And another month
flies by – but this time there is HEAPS to tell and slowly results can be seen.
What you are probably looking forward to the most is my flight date to Germany:
Touch
down in Munich: 3rd of December 2013 at 10:15am :D JIPEEEEEE!!!
I´m SOOO looking
forward to beeing back in Germany and seeing you guy´s, of course. For how
long? Later more.
This month wasn´t less
emotional then the last one! The rollercoaster ride continues but otherwise it
would be boring, wouldn´t it? ;) Well, read for yourself:
// DAY 563 – 592
// CAFÉ
Tenille quit and
therefore I´m back in the café 5 days a week, which is good as I need every
cent for Europe. We have two new girls from Japan and Spain whom I´m training
(for the time I won´t be there). They both can´t do coffee´s yet and so I spent
most of the day behind the machine and I´m really enjoying it – it´s so much
fun! :D I´ve attached a few more pictures from my Latte-art. It gets better and
better and everyone loves my coffee which makes me very happy :) Now
I try to get a certificate and then I can name myself a trained Barista.
Doesn´t hurt ;)
// TENNIS
I quit the tennis lessons.
I don´t wanna go into detail but it just didn´t work between the coach and
myself. Therefore I´m free on the weekends again. I play a bit more myself
again with Ed and his Friend Javier. It´s great fun as we get a lot of curious
stares: Spain – Mexico – Germany :D
// DESIGN
As well here is
something happening. Adam met the boss and founder of SEDUCE on one of his jobs
and told him that I´m searching for a job. We´ll see what happens.
Beside that I got
another interview invitation to Sydney – with an Agency. Unfortunately we were
talking past each other and it went quite wrong as I thought it is in
Melbourne. Well, I found out in time and we´ll stay in contact.
// ADAM´S JOBS
Adam still has 2 jobs
and another one coming up. It´s funny – everything is always happening at the
same time. It seems he made the right contacts now. It looks like WIT (the
teacher position) would continue working with him. Therefore he can only come
to Germany from mid of December onwards (2 weeks later then me).
// SPRING
The
last 4 weeks the weather in Melbourne was crazy. We had winds like in
Wellington and the temperatures varied a lot. It can be really cold in the
mornings again while it can be up to 22 degrees during the day. But then this
wind… we could not even put our chairs out at the Café – they just got blown
away.
The
Melbournians were right in the end! We both caught a cold, of course, just like
it is in spring :) Well, this hopefully
prepares us for the winter in the northern hemisphere ;)
// SPARETIME
Because of the weather
and Adam´s 7 days a week jobs there was not much we could do this month. We
have been to the cinema, I caught up with Zoe twice, who is in India for the
next 4 weeks, and the AFL (Australian Footy League) final was happening. The
hype for this sport is comparable with Football in Germany. EVERYONE chooses a
team (mine is Richmond btw, as it has similar colours then Germany, I lived
there 1st in 2006 when I visited Kristl and they are not too popular
:D) and if you are not watching the final at a BBQ, in a pub or somewhere else
you are not up-to-date. Therefore, on a Saturday afternoon, I made my way to
Bron´s, sat in front of the TV, killed a bottle of wine and learnt a few rules
of that game. I can see why it is popular here: it’s fast, eventful and a lot
of testosterones is on the field ;) But now sit down: Adam and I went out after
the game. We treated us with Burgers and a few rum and coke – but man did we
feel old! And yes, as I´m talking about it, we only managed 2 pubs and were
back home by 10pm – but I think the thought counts ;)
We as well found our
way to the Hot Springs again – this time in a Honda – and on a Friday afternoon
(when we both finished earlier) we even managed to FINALLY go to a beach again
:D
We also enjoyed a play
at the “La Mama” theatre. This is a small theatre which was founded by the wife
of Tim Burstall (one of Adam´s family) here in Australia. Unfortunately Betty
has died at the beginning of the year and we couldn´t meet her. We tried
getting in contact with her and her kids but she was already in hospital at
that time, not able to recognise anyone anymore. Therefore we decided to at
least watch a play (“Two Mortals”). It was my first experience with this kind
of theatre but I was quite impressed and found the whole thing pretty intense.
We found out that it is still ran like she used to do it and that the artist
comes first and gets 80% of the earnings! Great :D
// 3,2,1...
Last time I told you
about our 1 year anniversary. The weekend after Sydney we finally celebrated
it. We went to “The Cuckoo” Restaurant for dinner which is about 50 minutes
outside of Melbourne. It´s decorated in the Bavarian Chalet style and has
entertainment, music, dirndl and leather pants as well as some traditional
food. Unfortunately it was a bit dark to take good pictures but here is the
link in case you wanna have a look:
http://www.cuckoorestaurant.com.au/
I was a little
confused. You enter there, everyone talks English, it smells like “Sauerkraut”
and the band plays “A Prosit” while everyone holds up their “Maß” :D It was a
great experience even if I was a bit disappointed by the food. But we are in
Australia and more traditional food would probably be too much for the guests.
Well, I finally had some “Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte”, “Bienenstich”,
“Sauerkraut” and “Kohlkrapfen”. Unfortunately no “Kässpatzen”, “Brezen”,
“Schupfnudeln” or “Schäufele” to be seen – BUT there was german beer :) Beside that it was very entertaining with the band. They got people up on stage
to jodel, did the slap dance, sang, danced, played the “Glockenspiel”, chopped
wook and and and… well funny! Adam enjoyed it as well but was really tired from
his week. That´s why I was wondering when he suggested to go to the beach at
10pm… but ok. As we arrived there it got weirder and he desperately was
searching for a quiet place where no one else was around. He seemed nervous and
before I kept thinking he proposed to me! Yes, you´ve read it right :) I´m
engaged!
After that we were
both wide awake and happy :) and Adam was quite reliefed that I
said “yes” hehe ;) Well, that´s how fast it can happen. We had to adjust the
ring (picture is attached) and the following 2 weeks I was pretty busy with
calling Germany. So now we also have a wedding to plan and sorting my visa out
– which appears to be very complicated and painful, of course! That´s why I
couldn´t book a flight back to Australia yet. I´ve planned 6 weeks in Europe
but it all depends on how the process goes. You see – it stays interesting,
complicated and nerve robbing!
Well, the two of us
are really looking forward to home, the future and you! :)
Cu soon! Stay tuned,
Baba
P.S.: As I don´t have
many photos this time I just added a few pics of old cars I took during the
last 1,5 years ;) Enjoy!