay home awhile from lack of $$!

JAPAN

Decisions in budgeting, studying, working and exploring

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PERSONAL

General travel safety

Sinking my teeth into and learning Japanese well

keeping in contact with everyone!

Hooking up with a good bible based church

opps to share lives with 日本人 and make some good friends!

Not getting surf deprived

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