Life goes on as normal
Work, home, friends, family. The routine of everyday life.
I couldn't remember what I put in the last post, so I've repeated some I'm sure...
Well, I’ve arrived safe and well in Germany, after a loooonnnngg flight. I asked for an exit row seat, but the last one (apparently) was given away to the tall guy in front of me. I got my minimum requirement of an aisle seat….in the second last row of the whole plane. From Melbourne to Singapore I watched 3 movies (Happy Feet, Pursuit of Happyness, Flushed Away - this one I watched in German). Got some awesome Cadbury Hot Chocolate on the way…yum!
The leg from Singapore to London wasn’t quite so comfortable. I had the little British girl behind me kicking my seat every now and then, a big bloke sitting next to me (from Melb it was some skinny, young Swedish dude), and screaming kids always being brought to the back of the plane to be ‘soothed’. So I couldn’t really sit straight, couldn’t sleep proper, but I did watch another 3 movies (Employee of the Month, Man of the Year, Jindabyne).
So by the time it came to the London to München (Munich) flight, I ended up sleeping the whole way just about. This was a British Airways flight and the food was terrible - some bacon and tomato sauce thing in a crap ‘bread’ roll. Qantas food was so much better.
Then there was a train ride to Nürnberg - man the trains are smooth, fast and quiet! And of course they are spot on time. My cousin, Hans, picked me up, we went shopping and then to his place which is my home for the next few months.
In the early evening I went for a walk to visit my Mum’s cousin and quickly say hello. We went for a walk to collect her car from the mechanic so by the time I got home (about 8pm) I was soooo tired. I ended up falling asleep in front of the TV but went to bed soon after.
I had a long flight to Germany over the last two days and now I'm sooo tired (which is making typing on the German keyboard a little difficult). I had an alright run from Melbourne to Sydney, watching 3 movies - Happy Feet, Pursuit of Happyness, and Flushed Away (watched that one in German).
Then from Singapore to London the fun began - screaming babies and kids, girl behind me kept kicking my seat back, and I had some bloke sitting next to me who decided the whole armrest was his! Although I watched another 3 movies on that leg Employee of the Month, Man of the Year, and Jindabyne.
Food on Qantas was pretty alright, but the bacon and tomato sauce on sh!t bread from British Airways was foul.
I hope everyone is doing well, and I will go get some shut eye I think.
Again, it's been a while since I've left some news here, but now there is some...albeit bad news :-(
Dad had a motorbike accident recently, so I've created a separate blog to keep people up to date.
www.twowheelrosella.blogspot.com
Check it out for progress.
Well, what a boring life - not much has changed since my last blog entry. My sciatic nerve problem is still causing me a lot of frustration, although I'm beginning to get used to the pain, and manage it reasonably well.
Today I finished reading a children's book called "Paddington Der kleine Bär hilft, wo er kann" (Paddington The Little Bear Helps, where he can). It's a german children's book, and a good start for me to get into reading the language. I've been given a suggested book on amazon.de that I might buy...I'll have a look.
And my garden is not developing too quickly either - but hopefully some more will be done this weekend.
Till next time...ciao.
Well, for those still checking my blog - I'm sorry I haven't updated it in a while.
I don't really have an excuse - just lazy. I've also had this really annoying back problem which has made me very lazy in a lot of things. It's also prevented my from doing work in the garden which I had planned to do over the last month!!
The problem with my back is basically relating to my sciatic nerve. A disk in my spine is became inflamed about 6 weeks ago (probably from a variety of things - bad posture, straining while doing turns in swimming etc) causing irritation of my sciatic nerve. This is called sciatica and gives pain down my right leg. I'm seeing a physiotherapist and getting good treatment with that....so very slowly things are getting better - slowly but surely :-)
At one stage I was quite bad actually where I had real trouble walking, sitting, sleeping and in pain nearly all the time especially when I moved. Now I can walk reasonably well (but can't run) and I'm swimming again which I'm enjoying.
Well, otherwise not much is happening in my life. And I will try really hard to update this blog more often in future!
