auckland april 6th: perfect blue skies, light breeze, high and very clear air, around 22 degrees. perfect. absolutely perfect. and moi am off to the lovely America's Cup boat! Yeahaaaaaa.
flying out to Wellington tonight, for a very speedy stop and then over to the south island. it's an amazing trip this, it's like christmas is happening every day, new exciting thing all the time.
perhaps that's why I don't sleep much too? sorry to be going on about this, but my insomnia is a bit.. tiresome...! I feel like people with small children, they constantly worry about their sleep -- are they getting enough, will they be grumpy, how will they sleep tomorrow night if they sleep too much during the day? except it's only me, myself and I. so I am reasoning about this ME person that I have to drag along everywhere. but on a postive note, the ME got at least 6 hours continous last night, and felt rather fresh this morning! very good. plus 2 hours before those 6 hours, but then had a 1.5 hours break to talk to HSBC Fraud Protection (best pals now) and plan vineyard trips. all good though, it doesn't worry me.
The ME person is rather ok otherwise, very energtic and in a great mood and curious, so all good. she has been a little bit impatient with people (airport, receptionist), due to lack of sleep no doubt! she is also a bit indecisive about how to plan her vineyard trips -- Nelson seems to be cute town to have as a base, but the vineyards around Blenheim (which seems to be a rather dull town) are a lot more famous (Marlborough region). hmm... It veers towards Nelson right now.
au revoir mes amis.
söndag 5 april 2009
am here now!
and dead tired, of course. man -- am up until almost 9 tonight. ok, I did sleep a good three hours on the flight, but still. I haven't been able to stay awake any of the other nights. jet lag is improving. also, I had to add another two hours when I arrived here i NZ too. so doing well me think.
NZ, so far absolutely gorgeous. not sure what it is, certainly not auckland, but it's just an atmosphere. people are super nice, the place is clean and the colours are amazing. tomorrow I am off to sail on one of the americas cup boats. can't wait! and the weather is great too so I will so enjoy it. had a great seafood platter at HARBOURSIDE too, which is one of their best ones here. perfectly ok, great view of the harbour, but not amazing food. getting into the nice white NZ wines tho, looovely.
am right now planning this week a bit. when I arrive in Queenstown on Friday I have full agenda, but it's a bit loose up until then. picking up a car on tuesday pm after having spent a night in Wellington. will be cool. would love to stay in an old 19th century resort in mt cook, but it seems difficult to drive there. it's been refurbished and looks AMAZING. it might be that I need to get to Queenstown one day later than planned. which is no biggie at all.
god I am so tired now. thought I would detail plan my trip, but hey, I will plunge into the duvet instead!!
europeland and everywhere else, have a great sunday and speak soon.
puzz
NZ, so far absolutely gorgeous. not sure what it is, certainly not auckland, but it's just an atmosphere. people are super nice, the place is clean and the colours are amazing. tomorrow I am off to sail on one of the americas cup boats. can't wait! and the weather is great too so I will so enjoy it. had a great seafood platter at HARBOURSIDE too, which is one of their best ones here. perfectly ok, great view of the harbour, but not amazing food. getting into the nice white NZ wines tho, looovely.
am right now planning this week a bit. when I arrive in Queenstown on Friday I have full agenda, but it's a bit loose up until then. picking up a car on tuesday pm after having spent a night in Wellington. will be cool. would love to stay in an old 19th century resort in mt cook, but it seems difficult to drive there. it's been refurbished and looks AMAZING. it might be that I need to get to Queenstown one day later than planned. which is no biggie at all.
god I am so tired now. thought I would detail plan my trip, but hey, I will plunge into the duvet instead!!
europeland and everywhere else, have a great sunday and speak soon.
puzz
lördag 4 april 2009
now boarding -- AUCKLAND!
am leaving, on a jetplane now. to go to NEW ZEALAND. how weird is that? nothing else to report. had a fab dindin last night at ONDE in Darlinghurst. what a great place! contemporary australian, great service, wine, all super. recommends strongly. and went for a jog this morning. very slow and heavy it was. could be the three excellent wineglasses I downed last night. or that I didn't sleep at all between 2 and 5. me knows not. jet-lag is keeping a tight grip, but it's ok. I just read the entire super pretentious magazine Intelligent Life. great reading actually. so now I am supersmart. or smartER, of course.
kisses to all.
fredag 3 april 2009
goss
have been shopping today. hehehehhe. ohhh lovely shopping. now I will have to starve for the next 2 weeks. looovely jewellry and bag and some other ditt and datt. I fell in love with a Sydney designer called melissa harris http://www.melissaharrisjewellery.com/ and I bought three small rings from her, stack rings. lovely. just because I am on a 3 weeks holiday AND will work part time for the rest of this year -- thought I had room to treat myself to something extra. NOT. but I don't regret it. AT ALL!.
had lunch at this hemisphere's best sushi place, jackie's cafe in paddington. they don't have a website what I can see anyway, but google the name and you will find location. opposite to melissa harris' shop to. very convenient. star spotted there too. met therese alshammar -- swedish swimming star-- there. we were both bending over the magazine/newspaper rack and I commented to her in swedish that the latest vanity fair had great articles. she looked slighly shocked, so I felt stupid and snuck away and didn't look at her anymore. she looked great in her horsey kind of way and very rock and roll with her black hair http://www.picsearch.com/pictures/athletes,%20female/classic%20sports/swimming/therese%20alshammar.html. AND she was accompanied by a just gorgeous scandi fellow. that kind of man that you think that perhaps Sweden isn't such a bad idea after all. tall, extremely big (swimmer too, no doubt) broad cheekbones with a very cute boyish smile. to die for. lucky her.
at times like this I get a bit sweden proud. also when the king (knugen) has his official speeches and always starts with "dear swedes -- home and abroad", which I think is sort of nice of him, to remember us who have left the mother planet. well done him.
now I am off to pick up my adjusted gorgeous rings and my laundry to get ready for my NZ adventure.
have a lovely saturday europe.
xx
had lunch at this hemisphere's best sushi place, jackie's cafe in paddington. they don't have a website what I can see anyway, but google the name and you will find location. opposite to melissa harris' shop to. very convenient. star spotted there too. met therese alshammar -- swedish swimming star-- there. we were both bending over the magazine/newspaper rack and I commented to her in swedish that the latest vanity fair had great articles. she looked slighly shocked, so I felt stupid and snuck away and didn't look at her anymore. she looked great in her horsey kind of way and very rock and roll with her black hair http://www.picsearch.com/pictures/athletes,%20female/classic%20sports/swimming/therese%20alshammar.html. AND she was accompanied by a just gorgeous scandi fellow. that kind of man that you think that perhaps Sweden isn't such a bad idea after all. tall, extremely big (swimmer too, no doubt) broad cheekbones with a very cute boyish smile. to die for. lucky her.
at times like this I get a bit sweden proud. also when the king (knugen) has his official speeches and always starts with "dear swedes -- home and abroad", which I think is sort of nice of him, to remember us who have left the mother planet. well done him.
now I am off to pick up my adjusted gorgeous rings and my laundry to get ready for my NZ adventure.
have a lovely saturday europe.
xx
a couple of important reflections
1. time passes silly quickly when on the webbie thingie. I always think it is more than enough with 30 min worth of credit and I end up always staying an hour!
2. people's time check in sydney is rather poor. everything ends up being 20 min; taxi rides from airport (40 min), bustrip to Bondi (40 min), time to walk to the harbour from Central Station (35 min). it's probably because they are such free agents and loose and hippyish and non-worried here. not sure me likes it -- time fascism is good too. I will from now on always double all estimations.
3. I like the autumn here. even if Bondi resembles Hastings (a little bit) in July, it's lovely and dramatic with the high waves and the gray skies. it gets a bit less tanned and a bit more... interesting. yeps, this will be a reflection of my ingmar bergman infested swedish melancholy soul that pops up every now and then. am generally a big autumn fan too, wherever in the world.
4. I need a wee, and "have less than 5 min of credits remaining" apparently.
hasta la vista.
2. people's time check in sydney is rather poor. everything ends up being 20 min; taxi rides from airport (40 min), bustrip to Bondi (40 min), time to walk to the harbour from Central Station (35 min). it's probably because they are such free agents and loose and hippyish and non-worried here. not sure me likes it -- time fascism is good too. I will from now on always double all estimations.
3. I like the autumn here. even if Bondi resembles Hastings (a little bit) in July, it's lovely and dramatic with the high waves and the gray skies. it gets a bit less tanned and a bit more... interesting. yeps, this will be a reflection of my ingmar bergman infested swedish melancholy soul that pops up every now and then. am generally a big autumn fan too, wherever in the world.
4. I need a wee, and "have less than 5 min of credits remaining" apparently.
hasta la vista.
Jet laggedy lag
good morning. it's 10.44 and moi has already been up since 7, had breakkie, done yoga at icebergs and been on the webbie for 30 min. excellent. I need sleep badly. it's getting to my nerves now. I am dead tired in the evenings and last night I died in bed around 8 and tried hard to get up and out to see another friend of a friend, but it was impossible to move a limb. regained consciousness around 11 but then it was too late to go out! very disappointed and claustrophic in my super designed but match box sized hotel room with no window so had slight anxiety attack and had to be egotistical and needy and call my lovely friends. which worked very well and I calmed down and fell a sleep around 1. woke up again at 0630 though, but thought whattheheck, no point in pretend sleeping. so I went to yoga. which was excellent, I feel great now!
a bit bored of being alone now (especially when I am jetlagged and in low energy), plus my schedule in Sydney is rather loose. will be better once I get to NZ with my heavy agenda of activities. it is a bit wierd to travel alone though. no doubt carachter building and Roller Coaster -- many thanks for comment (invitations to wedding being processed ;-)) -- good point in enjoying complete selfishness, who know what the future has in store.
if anyone was wondering WHO is the lucky one for my Sydney wedding --it' sorted. no worries. started dating a crazy man before I left. on our third date he proposed FOUR times, no less. as long as I bring back some maouri artifact he says he will keep to his promise and is ok with the Opera House setting. (nb. this is IRONY -- but he did propose four times that night, and claims he at least remembers 3 of them, hehe).
now I am off to perhaps a run on the beach here in bondi before heading back to hotel for a fresh up, change of rooms (have got a bigger one with window now. pheww) and a lovely sushi lunch in paddington. then an exhibition in the harbour and a stroll in Glebe. keeping busy.
cheerios, next time you hear from me, I may be in NZ!!
a bit bored of being alone now (especially when I am jetlagged and in low energy), plus my schedule in Sydney is rather loose. will be better once I get to NZ with my heavy agenda of activities. it is a bit wierd to travel alone though. no doubt carachter building and Roller Coaster -- many thanks for comment (invitations to wedding being processed ;-)) -- good point in enjoying complete selfishness, who know what the future has in store.
if anyone was wondering WHO is the lucky one for my Sydney wedding --it' sorted. no worries. started dating a crazy man before I left. on our third date he proposed FOUR times, no less. as long as I bring back some maouri artifact he says he will keep to his promise and is ok with the Opera House setting. (nb. this is IRONY -- but he did propose four times that night, and claims he at least remembers 3 of them, hehe).
now I am off to perhaps a run on the beach here in bondi before heading back to hotel for a fresh up, change of rooms (have got a bigger one with window now. pheww) and a lovely sushi lunch in paddington. then an exhibition in the harbour and a stroll in Glebe. keeping busy.
cheerios, next time you hear from me, I may be in NZ!!
torsdag 2 april 2009
And we had fun fun fun in the sun sun sun
today sydney has given us excellent weather. after a bit of grim drizzle yesterday (which was entirely cosy and all good), today has been blue skies, 27 degrees and a light breeze. me has been at ICEBERGS all day which is an outdoor swimmingpool/gym at the south side of bondi. excellent.
I started the day very early (struggled to sleep at all after 5am) with a superb breakfast of home made granola and yogurt, fruit and freshly squeezed orange juice. found this excellent little cafe around the corner from my hotel, typically sydneyish, with very healthy and fresh food. very cutely overlooking the central parts of the town as well as the slopes down towards paddington (pretty and expensive part of sydney consisting of made up victorian terraced houses). I then caught the bus to north bondi and had a lovely ride through the area woollahra. the driver was a woman of my age and we had a great chat about bondi, sydney and the area. very nice. then I had a session of yoga at icebergs, which went ok. apart from the fact that I had yoga in a bikini. not entirely flattering. I did put on a pair of shorts to hide the worst catastrohphe, but it still was a bit wierd. continuing tomorrow morning though, just for the heck of it.
after this I had lunch with a friend of a friend who is just lovely and lives in one of the eastern suburbs too. we had a great chat about most things and then I went back to icebergs for a snooze and some swimming. all in all a very good day, I will feel the yoga and swimming in my limbs, for sure. check out icebergs at : http://www.icebergs.com.au/. it's a saltwater swimmingpool that is constantly over washed by the sea. amazing place.
now I am not really sure what to do. I probably just go down to the great restaurant North Bondi and have a glass of chilled wine. yes, that sounds like a great idea. easy to make plans with myself actually, nothing to compromise about. good one. otherwise a teeny bit feeling of loneliness today. I think it's a "friday effect" -- would be nice to go out with some friends to eat tonight. but whattheheck - I will eat something nice and go to bed. am hysterically tired actually.
I was meant to go to bed early last night but ended up at the Opera House! Fancy eh? I had a long stroll that ended up at the Opera Bar where I had an afterwork drink with my imaginary colleagues and just enjoyed a spectacular sunset in the half sunny, half raining evening. it was gorgeous. then I decided to check out the Opera House and ended up at the Ballet! Excellent performance of the Australian Ballet Company. They did a perfomance of three snippets of classics. http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/firebirdandotherlegends.aspx. the sydney audience were dressed to their nines and the performance was SO GOOD. unfortunaly I struggled with keeping awake so I had to pinch myself all the time. it was fabulous though, and the building is to DIE FOR. getting married there, just so you know. you will be invited provided you send comments to my blog. thanksing you.
have to be off now. have a great FRIDAY in europeland.
puzzz
I started the day very early (struggled to sleep at all after 5am) with a superb breakfast of home made granola and yogurt, fruit and freshly squeezed orange juice. found this excellent little cafe around the corner from my hotel, typically sydneyish, with very healthy and fresh food. very cutely overlooking the central parts of the town as well as the slopes down towards paddington (pretty and expensive part of sydney consisting of made up victorian terraced houses). I then caught the bus to north bondi and had a lovely ride through the area woollahra. the driver was a woman of my age and we had a great chat about bondi, sydney and the area. very nice. then I had a session of yoga at icebergs, which went ok. apart from the fact that I had yoga in a bikini. not entirely flattering. I did put on a pair of shorts to hide the worst catastrohphe, but it still was a bit wierd. continuing tomorrow morning though, just for the heck of it.
after this I had lunch with a friend of a friend who is just lovely and lives in one of the eastern suburbs too. we had a great chat about most things and then I went back to icebergs for a snooze and some swimming. all in all a very good day, I will feel the yoga and swimming in my limbs, for sure. check out icebergs at : http://www.icebergs.com.au/. it's a saltwater swimmingpool that is constantly over washed by the sea. amazing place.
now I am not really sure what to do. I probably just go down to the great restaurant North Bondi and have a glass of chilled wine. yes, that sounds like a great idea. easy to make plans with myself actually, nothing to compromise about. good one. otherwise a teeny bit feeling of loneliness today. I think it's a "friday effect" -- would be nice to go out with some friends to eat tonight. but whattheheck - I will eat something nice and go to bed. am hysterically tired actually.
I was meant to go to bed early last night but ended up at the Opera House! Fancy eh? I had a long stroll that ended up at the Opera Bar where I had an afterwork drink with my imaginary colleagues and just enjoyed a spectacular sunset in the half sunny, half raining evening. it was gorgeous. then I decided to check out the Opera House and ended up at the Ballet! Excellent performance of the Australian Ballet Company. They did a perfomance of three snippets of classics. http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/firebirdandotherlegends.aspx. the sydney audience were dressed to their nines and the performance was SO GOOD. unfortunaly I struggled with keeping awake so I had to pinch myself all the time. it was fabulous though, and the building is to DIE FOR. getting married there, just so you know. you will be invited provided you send comments to my blog. thanksing you.
have to be off now. have a great FRIDAY in europeland.
puzzz
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