happy birthday to meeee, 19 on the 12th of ocotober 2009.
i know its now "technically" the 13th, but i figur you'll allow the leeway.
ok, so a quick one to let you know my uni holidays included a nice little trip up to byron. saw some awesome things, met some cool people, experienced some new experiences.
highlights:
- campfire cook-out
- the awesome paperbark swap forest
- seeing the stupid semi trailer half an hour down a 4-wheel drive track
- see the little rooster in his nice new home
- catchig up with cal in byron
- chilling in front of the fire and crocheting myself a new pair of half-socks.
much more to write about but the battery is dieing so i must jet off.
on one more note - got a nice crochet hook off mum today and since then i've made a new set of leg warmers... i'm thinking i could sell it but the ethical dilemma of the week is how does one put a price tag on their labour? how do i qantify how much time in my life is worth? if you know an answer to this let me know, and if you'd like some woolen stuff crocheted for you let me know, i will take money or swap.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
ITS BEEN TOO LONG!
deary me bloggers, sorry for the lack of posts!
its simply been too long, and though i should be doing a blog post on my PR blog (its an assignment) i'd rather chat with you for a moment.
sooo, lifes been pretty crazy.
The house is looking totally awesome, I've made my room into an awesome little practice studio which has seen many musicians from newy jam out the tunez.
i'm playing with a zombie parody band at the moment, and theres a lot of talk about drummer for other projects and possible collaborations.
really getting into djembe so its all very new and interesting.
planning a hitching trip to byron in the 2nd week of the holidays, so that should be sweeeeeet aswell.
music has kiiinda taken over at the moment, but its all about the ebb and flow.
just enjoying living in the "now" at the moment.
- Lou
its simply been too long, and though i should be doing a blog post on my PR blog (its an assignment) i'd rather chat with you for a moment.
sooo, lifes been pretty crazy.
The house is looking totally awesome, I've made my room into an awesome little practice studio which has seen many musicians from newy jam out the tunez.
i'm playing with a zombie parody band at the moment, and theres a lot of talk about drummer for other projects and possible collaborations.
really getting into djembe so its all very new and interesting.
planning a hitching trip to byron in the 2nd week of the holidays, so that should be sweeeeeet aswell.
music has kiiinda taken over at the moment, but its all about the ebb and flow.
just enjoying living in the "now" at the moment.
- Lou
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Detective Huntley
ahoy there blog readers,
I'm back at my parents place at the moment, waiting to channel the spirit of detective huntley, the character im playing in my facilitation of a "murder mystery night".
Unfortunately i have had the flu of late, so between sips of chamomile tea and nibbles of a clove lets hope the blocked nose and lethargic feeling dissipates soon.
The house is going well, we're all settled in and the place is looking awesome.
I'm dirt poor at the moment, pretty much no money, but thats ok. Hopefully centerlink will kick in soon.
Appart from my melbourne adventure not much has been happening. did a quick trip up to coffs for a doof which was alright, but appart from that i've just been sleeping, eating, dumpstering and going to uni.
Its good, the dumpster is on my way home from uni, so i've been checking out the bins every day. Tuesday had heeps of baked goods so that was aweeeeeesome, and i hope to keep track of it over a long period of time. Hopefully i'll end up with a decent indicator of what day will have what food.
well, i have to go be a facilitator for this thing.
until next time
- Louisa
I'm back at my parents place at the moment, waiting to channel the spirit of detective huntley, the character im playing in my facilitation of a "murder mystery night".
Unfortunately i have had the flu of late, so between sips of chamomile tea and nibbles of a clove lets hope the blocked nose and lethargic feeling dissipates soon.
The house is going well, we're all settled in and the place is looking awesome.
I'm dirt poor at the moment, pretty much no money, but thats ok. Hopefully centerlink will kick in soon.
Appart from my melbourne adventure not much has been happening. did a quick trip up to coffs for a doof which was alright, but appart from that i've just been sleeping, eating, dumpstering and going to uni.
Its good, the dumpster is on my way home from uni, so i've been checking out the bins every day. Tuesday had heeps of baked goods so that was aweeeeeesome, and i hope to keep track of it over a long period of time. Hopefully i'll end up with a decent indicator of what day will have what food.
well, i have to go be a facilitator for this thing.
until next time
- Louisa
Monday, July 13, 2009
Going Places
more than a month since my last entry, sorry for being so slack.
I know this blog seems a little out of the loop, but i think its more got to do with a lack of adventure than anything else.
So the hitching comp became a reality, and i set off again on the 4th of July.
I actually have part of a blog entry i wrote while away, maybe its more "authentic"?
"So, i've been itching for an adventure. Months of stable uni life (as far as "stable" uni life goes) had left me jaded, with a sense of loss where my new found post-Europe freedom had been.
I hated the feeling of loosing that, and as i sat, stuck with uni in newcastle, i searched for avenues to fill the void.
When i got back [from Europe] the first thing i searched for was "Australia" on hitchwiki.org and trashwiki.org.
After finding those websites invaluable in Europe, i was eager to see the australian content. Maybe it would help me touch base with like minded individuals (I was living in Cessnock at the time, and its not the most forward thinking place).
There was hardly any content."
I think at this point i got distracted by people, I remember while writing a later entry by the camp fire i totally lost my train of thought as a dreaded man chucked a whole shitload of kindling on the fire. Everyone was like "ohhh, come on, unnecessary!" (cause it was kinda sparking in their faces) and hes like "what? just keepin' it going."
My reply was "You like kindling, hey?" and hes like "i just like fire. I've been thrown out of a few states for lighting fires."
He said it completely straight faced, matter of fact.
I loved it, totally reinforced the idea that everyone has their stories, and if we only look a little bit deeper, its there for us to find.
That guy was crazy, but in the most fantastic, interesting, beautiful way.
Anyway, I hitched along the south coast of NSW and Victoria, from Dapto to Melbourne. It took 3 days, stopping one night in batemans bay, and another in an amazingly interesting location near Narooma that i wish i could tell you about (keepin it on the down low).
On the way down top rides included one off a greens forest activist from Mogo, who was a really really nice fellow.
Other top ride was from Lakes Enterance to Melbourne in a nice new BMW, with an ex psytrance dj who is a massive fan of Karivool and Cog.
I love hitch-hiking.
SoS was good, i probably didn't get as much out of it as others, but i suppose my focuses are just different.
I'm more interested in the human condition, the psychology of what's going on, working smart, not hard. It seems there was a big drive on direct action and environmentalism, which is cool, and i support it. But its not necessarily for me.
I think there are other, possibly more effective ways to be doing certain things which i would rather put my energy into.
This coupled with the fact that i didn't know any of these people and didn't want to start any confrontations with possible hard-core radicals meant that i kept my mouth shut about my disagreement for most of the week.
Overall it was good though, i met some truly fantastic individuals, learnt a bit about nomadic lifestyle, aboriginal solidarity, and saw some FUCKING AWESOME BANDS.
The bands were probably more interesting than anything else, absolutely INSANE.
So it was a good week and then on saturday morning we hitched home.
Took the Hume this time and got to a train station in Sydney 4 rides and 11 hours later. From there we caught the train to newcastle, 'cause screw trying to hitch through sydney at night.
It turned out smashingly, i'm home safe and sound with a few new ideas and concepts in my pocket.
My travel bug has subsided for the moment while i kick up my feet and enjoy the comforts of stable life.
A shower, a warm bed, one layer of clothes.
i'll leave it here, hopefully with more to write soon.
I'm glad to be back.
- Louisa
P.S. we put together a hitching Zine, contact me if you want a digital copy :)
I know this blog seems a little out of the loop, but i think its more got to do with a lack of adventure than anything else.
So the hitching comp became a reality, and i set off again on the 4th of July.
I actually have part of a blog entry i wrote while away, maybe its more "authentic"?
"So, i've been itching for an adventure. Months of stable uni life (as far as "stable" uni life goes) had left me jaded, with a sense of loss where my new found post-Europe freedom had been.
I hated the feeling of loosing that, and as i sat, stuck with uni in newcastle, i searched for avenues to fill the void.
When i got back [from Europe] the first thing i searched for was "Australia" on hitchwiki.org and trashwiki.org.
After finding those websites invaluable in Europe, i was eager to see the australian content. Maybe it would help me touch base with like minded individuals (I was living in Cessnock at the time, and its not the most forward thinking place).
There was hardly any content."
I think at this point i got distracted by people, I remember while writing a later entry by the camp fire i totally lost my train of thought as a dreaded man chucked a whole shitload of kindling on the fire. Everyone was like "ohhh, come on, unnecessary!" (cause it was kinda sparking in their faces) and hes like "what? just keepin' it going."
My reply was "You like kindling, hey?" and hes like "i just like fire. I've been thrown out of a few states for lighting fires."
He said it completely straight faced, matter of fact.
I loved it, totally reinforced the idea that everyone has their stories, and if we only look a little bit deeper, its there for us to find.
That guy was crazy, but in the most fantastic, interesting, beautiful way.
Anyway, I hitched along the south coast of NSW and Victoria, from Dapto to Melbourne. It took 3 days, stopping one night in batemans bay, and another in an amazingly interesting location near Narooma that i wish i could tell you about (keepin it on the down low).
On the way down top rides included one off a greens forest activist from Mogo, who was a really really nice fellow.
Other top ride was from Lakes Enterance to Melbourne in a nice new BMW, with an ex psytrance dj who is a massive fan of Karivool and Cog.
I love hitch-hiking.
SoS was good, i probably didn't get as much out of it as others, but i suppose my focuses are just different.
I'm more interested in the human condition, the psychology of what's going on, working smart, not hard. It seems there was a big drive on direct action and environmentalism, which is cool, and i support it. But its not necessarily for me.
I think there are other, possibly more effective ways to be doing certain things which i would rather put my energy into.
This coupled with the fact that i didn't know any of these people and didn't want to start any confrontations with possible hard-core radicals meant that i kept my mouth shut about my disagreement for most of the week.
Overall it was good though, i met some truly fantastic individuals, learnt a bit about nomadic lifestyle, aboriginal solidarity, and saw some FUCKING AWESOME BANDS.
The bands were probably more interesting than anything else, absolutely INSANE.
So it was a good week and then on saturday morning we hitched home.
Took the Hume this time and got to a train station in Sydney 4 rides and 11 hours later. From there we caught the train to newcastle, 'cause screw trying to hitch through sydney at night.
It turned out smashingly, i'm home safe and sound with a few new ideas and concepts in my pocket.
My travel bug has subsided for the moment while i kick up my feet and enjoy the comforts of stable life.
A shower, a warm bed, one layer of clothes.
i'll leave it here, hopefully with more to write soon.
I'm glad to be back.
- Louisa
P.S. we put together a hitching Zine, contact me if you want a digital copy :)
Monday, June 1, 2009
Travel Sick
I'm missing Europe terribly.
I'm loving my new home though, and learning a lot every day. It's a time of personal growth, but i still miss the spontaneity of Europe.
At the moment i'm working on organising a hitching comp for SoS (students of sustainability) to run from Sydney to Melbourne. Should be awesome.
I think i might try and give myself a travel fix by taking off for a while after it, though. Uni holidays are almost upon us, so i will have plenty of time on my hands.
Money is on the tight side, but that's never stopped me before, so hopefully i'll manage to at least check out a bit of the lower east coast.
Maybe i'll run into some people at SoS who are keen to join me...
Still looking for a new house (did i mentioned we're getting evicted? for development. bleh.) so hopefully that'll work itself out soon.
I'm also missing accents.
gah!
lol, i think i need to get out more, i know australia has just as much to offer.
I've been reading up about the squatting scene here and i think there's lots of room for me to contribute to the moment.
Lots of exciting new things are presenting themselves, waiting for me to jump down the rabbit hole.
I'm enjoying my new adventure, but i do miss the other side of the world.
- Louisa
I'm loving my new home though, and learning a lot every day. It's a time of personal growth, but i still miss the spontaneity of Europe.
At the moment i'm working on organising a hitching comp for SoS (students of sustainability) to run from Sydney to Melbourne. Should be awesome.
I think i might try and give myself a travel fix by taking off for a while after it, though. Uni holidays are almost upon us, so i will have plenty of time on my hands.
Money is on the tight side, but that's never stopped me before, so hopefully i'll manage to at least check out a bit of the lower east coast.
Maybe i'll run into some people at SoS who are keen to join me...
Still looking for a new house (did i mentioned we're getting evicted? for development. bleh.) so hopefully that'll work itself out soon.
I'm also missing accents.
gah!
lol, i think i need to get out more, i know australia has just as much to offer.
I've been reading up about the squatting scene here and i think there's lots of room for me to contribute to the moment.
Lots of exciting new things are presenting themselves, waiting for me to jump down the rabbit hole.
I'm enjoying my new adventure, but i do miss the other side of the world.
- Louisa
Monday, May 4, 2009
viva la revolution
left it in a bit of learch there, didn't i?
byron bay, gosh, that was a while ago.
ok well, a lot has happened since the last entry, so i'll bring it up to date.
i came home and started looking for a place to move into.
uni started, and i've been enjoying my degree, communications, and moved out in march.
currently living in waratah with a group of cool guys.
its a really green, open minded, environmentally friendly household, so its a nice environment to be around.
I like the positivity, and not being seen a freak due to my new found views on dumpstering and hitching.
Oh, while im on that topic, we went dumpstering recently, jesmond fruit barn.
got loads of stuff and it meant i could finally start contributing to www.trashwiki.org which i'm stoked about.
Ive decided knowledge sharing websites like trashwiki and hitchwiki are hugely important in empowering people to lead lives that don't rely on a capitalist system.
As a result my goal at the moment is to find ways to contribute and promote.
we're chucking around some ideas about a hitch hiking event similar to project 888 in paris, which i think would be fantastic.
not only would it mean hitchwiki gets an up to date and comprehensive hitching guide for australia (as people would be encouraged to contribute what they learnt from partaking in the event), but it would also work at combating the taboo of hitching that's so present within australian society.
this is my goal at the moment.
its sad though, i feel the freedom of travel fading. becoming an idea rather than the reality that it is. i hate that, i think the normality and patterns of life have caught up with me... i might need to take off at the end of the year to regain my independence.
i need to get my license, i think. its on the agenda.
so, things to do:
get license
organise hitching revolution
find a new place to live (we're being evicted :P)
continue gathering information about dumpstering
get a job (an unfortunate reality)
until next time, and i have no idea when that will be, i leave you with an except i've taken from an article commenting on the recent economic crisis. i recommend reading the while thing.
"Local currencies favored local transactions, and worked against the interests of large corporations working from far away. In order to secure their own position as well as that of their chartered monopolies, monarchs began to make local currencies illegal, and force locals to instead use “coin of the realm.” These centralized currencies worked the opposite way. They were not earned into existence, they were lent into existence by a central bank. This meant any money issued to a person or business had to be paid back to the central bank, with interest."
- http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/03/16/let-it-die-rushkoff-on-the-economy/
that is all for now.
- Louisa
byron bay, gosh, that was a while ago.
ok well, a lot has happened since the last entry, so i'll bring it up to date.
i came home and started looking for a place to move into.
uni started, and i've been enjoying my degree, communications, and moved out in march.
currently living in waratah with a group of cool guys.
its a really green, open minded, environmentally friendly household, so its a nice environment to be around.
I like the positivity, and not being seen a freak due to my new found views on dumpstering and hitching.
Oh, while im on that topic, we went dumpstering recently, jesmond fruit barn.
got loads of stuff and it meant i could finally start contributing to www.trashwiki.org which i'm stoked about.
Ive decided knowledge sharing websites like trashwiki and hitchwiki are hugely important in empowering people to lead lives that don't rely on a capitalist system.
As a result my goal at the moment is to find ways to contribute and promote.
we're chucking around some ideas about a hitch hiking event similar to project 888 in paris, which i think would be fantastic.
not only would it mean hitchwiki gets an up to date and comprehensive hitching guide for australia (as people would be encouraged to contribute what they learnt from partaking in the event), but it would also work at combating the taboo of hitching that's so present within australian society.
this is my goal at the moment.
its sad though, i feel the freedom of travel fading. becoming an idea rather than the reality that it is. i hate that, i think the normality and patterns of life have caught up with me... i might need to take off at the end of the year to regain my independence.
i need to get my license, i think. its on the agenda.
so, things to do:
get license
organise hitching revolution
find a new place to live (we're being evicted :P)
continue gathering information about dumpstering
get a job (an unfortunate reality)
until next time, and i have no idea when that will be, i leave you with an except i've taken from an article commenting on the recent economic crisis. i recommend reading the while thing.
"Local currencies favored local transactions, and worked against the interests of large corporations working from far away. In order to secure their own position as well as that of their chartered monopolies, monarchs began to make local currencies illegal, and force locals to instead use “coin of the realm.” These centralized currencies worked the opposite way. They were not earned into existence, they were lent into existence by a central bank. This meant any money issued to a person or business had to be paid back to the central bank, with interest."
- http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/03/16/let-it-die-rushkoff-on-the-economy/
that is all for now.
- Louisa
Thursday, January 29, 2009
watching the sun rise
i'm still in byron bay, and despite the chilled out appearance this place may have, i'm having a hectic time.
student houses party a lot.
and i mean a lot.
I'm having fun, but i know i should probably move on soon.
I'd like to head south towards newy, but make a stop somewhere along the way.
not sure how it'll all go, but i do need to get back soon, i know that.
not overly keen to settle into something just yet, but we'll see how to goes.
plan is to go home, do some work while i look for a place to move into, then move there.
should be alright.
so... umm, to justify this as a travel blog i'll jot down what ive been up to...
callum has some friends who live in a place not far from here, so most nights we've been there drinking. australia day was good, nice BBQ and beach. ive been beaching it a bit, and out meeting people, made a couple of random friends which was cool.
the life style here is pretty awesome, tiring though... well for me anyway.
i need lunch, write again soon, hopefully with a date im leaving and a place to go.
- Louisa
student houses party a lot.
and i mean a lot.
I'm having fun, but i know i should probably move on soon.
I'd like to head south towards newy, but make a stop somewhere along the way.
not sure how it'll all go, but i do need to get back soon, i know that.
not overly keen to settle into something just yet, but we'll see how to goes.
plan is to go home, do some work while i look for a place to move into, then move there.
should be alright.
so... umm, to justify this as a travel blog i'll jot down what ive been up to...
callum has some friends who live in a place not far from here, so most nights we've been there drinking. australia day was good, nice BBQ and beach. ive been beaching it a bit, and out meeting people, made a couple of random friends which was cool.
the life style here is pretty awesome, tiring though... well for me anyway.
i need lunch, write again soon, hopefully with a date im leaving and a place to go.
- Louisa
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
the life of byron
hello hello my friends and family!
i'm happy to say that im far far far away from snow and cold now, and currently residing on the beautiful, sun bathed, beachy shores of byron bay... well, about a 10 minute walk from them.
Over the last week, i think about thursday, i went to sydney for a couple of days. Laura was wedding dress shopping, so kicked it 'round there for a couple of days. Got to see a mates band play in new town which was pretty cool.
Anyway, got back saturday, went out, got home, packed, left sunday night for newcastle, went to a CS bbq, then caught the over-night bus to byron bay.
10 hours of driving and a few attempts at sleep later and i'd arrived.
Staying with Cal atm.
the student houses here are craaaazy.
fun fun fun.
not sure when i get back, but enjoying beaching it and chilling while i can.
next step is home, then moving out, then uni.
yesterday was Australia day, and in the aussie spirit lots of drinking and snags on the barbie were involved.
hope everyone had a good time.
not sure when i'll be back, maybe next week.
recording time coming up so have to be back for that.
- Louisa
i'm happy to say that im far far far away from snow and cold now, and currently residing on the beautiful, sun bathed, beachy shores of byron bay... well, about a 10 minute walk from them.
Over the last week, i think about thursday, i went to sydney for a couple of days. Laura was wedding dress shopping, so kicked it 'round there for a couple of days. Got to see a mates band play in new town which was pretty cool.
Anyway, got back saturday, went out, got home, packed, left sunday night for newcastle, went to a CS bbq, then caught the over-night bus to byron bay.
10 hours of driving and a few attempts at sleep later and i'd arrived.
Staying with Cal atm.
the student houses here are craaaazy.
fun fun fun.
not sure when i get back, but enjoying beaching it and chilling while i can.
next step is home, then moving out, then uni.
yesterday was Australia day, and in the aussie spirit lots of drinking and snags on the barbie were involved.
hope everyone had a good time.
not sure when i'll be back, maybe next week.
recording time coming up so have to be back for that.
- Louisa
Sunday, January 18, 2009
home sweet home
so I'm back in the land of oz!
sorry it took me a while to post this, i was busy sleeping a lot and enjoying the beautiful sun!!!!
i landed 7.30am wednesday the 14th of january, after a shocking flight over which left me so jet lagged. argh, was terrible, only just recovering now.
but anyway, been playing lots of drums, catching up with people, enjoying the simple things in life like food, showers, a bed, warmth and my home.
its interesting how everything has moved on since i left, people are up to different things, seeing different people... then some are doing exactly the same thing...
i feel like i've grown a lot since leaving, and i think grown out of cessnock.
I think on the agenda is to move away from here, but for now its ok, the band is going well, and its nice have a little bit of stability... i just wish there was more spontaneity.
so i think this blog will keep going, but i'll only write things that should be mentioned, ergo any future trips or adventures.
The next upcoming week i have lots of little things on, gigs, presentations, parties, but after Australia Day i hope to take off to byron bay.
then when i get back i'll head to sydney for a couple of days maybe.
ohhh and fruit picking season is starting, so hopefully i'll get in on that!!!!
well... im off to eat a big fat bowl of passion fruit.
on a health kick atm, so trying to avoid meat for a while.
fruit and veggies for the win!!!!
hopfully see you all soon.
- Louisa
sorry it took me a while to post this, i was busy sleeping a lot and enjoying the beautiful sun!!!!
i landed 7.30am wednesday the 14th of january, after a shocking flight over which left me so jet lagged. argh, was terrible, only just recovering now.
but anyway, been playing lots of drums, catching up with people, enjoying the simple things in life like food, showers, a bed, warmth and my home.
its interesting how everything has moved on since i left, people are up to different things, seeing different people... then some are doing exactly the same thing...
i feel like i've grown a lot since leaving, and i think grown out of cessnock.
I think on the agenda is to move away from here, but for now its ok, the band is going well, and its nice have a little bit of stability... i just wish there was more spontaneity.
so i think this blog will keep going, but i'll only write things that should be mentioned, ergo any future trips or adventures.
The next upcoming week i have lots of little things on, gigs, presentations, parties, but after Australia Day i hope to take off to byron bay.
then when i get back i'll head to sydney for a couple of days maybe.
ohhh and fruit picking season is starting, so hopefully i'll get in on that!!!!
well... im off to eat a big fat bowl of passion fruit.
on a health kick atm, so trying to avoid meat for a while.
fruit and veggies for the win!!!!
hopfully see you all soon.
- Louisa
Thursday, January 8, 2009
chocolate, waffels and beer!
i´ll make this short because its a crazy frenchkeyboard
i´m safe qnd sound in a town just outside of brussels called leuven.
hitched from amsterdam to brussels today, was fine. pretty quick trip!
couch surfing atm in a student house, which is fair cool.
thinking we´ll hitch to brugge and back tomorrow.
be home soon!!!!
- Louisa
i´m safe qnd sound in a town just outside of brussels called leuven.
hitched from amsterdam to brussels today, was fine. pretty quick trip!
couch surfing atm in a student house, which is fair cool.
thinking we´ll hitch to brugge and back tomorrow.
be home soon!!!!
- Louisa
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
because you learn more outside of the classroom.
2 posts in one week!!!
lucky you!!!!
juuuust letting you know about my exciting day.
i dumpster dived!
you can read about it here:
http://casarobino.org/content/because-you-learn-more-outside-classroom
i'm off to bed!
- LOuisa
lucky you!!!!
juuuust letting you know about my exciting day.
i dumpster dived!
you can read about it here:
http://casarobino.org/content/because-you-learn-more-outside-classroom
i'm off to bed!
- LOuisa
Monday, January 5, 2009
me casa sue casa
is that how you spell it?
does anyone even read this anymore??
you know i write it for you, the least you could do is send me an email or something.
ive only really heard from my european friends of late, which is a tad dissapointing.
like, carl, come on, send me an email! you're my brother!
annnnyway.
currently staying at a place called Casa Robino in Amsterdam with Robino, Amylin, and Frenchie.
its a cool little appartment just outside of the city.
am doing the last leg of my journey with frenchie, so that will be good, having a friend again!!!!!!
it sucks when you're traveling by yourself, you make so many friendships that last a couple of hours, but beyond that, you may never see each other again.
but then again its good, you can be completely yourself because you dont have to worry about being stuck with people, or giving a shit what they think.
its nice in that respect, and i think i'll miss it when i get home.
ahhhhhhhhh home.
i miss home.
suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun
beaches
warmth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so cold here.
the canals are freazing over.
i'm tired.
i tried to ride a bike today.
in amsterdam you can cast your eyes upon any public space without seeing a bike.
so i had a go.
i fell over.
twice.
without getting anywhere.
i forgot how to ride a bike.
for the 2nd time.
so ive proved the saying wrong.
if it were like riding a bike, i'd have bigger bruises.
anyway, thats really been the only thing worth mentioning of late.
oh and yesterday i met two americans, one who helped build a school in kenya, and another whos doing a bicycle tour around the world. that was pretty cool.
brugge day after tomorrow, i think.
hitching with frenchie. :-)
sent postcards today too.
if you gave me your address, maybe you'll get one ;)
see you all soooooooooon.
- Louisa
does anyone even read this anymore??
you know i write it for you, the least you could do is send me an email or something.
ive only really heard from my european friends of late, which is a tad dissapointing.
like, carl, come on, send me an email! you're my brother!
annnnyway.
currently staying at a place called Casa Robino in Amsterdam with Robino, Amylin, and Frenchie.
its a cool little appartment just outside of the city.
am doing the last leg of my journey with frenchie, so that will be good, having a friend again!!!!!!
it sucks when you're traveling by yourself, you make so many friendships that last a couple of hours, but beyond that, you may never see each other again.
but then again its good, you can be completely yourself because you dont have to worry about being stuck with people, or giving a shit what they think.
its nice in that respect, and i think i'll miss it when i get home.
ahhhhhhhhh home.
i miss home.
suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun
beaches
warmth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so cold here.
the canals are freazing over.
i'm tired.
i tried to ride a bike today.
in amsterdam you can cast your eyes upon any public space without seeing a bike.
so i had a go.
i fell over.
twice.
without getting anywhere.
i forgot how to ride a bike.
for the 2nd time.
so ive proved the saying wrong.
if it were like riding a bike, i'd have bigger bruises.
anyway, thats really been the only thing worth mentioning of late.
oh and yesterday i met two americans, one who helped build a school in kenya, and another whos doing a bicycle tour around the world. that was pretty cool.
brugge day after tomorrow, i think.
hitching with frenchie. :-)
sent postcards today too.
if you gave me your address, maybe you'll get one ;)
see you all soooooooooon.
- Louisa
Friday, January 2, 2009
x x x
heeeey there my aussie friends, and non aussie friends.
my last post was cologne, yeah?
well im tired assss but i figur its about time i did another one of there.
right off the bat... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
sooo, i spent 4 nights in cologne... 1st in a crappy hostel, then 2 in one with free internet, and met lots of cool people there. couple of americans and aussies.
the hostel was booked out the 4th night so i moved with a cool cat named Karl, who was aussie, to another hostel. i pretty much sampled all the hostels cologne has avaliable. i should write for lonely planet.
anyway, cologne was fun.
then on new years eve i caught a lift with a german girl to rotterdam in the netherlands.
i got to ride on the auto barn!!!!!!!!!
lol, fun fun fun.
so got to the hostel on new years eve, chucked my stuff down, then went and met up with another aussie.
he had a big bag of fire works.
netherlands have legal fireworks.
it was a fucking awesome night.
we walked around drinking and letting them off.
then did some amsterdam type kinda stuff...
then checked out an anti squat party... which was like in this half built office building, which was pretty awesome. lots of people from couchsurfing there, so as always was an awesome crowd.
for the count down we were in Neumarket square though.
there was like... a massive circle of people, and in the middle thousands of fireworks were being let off my people.
you'd light it, run in, then run out.
then there were people dancing in the middle of the circle, which was funny.
umm, then yesterday i just hung out. met up with a couple, belinda and alex, who live here and they generously offered me a couch to sleep on last night which was fantastic. dead set champs.
we went on a walking tour today which was pretty cool.
then tonight i went out with 2 italian guys from the hostel im staying at atm.
lol, it was funny.
i need to learn more italian.
but yeah, im having a fucking FANTASTIC time.
no credit left though, so cant msg anyone, sorry.
will be in bruge (hopefully) on the 5th... then paris by aboooout the 12th.
what did everyone do for new years.
catch me up guys!!!!!!!!!
and carl, send me an email or something!
talk soon everyone!
- Louisa
my last post was cologne, yeah?
well im tired assss but i figur its about time i did another one of there.
right off the bat... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
sooo, i spent 4 nights in cologne... 1st in a crappy hostel, then 2 in one with free internet, and met lots of cool people there. couple of americans and aussies.
the hostel was booked out the 4th night so i moved with a cool cat named Karl, who was aussie, to another hostel. i pretty much sampled all the hostels cologne has avaliable. i should write for lonely planet.
anyway, cologne was fun.
then on new years eve i caught a lift with a german girl to rotterdam in the netherlands.
i got to ride on the auto barn!!!!!!!!!
lol, fun fun fun.
so got to the hostel on new years eve, chucked my stuff down, then went and met up with another aussie.
he had a big bag of fire works.
netherlands have legal fireworks.
it was a fucking awesome night.
we walked around drinking and letting them off.
then did some amsterdam type kinda stuff...
then checked out an anti squat party... which was like in this half built office building, which was pretty awesome. lots of people from couchsurfing there, so as always was an awesome crowd.
for the count down we were in Neumarket square though.
there was like... a massive circle of people, and in the middle thousands of fireworks were being let off my people.
you'd light it, run in, then run out.
then there were people dancing in the middle of the circle, which was funny.
umm, then yesterday i just hung out. met up with a couple, belinda and alex, who live here and they generously offered me a couch to sleep on last night which was fantastic. dead set champs.
we went on a walking tour today which was pretty cool.
then tonight i went out with 2 italian guys from the hostel im staying at atm.
lol, it was funny.
i need to learn more italian.
but yeah, im having a fucking FANTASTIC time.
no credit left though, so cant msg anyone, sorry.
will be in bruge (hopefully) on the 5th... then paris by aboooout the 12th.
what did everyone do for new years.
catch me up guys!!!!!!!!!
and carl, send me an email or something!
talk soon everyone!
- Louisa
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