First Half of Summer 2013 Debrief

Life has been a bit of a whirlwind since getting back from Aus. Where has this summer gone? 

The last month and a half have been plagued with a lot of footy, some trips into TO, bought a car, and a trip up to the cottage. Here`s a brief debrief... 

For those of you who don`t know, I started playing Aussie rules football this summer. I fell in love with barracking for the sport when I was in Aus, and decided why not learn how to play. When I first got my hands on a ball I was complete and utter crap to say the least, but I think i`ve come a fair ways. I`ve played 4 games so far and they`ve all been really enjoyable. It`s a great atmosphere to get out and meet some new people. 

I`ve done a few trips into TO over the last month, including: got to warm a new house for one of my good friends, I went with the family to see the Wizard of Oz musical a few weekends ago, Dad and I went to watch the O`s vs. Jay`s baseball game, got a glimpse of the tall ships when they were in the harbor and last weekend got to catch up with some old friends. 

It has been long overdue that I have finally purchased my first car. It is nothing brand new, but it`s all mine and gets me from A to B. 

I spent the July long weekend, traditionally up at the cottage. The weather was not the best but we still got out on the boat and managed to do some fishing. Looking forward to at least one or two more weekends up north this summer! 

The End of Aus 2013

It has only taken me nearly 2 months to finish writing about the end of my trip! To be honest I had written it, but just hadn`t posted and then it got deleted and blah blah blah. So here we go to finish it off....

The Saturday we got up and went to breakfast in Hampton at this amazing French restaurant. I am still craving the croque monsieur that I had there! After breakfast I went into the city to do some final shopping and exploring. I went down to Docklands to look at the shops their and then went along to the Queen Vic Market for some souveniors, all bringing back great memories of when I lived their (sigh).

After I finished all my shopping, Andy and I headed to what has become one of our traditions, going to watch the Dreamtime at the G clash between Richmond and Essendon. It was great to catch one final footy match.

The Sunday was my last full day in Aus. The one thing I had not gone and seen during my time was the Brighton Beach Boxes. Now these are near and dear to my heart because I lived in Brighton when I first came to Aus back in 2010, and the beach boxes were all the googled images that came up when I typed in Brighton.

After reminiscing at the beach boxes, we went back to Andy`s house where there was family lunch for Andy`s and his moms birthday. It was nice to see the whole family one final time before leaving.

Lunch was followed by dinner at one of Andy`s favorite Italian restaurants in Hampton, which I have to say was phenomenal!

Monday was plagued with a very early morning and a few tears at the airport before leaving. The flight home wasn`t quite as enjoyable as on the way there, but are any flights home really that way?

Overall, it was another phenomenal fast paced trip back to Aus. It is just such an amazing country and day in and day out I think about how much I love it there. Just a shame it is so damn far!