I fell for it, again! Exactly like I did six years ago in that little place just north of Sydney, I fell for the Aussie “just-around-the-corner” estimate.
“How far is it from here to the beach, if I walk?”
>”It’s an hour walk, max!”
“Which way is shorter, out of the house and left or out of the house and right?”
>”Go left, up to the crossroads, then turn right and just walk straight till you get to the beach”
“Alright then, see you later.” Continue reading →

I was going over the words of my first “real” post, with pictures and all that, several times during my short trip from Frankfurt to Melbourne and came up with several more or less sophisticated introductions. But hey, as I’m sitting here in the guest room of my bosses house in the middle of nowhere (50 acres of land belonging to the place, so it’s a real Australian “you-can’t-even-see-your-next-door-neighbor-experience”) while she’s playing piano in the living room, I just thought I’d start with whatever comes to mind.
So let’s begin with the start of my journey. Just to make sure I would remember Germany as it was, the famous Deutsche Bahn stayed true to their core competencies… Continue reading →

Dear friends,

to those who came here on purpose because they know me personally as well as those who stumbled upon my blog due to the mystery that is Google. You are all welcome to read about my new challenges here in Down Under.

For those of you who know me personally: yes, I’m going to write this thing in English.
For those of you who just came here by accident: yes, I’m not a native speaker, as you will probably deduct from the spelling mistakes or weird wording.

This blog’s supposed to serve several purposes:

• as a diary (without the “Dear diary, today someone made fun of me *sniff*” parts) for me to always remember these times
• as a method of communicating with my friends and family
• to upload high res pictures
• to gain a few bucks if this Google adsense stuff works out (keep in mind, I’m unemployed )