Hello People
Long time no posts.
I am currently in wellington. I am working as an economist at the Ministry of Social Development. I didn't have the internet in my flat hence the lack of posts.
Last weekend Tom and I moved in together into a wee apartment in town. The internet arrived this morning. Yay! Except Thomas left this morning. Not so yay. He has gone to a conference in Portugal so its really awesome for him but I am going to miss him so much! He will be gone for three whole weeks! At least I have the internet to keep me company now.
Hope everyone is good.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Melbourne 3
Hi Everyone,
Well I had a fantastic weekend with Claire. Melbourne continued to impress me. Many shops were visited, many handbags were considered and many new foods were tried. I showed extreme restraint though, so proud of myself, I only bought for myself one extra thing above the thing I’d planned to buy myself. And I managed to buy myself the thing I’d planned to buy myself. That was a winter coat for keeping me warm in the UK. The extra thing was a pair of those Chinese ball things you use for hand exercises and were only eight dollars. So that wasn’t too much of an extravagence. I was very close to buying a handbag but didn’t let myself make any impulse purchases.
The shopping highlight was definitely Queen Victoria market. It was fantastic the stalls were incredible in the number of them and the crap that they sold hehe. But the food section was absolutely amazing. The smells, and the amazing cheeses and fruits and sausages I won’t forget it quickly. I needed to go back with an empty stomach several times. As it was I tried a spanish donut, which I will admit I had had in America before but not as good as this one, and a borek which was delicious. The next day in St Kilda I also tried Debosh cake it was good, and a Florentine biscuit which was really good. I’m going to try making them myself one day.
Claire was such a great companion thanks, very patient with me, and so much fun to be around and talk to. I think she had a nice time, I hope so anyway. And thanks also to our feet for putting up with the hours and hours of walking over the weekend.
Non shopping related we also went back to the Casino together and revisited the fantastic deserts at the Greek restaurant there, and we went to the Pixar exhibition. That was really cool the story boards and brain storming and development sketches were amazing. Oh and we went to a nice restaurant on Friday night too. And St Kilda was beautiful on Sunday morning, the sun came out just as we were looking around the market and it was just gorgeous.
This week I’m staying home and not spending more money! There’s just too much nice food out there to buy. Although one thing I will say about Melbourne is from my observation they don’t do sushi as well as Christchurch. There’s probably good sushi out there just not as common or easy to find. But I’m not complaining at all in general I’d say the food here is great!
Love
Mindy
Well I had a fantastic weekend with Claire. Melbourne continued to impress me. Many shops were visited, many handbags were considered and many new foods were tried. I showed extreme restraint though, so proud of myself, I only bought for myself one extra thing above the thing I’d planned to buy myself. And I managed to buy myself the thing I’d planned to buy myself. That was a winter coat for keeping me warm in the UK. The extra thing was a pair of those Chinese ball things you use for hand exercises and were only eight dollars. So that wasn’t too much of an extravagence. I was very close to buying a handbag but didn’t let myself make any impulse purchases.
The shopping highlight was definitely Queen Victoria market. It was fantastic the stalls were incredible in the number of them and the crap that they sold hehe. But the food section was absolutely amazing. The smells, and the amazing cheeses and fruits and sausages I won’t forget it quickly. I needed to go back with an empty stomach several times. As it was I tried a spanish donut, which I will admit I had had in America before but not as good as this one, and a borek which was delicious. The next day in St Kilda I also tried Debosh cake it was good, and a Florentine biscuit which was really good. I’m going to try making them myself one day.
Claire was such a great companion thanks, very patient with me, and so much fun to be around and talk to. I think she had a nice time, I hope so anyway. And thanks also to our feet for putting up with the hours and hours of walking over the weekend.
Non shopping related we also went back to the Casino together and revisited the fantastic deserts at the Greek restaurant there, and we went to the Pixar exhibition. That was really cool the story boards and brain storming and development sketches were amazing. Oh and we went to a nice restaurant on Friday night too. And St Kilda was beautiful on Sunday morning, the sun came out just as we were looking around the market and it was just gorgeous.
This week I’m staying home and not spending more money! There’s just too much nice food out there to buy. Although one thing I will say about Melbourne is from my observation they don’t do sushi as well as Christchurch. There’s probably good sushi out there just not as common or easy to find. But I’m not complaining at all in general I’d say the food here is great!
Love
Mindy
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Melbourne 2
Hello from Melbourne again,
This is a really nice place! There are so many gorgeous old buildings in the middle of town, so cute! There was even one I saw with a gargoyle on the top. The second thing that is really cool is there are lots of people walking around this area to and from work, just tons… and people are sensible lots of really dressed up women with sneakers on, I took the hint my second day… so much more comfortable! Also cars stop for people if you’re walking across a T-intersection. I always stop anyway but mostly cars will wave me through.
Tonight I’m staying in as I want to get a good sleep to get up early and go for a run down to the esplanade in the morning, but last night I ventured out and went for a walk down Fitzroy St. It’s at the end of St Kilda Road which is where I’m staying. I got a tip from Jenna at work to go down there as it’d be busy still on a weeknight and she was right! It was just amazing. So many restaurants and bars, and all sorts too. A lot of really nice looking cheap places to eat, actually looking at the café blackboards on the street on the way to work the food prices here are quite a bit more reasonable than NZ. There was this gorgeous bookshop open too, I’m going to try and make it back there to buy something because it was just the kind of shop you walk into and want to support.
Oh and one more funny thing about Australia, they’re behind us in Grey’s Anatomy. Haha. We’re winning, they’ve got the final next week, we’ve already had it.
Work is going well. The people are nice (like I said last time) and I feel almost totally settled in. The weather here is also great, 18 degrees today, it was 10 degrees in Christchurch! I’m beginning to wish that we were moving here instead of the UK, well not really as it’ll be great to be close to Europe, but I would definitely consider living here one day.
Tomorrow night I think I’ll head out to the casino maybe shout myself a meal out (I’ve had home made dinners and lunches everyday so far!). Then Friday Claire is coming for the weekend! Yay! I think I might take her shopping on Friday night at Chadstone which apparently is a good place to go. Then Saturday we’ll do the sightseeing. Go up some big tower to see the size of the city etc, hmm and I want to go to the National Gallery of Victoria to see the Guggenheim Collection so I hope Claire does too! Also there’s a Pixar exhibition at the Australian Centre for the moving image which looks really good. Then I might let Claire pick one or two things to do, then go to do the Old Gaol tour, and have dinner. At that will be Saturday. Sunday I’ve reserved for shopping and visiting Queen Victoria Market.
I don’t think I’ve got much else to report on. Hope everyone is happy and well!
Love
Mindy
This is a really nice place! There are so many gorgeous old buildings in the middle of town, so cute! There was even one I saw with a gargoyle on the top. The second thing that is really cool is there are lots of people walking around this area to and from work, just tons… and people are sensible lots of really dressed up women with sneakers on, I took the hint my second day… so much more comfortable! Also cars stop for people if you’re walking across a T-intersection. I always stop anyway but mostly cars will wave me through.
Tonight I’m staying in as I want to get a good sleep to get up early and go for a run down to the esplanade in the morning, but last night I ventured out and went for a walk down Fitzroy St. It’s at the end of St Kilda Road which is where I’m staying. I got a tip from Jenna at work to go down there as it’d be busy still on a weeknight and she was right! It was just amazing. So many restaurants and bars, and all sorts too. A lot of really nice looking cheap places to eat, actually looking at the café blackboards on the street on the way to work the food prices here are quite a bit more reasonable than NZ. There was this gorgeous bookshop open too, I’m going to try and make it back there to buy something because it was just the kind of shop you walk into and want to support.
Oh and one more funny thing about Australia, they’re behind us in Grey’s Anatomy. Haha. We’re winning, they’ve got the final next week, we’ve already had it.
Work is going well. The people are nice (like I said last time) and I feel almost totally settled in. The weather here is also great, 18 degrees today, it was 10 degrees in Christchurch! I’m beginning to wish that we were moving here instead of the UK, well not really as it’ll be great to be close to Europe, but I would definitely consider living here one day.
Tomorrow night I think I’ll head out to the casino maybe shout myself a meal out (I’ve had home made dinners and lunches everyday so far!). Then Friday Claire is coming for the weekend! Yay! I think I might take her shopping on Friday night at Chadstone which apparently is a good place to go. Then Saturday we’ll do the sightseeing. Go up some big tower to see the size of the city etc, hmm and I want to go to the National Gallery of Victoria to see the Guggenheim Collection so I hope Claire does too! Also there’s a Pixar exhibition at the Australian Centre for the moving image which looks really good. Then I might let Claire pick one or two things to do, then go to do the Old Gaol tour, and have dinner. At that will be Saturday. Sunday I’ve reserved for shopping and visiting Queen Victoria Market.
I don’t think I’ve got much else to report on. Hope everyone is happy and well!
Love
Mindy
Monday, August 06, 2007
Melbourne
Hi Everybody!
It's been ages I know. In my defense I've been busy.
So as everybody probably knows Darren and I are moving to the UK soon, thus we've been busy! We're also trying to partially plan the wedding before we leave, but to be fair that has only taken one day. Anyway what some of you may not yet know is I'm in Melbourne for the next two weeks. And if you're thinking wow that's an inconvenient time just when you'll be wanting to pack for the Uk, well you'd be right!
But anyway I am glad I'm here. It's my first time in Melbourne and from what I've seen it looks like a really cool place. I’m here for work though so it’s not like I’ll be sightseeing the whole time, but hopefully I’ll get to see at least a little bit. Had my first day at work today, it’s always a bit risky talking about work on a public forum such as this, but in this case there’s no risk as everyone was really nice, really nice people and very friendly and helpful. So hopefully it’ll be a good two weeks.
I arrived here last night. Spent AGES at the airport waiting for my umbrella to come as it was “oversized” luggage. I wouldn’t have bought it if I’d known it was going to be a hassle. But I will be glad for it if it rains as I do have a wee walk to work. Of course since it was such a hassle to bring it won’t rain at all. It is a cool umbrella though! It’s a Jade one J
My hotel is very nice, very roomy and it’s got a proper kitchen and everything. So my first mission in Melbourne was to go down to the supermarket and buy some food so I wouldn’t have to eat out at breakfast or lunch. So good old google maps told me where the nearest supermarket was and headed out there. It wasn’t too far on the way there, but it was much longer on the way home. I think mostly because I bought more than I could comfortably carry. Damn though 1.5L bottles of coke.
Anyway woke up really early so went and explored the lake just by the hotel. It’s huge and has nice black swans in it. Which brings me to the view the hotel has a pretty good view of the lake and then out to the sea. The view from the work office is absolutely stunning though, similar view but that’s on the 12th floor so you can see everything!
For the record there’s nothing on TV so I’m watching Flight of the Conchords which is my new favourite TV program ever!
Lots of love,
Mindy
It's been ages I know. In my defense I've been busy.
So as everybody probably knows Darren and I are moving to the UK soon, thus we've been busy! We're also trying to partially plan the wedding before we leave, but to be fair that has only taken one day. Anyway what some of you may not yet know is I'm in Melbourne for the next two weeks. And if you're thinking wow that's an inconvenient time just when you'll be wanting to pack for the Uk, well you'd be right!
But anyway I am glad I'm here. It's my first time in Melbourne and from what I've seen it looks like a really cool place. I’m here for work though so it’s not like I’ll be sightseeing the whole time, but hopefully I’ll get to see at least a little bit. Had my first day at work today, it’s always a bit risky talking about work on a public forum such as this, but in this case there’s no risk as everyone was really nice, really nice people and very friendly and helpful. So hopefully it’ll be a good two weeks.
I arrived here last night. Spent AGES at the airport waiting for my umbrella to come as it was “oversized” luggage. I wouldn’t have bought it if I’d known it was going to be a hassle. But I will be glad for it if it rains as I do have a wee walk to work. Of course since it was such a hassle to bring it won’t rain at all. It is a cool umbrella though! It’s a Jade one J
My hotel is very nice, very roomy and it’s got a proper kitchen and everything. So my first mission in Melbourne was to go down to the supermarket and buy some food so I wouldn’t have to eat out at breakfast or lunch. So good old google maps told me where the nearest supermarket was and headed out there. It wasn’t too far on the way there, but it was much longer on the way home. I think mostly because I bought more than I could comfortably carry. Damn though 1.5L bottles of coke.
Anyway woke up really early so went and explored the lake just by the hotel. It’s huge and has nice black swans in it. Which brings me to the view the hotel has a pretty good view of the lake and then out to the sea. The view from the work office is absolutely stunning though, similar view but that’s on the 12th floor so you can see everything!
For the record there’s nothing on TV so I’m watching Flight of the Conchords which is my new favourite TV program ever!
Lots of love,
Mindy
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