change of plans...

well, I was reading the Lonely planet guide and looking at overnight trains from Prague to Krakow and they had reports of gassings happening and people losing all their belongings on that route. Night trains should be avoided and be very cautious on all other trains (of course): So... after freaking out, we decided to go to beautiful Vienna instead. and flights to Krakow from London aren´t too expensive, so we will go around November for a weekend.

Cesky Kromlov in Czech was absolutely gorgeous and i would have liked to have stayed longer than 2 nights, but that is cool. It was picturesque and relaxing (thanks for the recommendation Ben... top marks to you!!!!)

and after trying to stick to our budget we decided tonight instead of going out to dinner in Vienna (quite pricey, esp compared to some other places) we cooked dinner for just €1.50 each... and we have left overs!!! if only it was this easy in London! ha.

but we are having a blast, relaxing and enjoying the beauty that new cities have to offer us! and of course being careful. tori is off to salzberg in 2 days, but as i have already been with schelle, so i will chill out in Vienna and drink coffee and explore the Danube and perhaps find someone to waltz with.

that´s all for now.
take care
love
deev

Praha

well, trip started out without a hitch... our plane didn't have a check in desk until 1/2hr before take-off when check-in is supposed to close. then on the way through the security check, they decided to randomly frisk me and then randomly search my bag for bombs... random?? I think not. although, a good thing out of it is my camera now has a name, 'Gillian'. the security guy had the honour of naming her.

so, well, we arrived in Prague on Monday and made our way to the lovely Hostel. it is quite small, but very clean and friendly! and since then we have just wandered the streets. the weather has been fantastic and the scenery and architecture is nice enough. today we had a picnic lunch in a park on an island which was serene. listening to the noise of prague all around us. this afternoon we were going to do a tour, but decided to sleep and read and relax (because that's all we have been doing recently) and save our money for places like romania where we might get to see dracula... or something like that.

tomorrow morning we are off to Cesky Kromlov until Saturday when we come briefly back to Prague and then onto Krakow. looking forward to it. Benny C told us that Cesky Kromlov is really beautiful, a good place to read a book by the river. AND our hostel has free inner tubes, so we might find ourselves floating down the river, can't wait! it is so nice to not have to think about work... ahhhh. don't know if this attitude will chang soon... ha, we'll see how my updates go as i travel for longer.

well, might have an arvo nap. the weather is soooo lovely, but a bit muggy, so making me tired.

love youse all

one sleep to go...

well, i am packed (unlike i was the night before i left for england) and i am very excited. Once again tonight we have tori, schelle and myself all sleeping in my room. it is very exciting, as tomorrow, schelle will have the room to herself and tori and i will be off on a fantastic adventure of eastern europe.

i will try and update my blog often, but unfortunately i will not have any photos, but you can see a few when i get home. i am really excited, but i should go to sleep now. i get back from my journey on the 29th August.

hope that you are all well and having a good time whatever you are doing

love
davina

farewell Jose, welcome Barry

well, it has been about 9 months since i moved in and my little foreign buddee downstairs (when i moved in Jose and i were the only non-french) has just moved out. but that is ok, because now we have lucia and barry to hold the non-french fort. we are now equals (well, 1 spanish and 2 aussies), who knows, we might take over one day.

so i would like to say a quick farewell to Jose, it was great having you here!! We will all miss you at 62MG. But we would like to welsome Barry and see what fun adventures 62MG now has instore.

so, what have i been up to reccently?? umm, just teaching and trying to get things figured out before i leave on monday. I have also caught up with some great people and saw the Blue Man Group, they were pretty interesting. (i think i told you i was going to do this in my last post) oh and i have moved into Jose's room... really nice to be in a bigger room.

and now... the photos. two Dutch friends who came to stay the weekend a few weeks ago... Sjoerd and Ilian. they decided to go on a motorbike trip to France and ended up in London because they could. pretty cooL!!! we were enjoying a fantastic summer evening at a pub on the Thames in Hammersmith... very nice location.

Jose did a BBQ for us to say farewell, it was great! and this is him in the kitchen, our kitchen will never look so clean again! he was a machine kitchen cleaner... the best i have ever seen.

green shirt is Barry, our new member if 62MG. with Mathieu D on the left and Jose on the BBQ.

Good Old Kati from North TUrramurra Scouts Days... whoa, it's been a long time. Michelle and Tori at the Cornish Pastie shop in Covent Garden before the Blue Man Group. We do like our cornish pasties, they are well good! ha.

and finally ahhh, the girls at our fantastic 'THE CHURCH' experience. you can just see the logo on the stage in the background. ahhh, what a fun day that was!

don't know how much i will be updating this blog in the next month, as i don't know how much internet i will have. But my tavel plans are approximately as follows... 24th-30th July Czech Republic, 31July-3rd August Poland, 4th-7th Hungary, 8th-14th Romania (to see Dracula, muhahaha), 15th-21st Bulgaria, 21st-26th Greece. Tori and i split paths here, but as it is a bank holiday (long weekend) in England, Schelle and i decided we are going to go to Copenhagen for the weekend, so home on the 29th August. YAY.

take care
love
deev

by the way, the weather is B.E.A.utiful at the moment. it has been above 30degrees.... luvvin it!!!

toripoo and eastern europe

well, tori is here and i don't think i have spoken so fast for the whole time i have been over here. It is FANTASTIC! and singing songs and having a ball and remembering lots of fun times on scouthikes or in primary school, or on the bus... ahhhh. what better way to spend your year away than remembering what you have left. ha, no really, it is great.

so, there were three in the bed and the little one said... ok, so not really, two in the bed and one on the floor, but next week we will have heaps more floorspace cos (sadly) Jose is moving out, but that means i get a room like 2 times bigger than it is at present. so can have like 6 people on the floor (if the housemates will let me).

went to a place called 'The Church' today. and let me just say, it is all but a church. but a fun experience and i think i am very embarrassed to say i really enjoyed it. mind you, there are some aspects of it that weren't so good (really weren't so good), but the music was great to sing along to, and there was free water and coke, so being not a big drinker i was stoked. i might end up back there, but will have to make sure i don't go there too often or i might end up very tainted.

umm, what else?? went exploring london with tori and schelle yesterday. walked to primrose hill and looked over the skyline of london, that was cool. the weather was fantastic too! loving the sun.

and tomorrow am catching up with a friend from sydney and schelle and going to see The Blue Man Group which i have heard is pretty good. anyways, and excuse to get out and about in London.

think that is pretty much it. this week, working a few days, seeing some more london sights, moving rooms and then getting ready to fly of on a mini adventure over Eastern Europe. YAY!

ok, that's enough from me.
love you all
deev

Happy 1 Year!

well, it has been a year ago today that i left my sydney home. #

and can i just say that things are going really well. having a ball.

love you all (and miss those i haven't seen for that time)
deev

big week

heya,

well, hmm, where to start?? lots of french football madness of course, then followed by an aussie experience. Had a dinner with the steads. it was great to see them all again. all looking healthy and having a ball exploring england. i just wish i could have split myself into 4. one for each of the kids and one left over to chat with Mike and Felicity. after that, had Matt and Matt (two friends from home) come and stay for a little and met some of their friends. went to changing of the guards, another french football match, allez les bleu, and then had a bbq in the backyard cos it is still light at like 9:30. and everyone said england has really bad weather!!

Sunday saw a trip to Brighton with yet another Matt and the weather was amazing!!! sunshine and low 30's for the heat. loved it! Monday night those of us who are left at home decided to have a BBQ. it was fantastic!! I even bought out the shapes.... yummy yummy, i love chicken crimpys!!!! and then on tuesday night schelle and i mosied on down to Wimbledon after workto check out the court action. we didn't see anyone playing that we knew, but then saw the woodies on the board so went to their game only to find it had just finished... although we got some photos and i was this close to getting an autograph, but gave up...

and i think that pretty much brings me through to today. think i got everything in there.

i think the photos are pretty self-explanatory but incase you don't know the people... mathieu, me et clement at a french match; me and schelle at wimbledon; schelle, matt and me in brighton; matt, matt, me, geoff and tom at another french match; me and my shapes at a bbq in our backyard; the mike, felicity and me; and oooh, the woodies (well, use your imagination) at wimbledon. once again lots of photos of me, but hey, i love it and i want to show off the fact that i have a bit of a tan... in england!!! who'd have thought.

take care,
love you all
deev