Andrea goes down under

Back in town !!!! My hols are unfortunately over now and it’s only one more week until uni resumes… that really sucks… but hey, it’s the last semester before graduation so not much time to got I had 6 weeks off of which I was on the road for 3 1/2 weeks. My journey started on the 1st of July with Karolina and a flight to Adelaide where we stayed for the day before going on to Alice Springs by Bus. There we did a 3-day-Uluru Tour and after having stayed a day in Alice Springs, we went off with another tour towards Darwin. Having arrived in Darwin, we booked another trip for 3 days, exploring the Kakadu Nationalpark. The last days we spend in Darwin before this trip ended. So after 2 weeks we flew fromDarwin to Brisbane.

From there, Karolina went back to Sydney and I met up wth Gustavo to travel along the Eastcoast back to Sydney in 10 days. We have been to Brisbane, Hervey Bay, Noosa, Australian Zoo, Dreamworld (Themepark), Surfers Paradise, Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie.

It was a lot to see and do for only 3 1/2 weeks time and it was a bit of rushing from A to B to C to… but it was definitly worth it! And the weather was just beautiful. Apart from the first day in Adelaide where it was a bit dull, gray and rainy, I was able to enjoy 24 days of sunshine and summer temperatures!

For those who are able to understand German and would like to read about the travel, just click on http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/urlaub/

Okay guys… I hope you are all good!

Take care!
Love, Andrea

I am so sorry I have not updated this section in a looooong while… but I have been busy as you can imagine…. in the meantime I have been to Tasmania and Melbourne, I have written 3 out of 4 of my exams for the first semester, I have been shopping, partying and sightseeing and I have been to the Blue Mountains last week.
If you wanna see pictures of my holidays, just click on “Urlaub” and just try the links and I am sure you will end up at the photosection… if not:
Tasmania:
day 1: http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/urlaub/1-tag-ankunft-hobart/
day 2: http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/urlaub/2-tag-forestier-und-tasman-peninsula-swansea/
day 3: http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/urlaub/3-tag-freycinet-national-park-st-helens/
day4: http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/urlaub/4-tag-bay-of-fires-launceston-king-solomons-cave/
day 5: http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/urlaub/5-tag-strahan-queenstown-lake-st-clair/
day 6: http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/urlaub/6-tag-tahune-forest-reserve-abflug/

Melbourne:
day 1 and 2: http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/urlaub/great-ocean-road/
day 3: http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/urlaub/grampian-mountains-und-ballarat/http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/urlaub/st-kilda/
day 4: http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/urlaub/melbourne-sightseeing-teil-1/
day 5: http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/urlaub/melbourne-sightseeing-teil-2/

Blue Mountains:
http://andreaoz.wordpress.com/blue-mountains-fotos/

Yepp… so this is actually all what has happened in the meantime…

I have another exam this Friday (gotta start studying tomorrow) and then I have 1 1/2 months off (up to the end of July).
Have not really put any plans into place yet, but I am still working on that as good as I can. Am trying to get to the Westcoast somehow, but not sure yet whether that’s working out! Will let you know!

Take care! Will definitly write again soon! Promised!!!! xxx

I am sorry for not having written anything in English for a longer while now, but it really feels like the week is already over before it actually starts… it’s unbelievable how time is flying… actually quite scary! 1 1/2 months are already over and I cannot tell whether I have done a lot or not so much, but apart from studying an awful lot I have been to the beach several times now, had a couple of good nights out, of course saw the opera house and the harbour bridge, been to the Botanical Gardens, saw Darling Harbour and the Rocks, even had some delicious pancakes in the Rocks (btw the ones made of buttermilk are better than the chocolate ones!), took the ferry, been on a harbour cruise, saw some markets, been to Chinatown, and so on and so forth. The last thing we did on Friday was surfing for the first time. It was really hard work and you have to be pretty patient but it was really a great day out and we had so much fun as you probably can see on the pictures. All of us stood up for a couple of times and that was really great stuff! Apart from that of course I cannot go to Australia and not try surfing at least for one (am actually thinking about getting a surfboard now…).

So as you can see… I am having an awesome, terrific, magnifique time here and I enjoy my stay! It’s a great feeling knowing you can be at the beach within an hour and at the opera house in only 30 mins…

Hope this all makes you at least a bit jealous…
And if not… then maybe the idea of 30°C and proper sunshine and a clowdless sky?

Keep in touch! Lots of love,
Andrea

Hi guys!
So… have been here for a week now and it already feels like half a century… pretty weird! But it is nice being here and I am totally confident it will be an awesome year with lots of great experiences. My housemates are pretty nice and I already met sooo many people. It’s easy to get in contact with others! Haven’t done any sightseeing so far, but will do that as soon as the weather is changing. Do have a lot of blisters though… does hurt a bit, but hey… cannot help it anyway! Met about 20 Germany today and had a really funny day. Been out for some drinks and grabbed some food. But am pretty knackered out as I have only been in bed at 5am this morning after having met a German bloke in the local pub and we talked for ages. Apart from meeting people, going out and having strolls in town I am not doing anything yet… but next week is packed with uni things. Will go to the zoo tomorrow with other international students and on Tuesday I’ll have my official orientation day and then on Wednesday I will be able to enrol in the units I’d like to take. Fingers crossed I get the ones I wanna join!!! Thursday I might actually go to the beach and from Fri to Sat we go on an Aussie Getaway. We’ll see how that goes. At least the weather should be a lot better for that!
Look forward to this week. Guess it will be fun!
Andrea x

And finally I am leaving tomorrow!
Been out with most of my best mates last night and it was a fab time! Will really miss this crazy bunch of people I can call my lovely friends. Had an amazing time in Germany after my return from England but now it’s time to move on again even if only for a couple of months.
Will be back for Christmas… kinda feels like next week… I am sure time will be rushing… but hopefully there will be plenty of time to explore the Australian continent!

Will keep you updated as soon as anything exciting is happening! x