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Well, This weekend marks 4 weeks since we arrived in the mother land. It also marks the first time we've slept in a bed in 4 weeks! As greatful as we were for the use of Michaels bedroom floor for the first 4 weeks of our adventure it's nice to be more than 2cm off the floor!
So, in 4 weeks we seem to have settled in pretty well. People often ask us if it's dfferent. I guess the answer is yes and no. I think it's all the subtle differences that make it feel not quiet like home. Things like......
- Traffic lights turn orange before turning green
- They still use stupid little 1 & 2p copper coins
- Tomato Sauce is Ketchup
- You stand on the RHS of the escalator so people can walk up the LHS (and belive me, you don't want to get it wrong)
- Bogans are called Chavs
- You all right (pronounced youalrighe) is actually a greeting, not someone expressing their concern for you
- It rains, and rains, and rains
- Fosters Beer is popular
- No one knows what a parma is (unless you're in a Walkabout)
- Did I mention it rains
So maybe that sort of explains it. Same Same, only Different
Another thing we've noticed since arriving is what a small world it is. Every Australian/New Zealender that I've met at work, knows someone I work with at SKM! No sh*t. Tiny world.
So now we've settled into our new home (unpacking took all of 30mins) we're looking forward to getting out and seeing what this country (and the surrounding ones) are all about.
Don't forget to send us an email every now and then. We still want to hear all the news from home.
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Gillian Hey Excruciatingminutiae, Thanks for stopping by. I suecpst you can just show up. I don't have a card - they probably want to sell as much as possible the first two days before the "public" sale. Perhaps you can call them first to make sure. If you go, let us know.Happy Shopping,Eden
Duean Hi, I linked to your party (I think) Edible Wreath. However, I could not grab your butotn when I try to select all it selects the whole page, not just the html I am new to this blogger thing, but I have been able to grab butotns in the past? Sorry