Thursday, September 06, 2007
Jo & Gareth Wedding version 2
Jo & Gareth (ie. Mr and Mrs Chandler) were lucky enough to have two weddings so that the whole world could be with them getting married. They had a lovely Sydney wedding last weekend at Newport with all the Nevilles and McIllwraiths and friends...beautiful day and fantastic photos...thanks Marty http://elario.deviantart.com/gallery/
Friday, August 24, 2007
Mikey in London.....
We had 24 hours in London only, where the lovely Mikey let us stay in his Wilsden Green abode. Plenty of time to see all the sites including the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, London Museum, The British Museum...oh and the tube...why does it alway have to break down, ew its so hot and stuffy! London is a great place to visit but it baffles me why so many Aussies are excited about living there???
Thanks Mikey...enjoy your 10 days of peace in the shoebox...S & M
Thanks Mikey...enjoy your 10 days of peace in the shoebox...S & M
Thursday, August 23, 2007
The Tatra Mountains
The Tatras are a mountain range in Slovakia which are divided into the High and Low Tatras for obvious reasons. We spent a few days in the Low Tatras "Nizke Tatry" to start with however it rained most of the time so we didnt get to see much. We went and saw the Bystrianska Caves which were amazing, much better than Jenolan but I cant tell you much about them as the tour was in Slovak.
Most of the time was spent in the High Tatras "Vysoke Tatry" which are just amazing. In 2004 however, a storm where winds were 200 km/hr went through and blew over a large portion of the pine trees so the lower parts of the mountain now look like a tree graveyard...but obviously it doesnt stop the endless stream of tourists hiking in summer, even on the highest peaks with really difficult tracks there were still people around. There are loads of high mountain lakes "pleso" which are so pretty..I cant wait to go back again!
Lower Tatras:
High Tatras:
Most of the time was spent in the High Tatras "Vysoke Tatry" which are just amazing. In 2004 however, a storm where winds were 200 km/hr went through and blew over a large portion of the pine trees so the lower parts of the mountain now look like a tree graveyard...but obviously it doesnt stop the endless stream of tourists hiking in summer, even on the highest peaks with really difficult tracks there were still people around. There are loads of high mountain lakes "pleso" which are so pretty..I cant wait to go back again!
Lower Tatras:
High Tatras:
Bratislava...the land of bridges
Bratislava has an old bridge "stary most", a new bridge "novy most", and a really new bridge that looks like a small harbour bridge...it was really confusing!
We stayed in a great little hotel right next to the castle "hrad" (see look I know some Slovak now!) which has a fantastic view over the town. There was a great thunder storm one night in the distance luckily, where Marty managed to get a great photo from our room.
The old town is really pretty but unfortunately some smart investors have turned it into an expensive swish restaurant area over the last two years where there are hoards of British blokes out for a pissy weekend. What they dont realise it that one or two streets further on the food is literally ten times cheaper and much better, but they all get trapped in the touristy area...oh well we win out again!
We left our car parked outside the hotel, which is apparently a 'really safe area' however some lovely person or people decided to steal our hub caps...god knows for what reason other than it was the newest model of the car. We were pleased to find out when we eventually returned the car that they were only worth $50 in total.
We stayed in a great little hotel right next to the castle "hrad" (see look I know some Slovak now!) which has a fantastic view over the town. There was a great thunder storm one night in the distance luckily, where Marty managed to get a great photo from our room.
The old town is really pretty but unfortunately some smart investors have turned it into an expensive swish restaurant area over the last two years where there are hoards of British blokes out for a pissy weekend. What they dont realise it that one or two streets further on the food is literally ten times cheaper and much better, but they all get trapped in the touristy area...oh well we win out again!
We left our car parked outside the hotel, which is apparently a 'really safe area' however some lovely person or people decided to steal our hub caps...god knows for what reason other than it was the newest model of the car. We were pleased to find out when we eventually returned the car that they were only worth $50 in total.
Next up Cesky Krumlov....
So from Prague we picked up the little red "Skoda" car, the pride and joy of the Czech Republic however I think its a hunk of rubbish equivalent to a lawn-mower on wheels..anyhow, it was a car. We headed a 100 k's south of Prague to a medieval town called Cesky Krumlov for a few days...absolutely fantastic place we had so much fun there, I would highly recommend it to anyone. The town was built in the curve of a river that comes all the way from Prague...we went about 30 k's upstream one day and lazily floated on a canoe all the way back to town through all sorts of villages. There are many locks in the river which we had lots of fun sliding down and somehow managed not to capsize!
Well I thought Prague food and drink was cheap but this is just amazing..we had the bestest meals ever and struggled to spend $20 between us including drinks...wow
Well I thought Prague food and drink was cheap but this is just amazing..we had the bestest meals ever and struggled to spend $20 between us including drinks...wow
Now the holiday begins...first stop Praha
I hadnt been to Prague before as I was too cheap previously to pay for a visa...but now that they are a civilised country and accept that Aussies are harmless no worries!
My first view of Prague was through a plastic Czech beer cup and sausage...na zdravie! It was ridiculously cheap something like 2 dollars in total!
My next view of Prague was in an outragous crowd of tourists milling around the old town...grrr I really do hate being in such touristy places. Owing to Marty speaking Slovak which is essentially the same as Czech (say like an Aussie and a NZer talking) we managed to stay out of the touristy areas and find some real Czech culture, ah much better :)
My first view of Prague was through a plastic Czech beer cup and sausage...na zdravie! It was ridiculously cheap something like 2 dollars in total!
My next view of Prague was in an outragous crowd of tourists milling around the old town...grrr I really do hate being in such touristy places. Owing to Marty speaking Slovak which is essentially the same as Czech (say like an Aussie and a NZer talking) we managed to stay out of the touristy areas and find some real Czech culture, ah much better :)
Guernsey Wedding
The main event for this holiday finally arrived...Jo and Gareths Wedding in Guernsey!
It was held at Saumarez Manor (where we also happened to be staying)...apart from the creepy woman looking after the accommodation and the ghost tour they made us go on it was a pretty nice place to stay...it was definitely a good place to have a wedding!
The fact that the weather was shocking on the wedding day didnt trouble anyone we all had lots of fun and Jo and Gareth were so happy. As per usual the girls spent all day getting ready and the boys slept in and threw on their suits just in time. There we lots of Aussie friends and fam there to wish them well. The reception was a blast.
Yay for Mr and Mrs Chandler
It was held at Saumarez Manor (where we also happened to be staying)...apart from the creepy woman looking after the accommodation and the ghost tour they made us go on it was a pretty nice place to stay...it was definitely a good place to have a wedding!
The fact that the weather was shocking on the wedding day didnt trouble anyone we all had lots of fun and Jo and Gareth were so happy. As per usual the girls spent all day getting ready and the boys slept in and threw on their suits just in time. There we lots of Aussie friends and fam there to wish them well. The reception was a blast.
Yay for Mr and Mrs Chandler
2 weeks in Bordeaux 'working'
OK the adventures started with Bordeaux again for two weeks of hard work, ie. eating and drinking french delicacies, well we did actually get alot of work done but cant have all work and no play! It was very exciting having Marty along finally, instead of him sitting at home getting sms's from me saying how much fun it is..yay! However I must say its a bit rude of him to get better results than me at work, thats just not fair :)
Pretty good this time to is that the fam came along for a visit, and liked it so much they stayed an extra few days...now they understand why I want to go work there. Mum was very happy when I took her to my favourite duck restaurant (duck being her top menu pick), where they serve nothing but duck dishes most of which you cant tell are actually duck. Dad was very pleased with the French beer and Matt was very relieved to have some normal people to talk to ie. not mum and dad.
Pretty good this time to is that the fam came along for a visit, and liked it so much they stayed an extra few days...now they understand why I want to go work there. Mum was very happy when I took her to my favourite duck restaurant (duck being her top menu pick), where they serve nothing but duck dishes most of which you cant tell are actually duck. Dad was very pleased with the French beer and Matt was very relieved to have some normal people to talk to ie. not mum and dad.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
moving, moving, moving
OMG are you alright Marty? Well all moved out of Forest Hill now and my life if packed up into boxes and stuffed into a 2 x 3 m storage unit.....next stop Europe....then new house :)
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
varmen (high temperature)
My boss who is staying in Denmark at the moment forwarded this email to me, it was sent from the head of school there. By the way it was 25 degree's!
"Kære Alle
På grund af varmen beder Institutlederen jer alle huske på at drikke rigeligt med vand o.lign., og når det er muligt at komme udenfor og køle ned."
"Dear everyone
The Head of department wants to remind you to drink plenty of water etc. in this hot weather and when it is possible to go outside to cool down."
Monday, June 11, 2007
Matts Graduation
Congrats Matt....well the last of the Neville's have got there BSc from Usyd now! I know this is pretty pathetic but we counted up 5 BSc's, 3 hons(chem), 1 Masters(chem) and a PhD between us. I think we are keeping the BSc degree afloat.
Apart from the worst weather you could ever want to have on your Graduation, consisting of being constantly pelted with freezing cold wind and rain, it was a fun afternoon. The random weather actually made it more exciting as each outing was an adventure trying not to get blown away.
Apart from the worst weather you could ever want to have on your Graduation, consisting of being constantly pelted with freezing cold wind and rain, it was a fun afternoon. The random weather actually made it more exciting as each outing was an adventure trying not to get blown away.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
we are famous.....
Suz, Marty, Mandy, Danny and Adam made our TV debute on 1 vs 100!
We spent the day at the studio filming....but shhhh cant tell you want happens you will just have to wait for the airing in October.
We spent the day at the studio filming....but shhhh cant tell you want happens you will just have to wait for the airing in October.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
world of mushrooms v2....
OK I should explain my rather cryptic last post about mushrooms....sorry to disappoint you all they are not magic mushies, however, it was quite an adventure.
The story begins with a Slovak adventure to an enchanted forest in a place far far away...in this forest there were all types of strange mushrooms, especially there were lots of toadstools with little families of forest creatures living underneath. I was told dont pick these lovely looking toadstools because that would be bad and we dont want to upset the forest creatures. But these other bright orange mushrooms we can pick because no one lives underneath them, they have been specially grown for us humans to eat. So we picked lots of 'good' orange mushrooms and let the toadstools be!
Then, later that day, my second adventure began...I had to eat the mushrooms. This may sound like an easy thing to do, but my brain was saying 'suz what are you thinking orange mushrooms cant be good for you, just get rid of them'...and the slovaks were saying 'suz no worries we been eating them for 30 years and look how we turned out'. Eventually, I cooked them up into some scrammbled eggs, ate them and enjoyed....an look Im still here now, and I hope not in a dream, so they must be full of goodness! And we all lived happily ever after.
The End
The story begins with a Slovak adventure to an enchanted forest in a place far far away...in this forest there were all types of strange mushrooms, especially there were lots of toadstools with little families of forest creatures living underneath. I was told dont pick these lovely looking toadstools because that would be bad and we dont want to upset the forest creatures. But these other bright orange mushrooms we can pick because no one lives underneath them, they have been specially grown for us humans to eat. So we picked lots of 'good' orange mushrooms and let the toadstools be!
Then, later that day, my second adventure began...I had to eat the mushrooms. This may sound like an easy thing to do, but my brain was saying 'suz what are you thinking orange mushrooms cant be good for you, just get rid of them'...and the slovaks were saying 'suz no worries we been eating them for 30 years and look how we turned out'. Eventually, I cooked them up into some scrammbled eggs, ate them and enjoyed....an look Im still here now, and I hope not in a dream, so they must be full of goodness! And we all lived happily ever after.
The End
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
SMartys House....
Oh my gosh....suz and marty just bought a house! What? you say, Suz your last blog update was a house warming party in Forest Hill...well all I can say to that is, oops guess I will just have to have another house warming.
So excited...the address is 20 Birdwood Ave Upwey, we wont move in until the end of August tho. Its a 1/4 acre, amazing view of the dandenong mountains, 10ft ceilings, fantastic balcony for bbq's, hot spa bath in the bathroom, kitchen is all jarrah wood...ahhh will have to wipe the smiles off our faces soon I suppose but until then :)
P.S. No we are not going to buy a dog!
Friday, March 30, 2007
Housewarming party!
Well I have been in my new place in fancy ForestHill for 5 months now...and finally got my act together for a housewarming do! Apart from really crappy weather it was lots-a-fun :) much eating and drinking and even some dancing thanks to the crazy netball girls. Marty's world famous taziki dip once again was a big hit, I think we all need a garlic detox now.
I dont know if this is a sign of old age but I noticed that almost everyone was drinking wine all night, I only found evidence of four beer bottles the next morning...hmmm very concerning. I may have to have a second 'beer-only' house-re-warming party to remedy this.
I dont know if this is a sign of old age but I noticed that almost everyone was drinking wine all night, I only found evidence of four beer bottles the next morning...hmmm very concerning. I may have to have a second 'beer-only' house-re-warming party to remedy this.
Clockwise: suz and lil's, suz and lauren, adam and nicole, keith and irene, matze and lils, netball girls providing entertainment!
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Weekend on the town....
OMG Matze's b'day was fantastic, we went out and about in Fitzroy first to Ilk bar then to Peel...so much fun but what a random mix of people! BTW do you like my new haircut?
A wander in Sherbrook Forest is a lovely way to spend Sunday afternoon (esp after the night before) . Followed by a really nice dinner at Baden & co. place in the Dandenongs, they have such a cool house.
A wander in Sherbrook Forest is a lovely way to spend Sunday afternoon (esp after the night before) . Followed by a really nice dinner at Baden & co. place in the Dandenongs, they have such a cool house.
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