Okay so I am back :P

Okay so I have been horribly slack in regards to this blog.. but seriously it was hectic madness on the tour and then coming back home to get ready to be out bush again..

Some funny stories from my trip though..

They definitely know how to drink in the Rhine Valley..

At a small hotel in some random place I discovered that in Australia we really are amateurs in regards to our drinking.. the following is an exchange that occurred between me and the hotel manager come bar tender..

Me: A southern comfort and coke thanks.

Him: Do you want two shots or three

Me: umm.. one

Him: Why not two.. same price as one..

Me: just one

Him: hmm –commences to pour the shot of southern and pours it into the glass- [pauses]-looks at the glass- [pauses again] – picks up the bottle of southern comfort and free pours it into the glass ..- [pauses yet again] –looks at me- Coke???

Me: yes coke thanks

Him: -pours into the glass about a finger of coke-

Me: umm.. can I have more please

Him: more???!!??

Me: yes please

Him: hmmm –adds another 2cm of coke-

Me: more?

Him:-pours another 2cm-

Me: more?

Him: No!!

Mmm this went on a number of times and I was not alone in this..

We had some muslin chicks who wanted just an orange juice.. and he spent 10min trying to work out which alcohol they wanted in it…. before finally and markedly reluctantly giving them just the juice.

He also met us in the morning with a bottle of some sort of snaps and offering free shots…

Mmm any way

I shall endeavour to write more another day.. as I process.. remember more :)

On the road..

I'm in Germany now... and the key boards are rather odd.. letters where i don't expect them etc etc

it has been lotsa fun travelling... very busy though and many early mornings -yawns-

mmm very sleepy at the moment.,.,. went to teh beer hall tonight was a great experience :)

saw a sex show in amsterdam OMG! :o !!

lotsa time travelling on the bus... blah!! I really don#t like bus travel... :(

i will try and call pplz when i get a chance and it is an okay time back home too

take care :)

Scotland

mm snow..

I was in my first snow shower(???) yesterday.. was kinda kewl... very cold as well :P

Snowflakes are much freakier than raindrops as you can watch them fall to the ground and sometimes they do not go the same way as all the other snow flakes but the opp. way.. very odd..

also if you look up at the snow falling it looks like ash.. very similar to after the sugarcane fires... only smaller and colder :)

-thinks- well i have plenty more to type except my fingers are rather cold and I should really be heading off to the airport :P

• Be careful when going up steps in Scotland as they have 'trick' steps so that robbers will fall over and make a noise (and hopefully break their neck??)
  
• There are many different notes in Scotland as each bank issues their own... only place in the world where this system actually still exists.. as each bank guarantees the other banks' notes
  
• Part of the crown jewels is a ruddy great stone.. nothing special just a rock..
• when in the city.. you will always be able to see a clock and a starbucks...
• It is normal and fashionable to wear gumboots..

Take care :P

Another update

The first day of the new year :)

YAY!! :):)

so I really don't remember much of last night.. not from too much cheap dodgy scottish beer (really they should just stick to whiskey) .. I was sooo tired and jet lagged... and having been up and travelling since 4am in the morning possibly did not help much either...

Again just dot points.. more so that I will remember the story attached to them later...

• Sitting through a 12hr flight with a creepy old guy next to you truly sucks (though he took the subtle hint to back off when I told him that I would press charges -shudders- )
• Amesterdam is awesome.. could spend hours walking around looking at the buildings and random statues.. and I did as I arrived at 4am and nothing opens untill 9am.. (i had to buy a lonely planet to try n track down my hotel)
• -thinks- i am sure there are other things..
• everyone in amsterdam eats french fries smothered (and that is an understatement) in random sauces
• They have truly awesome pancakes ...mmmm yum!!
• No i didn't try any pot or other assorted substances.. Just don't believe in this.. :P

Scotland

• Never ask some one for directions as they will just tell you tht you are really close and point you in a random direction :P
• Going to Res. was awesome.. catching up with ppl who were there before me and getting to relive the experience through random drinking games :) great :)
• mmmm soo tired and hungry so i shall go eat

take care

:)