First Results (english)

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 1^st 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!