Well... I'm back in my wee home town of Adelaide! And have been for about 2 weeks now... I spent my last night in NZ - Sunday night - watching Schindler's List, of all things, until 0130hr. 
Then up again at 0400hr to be at Auckland airport by 0500hr (thanks for the lift Jade [and thanks also for the lift offer Renée] - legends!) ready to catch my 0620hr plane direct to Adelaide. But when I arrived at the airport, wouldn't ya know it.. 
My flight was cancelled! I was put on another flight with a stopover in Melbourne, but that one was 2 hours late too... Then, after missing the connecting flight, the next flight to Adelaide was also delayed.. (sigh).
Then up again at 0400hr to be at Auckland airport by 0500hr (thanks for the lift Jade [and thanks also for the lift offer Renée] - legends!) ready to catch my 0620hr plane direct to Adelaide. But when I arrived at the airport, wouldn't ya know it.. 
My flight was cancelled! I was put on another flight with a stopover in Melbourne, but that one was 2 hours late too... Then, after missing the connecting flight, the next flight to Adelaide was also delayed.. (sigh).So to cut a long story short, I ended up arriving about 4.5 hours late into Adelaide, where my sister was waiting at the airport for me. 
I had told my ma that I'd be home the following Saturday, so it was no surprise that she was quite, well, surprised when she went to meet my sis for lunch and the both of us were there!
I had told my ma that I'd be home the following Saturday, so it was no surprise that she was quite, well, surprised when she went to meet my sis for lunch and the both of us were there!The past days since I got home have involved organising my photos (around 5,000 of them!), starting to upload them to the net (until my computer blew up), seeing my cousin and her new daughter, hangin' with my homies, my b'day on the Monday just gone, attempting to clean up my room (and still having no luck), and more recently, starting work back at my old job. S
o I'm able to start saving money again! Yay! And I've not been back for 2 weeks but I'm already beginning to plan my next expedition (I like that one Sandy!). 
It looks as though France will be the destination - plans for how I get there are still very much in their infancy though.
o I'm able to start saving money again! Yay! And I've not been back for 2 weeks but I'm already beginning to plan my next expedition (I like that one Sandy!). 
It looks as though France will be the destination - plans for how I get there are still very much in their infancy though.
So all you folk over that side of the world, watch this space...In the mean time, this will be my last post to this blog. I will try and write an entry every now and again into my new blog, "in the City of Churches", to keep you posted on what I'm getting upto over here in lil old Adelaide...
Photos:
1. Goodbye New Zealand! Qantas inflight entertainment
2. Bee (my sis) n I
3. Eeeeek!
4. Ryan and Carradean
5. Kate and those poor hugging balloon bears...
6. The boys
7. On the way home from my b'day/welcome home drinks - Bradtke, Tobias n me - well inebriated... What's with the fingers in the mouths guys?!?
2 comments:
well Paul welcome back .I think I am the only family to have not cayght up with you. You wuold look great with a mullet, come to Adelaide...no come to Gawler and see how we live. There is one of my colleagues who likes the look of you.
By the way your blogs are tooooo long. Only joking!
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