Marian’s Happenings

I leave Adelaide for Sweden again this morning. My flights this time are actually really good I go direct to KL and then amsterdam, so I don’t have to put up with any of that weird hand luggage bollox.
I’ll be back until december… don’t hold your breath for a blog, because it probably won’t […]

I leave Adelaide for Sweden again this morning. My flights this time are actually really good I go direct to KL and then amsterdam, so I don’t have to put up with any of that weird hand luggage bollox.
I’ll be back until december… don’t hold your breath for a blog, because it probably won’t […]

Wow, I am so lazy.
So much that you’re going to get an update… in dot point form! – Went to Budapest, it was nice. – Went to Dubrovnik in Croatia, it was even nicer. – Finished all my school work in Sweden for the Semester. – Got sunburned. – Decided to stay in Sweden until […]

Sorry it’s been so long- thought you should all get an update!
2 weeks ago David took me to his parents’ house in a little town called Västerås, which was awesome. Great food, friendly family, nice weather. It was really nice to have a change of scenery.
I can’t really remember what happened in the 2 weeks […]

It’s not every day that you’re woken up on a train by an announcement that you’re about to cross the arctic circle. It was at that moment that I thought to myself (in a half-asleep daze) “Shit. It’s going to be cold”.
And I was right. It was cold.
Our first stop was the ice hotel (pictures […]

Greetings!
This week has been pretty busy, but the business is all relative to not doing much hard work for the past few months. Oh how I long for a timetable where there’s something nasty due every week so I get used to working hard again!
If nothing else, this week has served the purpose of being […]

Greetings once again!
So! I’ve decided to try and make blogging a weekly thing on Sundays… so hopefully I’ll stick to that.
This week has been great! Yesterday we had a BBQ in the snow, where I thought my feet were going to freeze! It’s pretty cold here at the moment, but i’ve only managed to have […]

Hiyo!
Sorry it’s been so long! My life for the past month has been a combination of busy, busy and busy. Not hectic busy- more too entertained doing things other than blogging here!
Considering way too much has happened here over the past month to even begin telling you all of it, i’ll summarise the past month […]

Hej,
 
Well, this time next month I’ll hopefully be blogging from Sweden (quite a scary thought).
 
As far as preparation is concerned, I’ve done as much as I can. My student visa is still awaiting approval, but there’s no use me worrying about that anymore.
 
Anyway, here’s my flight itinerary for the Sweden Trip:
 
Wed 4th January:
Melbourne–>Singapore (I’m catching […]

Wow, It’s been 50 days. Seems like such a huge number. I’m really looking forward to sleeping at home, wearing shorts and a singlet, thongs and swimming pools. All the little things. It’s time to come home.
 
My flights home will be pretty hectic, and because I can’t be bothered writing out my schedule again, i’ll […]

Is anyone still reading this? Well anywho, i’m finding it a little harder to type than before because I think i’ve finally beat my nail biting addiction after 10 years. The problem is now I don’t have the willpower to file them down because i’m afrad i’ll start biting them again. I won’t lie- I […]

Before I tell you about my adventures today I should backtrack a bit, because it’s been a few days since i’ve written here.
 
On Wednesday night Emily and Mark had 3 of their friends over for dinner (Hanu, Katie and Isabel). I had already met Hanu and Katie at the housewarming party last weekend, and it […]

The past few days seems a bit of a blur, but I can remember visiting the scottish parliament house and walking up an incredibly steep mountain. Emily and I also had some lovely hot chocolate (i’ll put a photo up because it was absolutely HUGE!).
 
Yesterday my cousin-in-law Mark finished his exams. To celelbrate we went […]

It’s cold.
 
Very cold.
 
It got down to minus 3 degrees last night, so as you can imagine I was a little hesitant to go outside in fear of loosing a few minor limbs to frostbite.
Believe it or not, there were cars driving down the street outside our house that were entirely covered in frost. I think […]

Greetings from the Northern Hemisphere once again.
 
Scotland is amazing. I feel that I was born to live here, as everyone is very friendly and the weather is arctic. I’ve been told (much to my disappointment) that it does not snow in Edinburgh itself- it just gets incredibly cold to the point of making you wonder […]

I was very excited checking my bank account the other day to find that I was a lot better off for funding than I thought I was. Wow, I mustn’t have been doing as much shopping as I thought.
This moment of thinking I was being very good with my money was stomped on when I […]

Well this morning I started off by sleeping in late an hour!! (thanks to the noisy girls next door that kept me awake last night). So I missed the 8:00 bus I had anticipated catching. Unfortunately I had to settle for the 10:00 bus from cork to dublin- which meant a later check in at […]

First of all sorry for being so lazy this past week- Yes I am alive and well, and have been checking my mail, but seem to get distracted by certain people talking to me online!
I’ve been in Ireland for 4 or so days now- and have been having such a great time that it seems […]

Yesterday morning I woke up and went into town to meet a Swedish girl I had met on the Loch ness tour the previous day (sara). Her phone was broken in the morning, so it was a little hard to get in contact with her. I chanced it and went into town anyway, eventually getting […]

After breakfast this morning we decided to do some sightseeing. It’s a shame that everything goes into hibernation in the winter time; so we only got to see outside the castle, victor hugo’s house, the guernsey clockmakers and a few other attractions. We did, however, get to see inside the german occupation museum, guernsey aquarium, […]