My last days in Australia

2012-01-01

 

I’m terrible sorry that I update my blog about my last days with Machi in Australia so late, but as everyone can possibly imagine were my first days in Germany, Christmas, and New Years Eve pretty busy.

After I returned from Canberra I just tried to finish my studies for my diploma thesis as much as possible and at the same time enjoyed more and more the time with my friends, who are mostly exchange students as well. I barely missed a coffee brake but at the same time pushed my self at night in front of the computer to get some results. Which I luckily did.

Machi came over 10 days before I was supposed to fly to Canberra, in the last week of November. I was so happy that she was there: she helped me a lot. She even came over to Uni for lunch and brought self cooked food for both of us. Yes, I didn’t want to miss 2 weeks Uni, since I definitely didn’t want to do anything in my time in Canberra, so I decided to go to Uni at least 4-5 hours a day. Most evenings we met friends for farewell dinners. Serge, Javi, Suhel and Dexter for a BBQ; Helen, Alan and Co. for a lovely dinner, and Baden with Steph, a last weekend in the Adelaide Hills with a beautiful reunion with Freiya, who just came from the Philippines, moon light cinema with Natasha and Chris – there were not enough evenings to say goodbye to everyone and the day came, the 5^th of December, when I left for the last time my apartment with Machi and check in at the Airport in Adelaide. 

Byebye in the Adeliade Hills

What we just did in Adelaide repeated itself in Canberra, when we said goodbye to Machis and my friends there: Ally and Rob, Andrew and Sue, Kara and Benn, and many more. We had a tearful goodbye with Machis flatmate Tairyn on the day when we moved out of Machis apartment and took a bus to Sydney, at the 9^th of December. 

Farewell "coffee" with Dao and Tairyn

We checked in a hostel in Kings Cross, Sydney, right at the train station. Our room was above the subway gangway and when we left the room we could watch people walking from or to the trains. I think it is normal that you don’t go for to many new things on your last 2 days when a 3 month goodbye faces you; though we had a big walk on the first day around the opera and Harbour Bridge and completed our souvenir shopping. Something new we didn’t discover on your first trip to Sydney was Bondi beach, where we went on our last day. Unfortunately did Machi lose her camera, or more precise – I did, since I was carrying the bag and I felt terrible. The waves were strong on that day and we gave up searching after while since I was probably walking in the ocean when I lost it. Machi was brave and forgot soon about it. We had an amazing dinner in a Thai restaurant in Kings Cross and went to bed early, since we wanted to wake up at 3 o’clock in the morning.

Sydney - Harbour

 

The rest of the story you know – and what is left to do would be a reflection of my 9 month stay in South Australia. It still works in me and I think I took a lot with me to Germany: more of ‘don’t care about what other think’, more ‘milk tea’, more ‘enjoy’; shortly: more Australian lifestyle and this is something I really mean in a positive way and I feel more and more every day I live in Germany.

I think I might change the Blog – I want to concentrate more on smaller things in my daily life and might report about those. Till March about Germany, from April about Japan again, since my flight is booked for the 20^th of March. I can’t wait to meet Machi again. I just need to get done with Uni here.