Brixham coast
Originally uploaded by Robbie Hendrickx
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Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Merry Christmas
Hello again, of course a happy Christmas to you all. We finally got going and we are now in the UK visiting Jo’s family and friends. It was a bit of a chore getting here last weekend with Eurostar’s inability to drive trough snow or something.
We supposed to have gotten on the Eurostar on Monday, but no dice. Nothing going or coming all weekend and Monday. So did the website say at least… Before we went to the train station we already booked a bus to get to London the next day since we still had to sort out Jo’s visa over there. We were on a tight schedule the first couple of days. OK, bus booked, no worries again. Drove to the train station to get some sweet compensation money. My beloved Fiesta decided to kick my ass by getting a flat tire on our last ride. Ahwell, having bad luck in the beginning of a trip means good luck for the rest of the journey. For me it does anyways.
So we got to Brussels South Station and all of a sudden they’ve been putting people on buses all day long to London. Great you would think, indeed if we had our luggage with us. But again, keep cool and good things will happen. We got to talk to this awesome Eurostar employee who got us a free hotel room for the night and told us to show up at 6am the next day so she would put us on the first train. Great. So we went and got our luggage, a few more goodbyes at home and couple more beers in the train station bar. Back to Brussels then…
Got up nice and early so we could drag out luggage full of xmas presents trough the melting black snow on our way to the Eurostar. There was just a small queue when we got there, but everybody who had a ticked for Monday (like us) or Tuesday got sent back and couldn't go for another couple of days. No way mate, just cancelled the bus we would’ve got on that day. Then all of a sudden, there she was, waving us over. The nice woman that got us a hotel. “Had a good night in the hotel?'’ she asked, while putting a sticker on our tickets for boarding. Fucking ace, really.
And by the way, we got interviewed by British TV when we came of the first Eurostar running again. “How long have you been delayed Sir?” He asked. Not too long, got free food, free hotel, things went actually really smooth. Thumbs up Eurostar. Not the answer they wanted I reckon.
So eventually got to London, we went over to Jo’s dad and then went to sort her visa out. We went out in London that night, to Winter WonderLand in Hyde Park. Had some shots and drank some mulled wine (gluhwein). Next day off to Bristol to see Sarah and Dan, who are giving us a lift down to Brixham. We didn't go out in Bristol, just chillaxin’ at their house, really good.
Christmas day, lots of presents and lots of food. Boxing Day, lots of bubble and squeek and lots of alcohol. Bubble and squeek are the leftovers of Christmas dinner all fried up together, nice! Seriously! It was another great couple of days here, really good seeing everybody again. Now we got a couple more days to go till New Year, I think we’re dressing up as robbers or something. Ben and Emma are driving us up to London on the 1st. Jo’s got her passport back today so we should be still flying out on the 2nd! Fingers crossed!
We supposed to have gotten on the Eurostar on Monday, but no dice. Nothing going or coming all weekend and Monday. So did the website say at least… Before we went to the train station we already booked a bus to get to London the next day since we still had to sort out Jo’s visa over there. We were on a tight schedule the first couple of days. OK, bus booked, no worries again. Drove to the train station to get some sweet compensation money. My beloved Fiesta decided to kick my ass by getting a flat tire on our last ride. Ahwell, having bad luck in the beginning of a trip means good luck for the rest of the journey. For me it does anyways.
So we got to Brussels South Station and all of a sudden they’ve been putting people on buses all day long to London. Great you would think, indeed if we had our luggage with us. But again, keep cool and good things will happen. We got to talk to this awesome Eurostar employee who got us a free hotel room for the night and told us to show up at 6am the next day so she would put us on the first train. Great. So we went and got our luggage, a few more goodbyes at home and couple more beers in the train station bar. Back to Brussels then…
Got up nice and early so we could drag out luggage full of xmas presents trough the melting black snow on our way to the Eurostar. There was just a small queue when we got there, but everybody who had a ticked for Monday (like us) or Tuesday got sent back and couldn't go for another couple of days. No way mate, just cancelled the bus we would’ve got on that day. Then all of a sudden, there she was, waving us over. The nice woman that got us a hotel. “Had a good night in the hotel?'’ she asked, while putting a sticker on our tickets for boarding. Fucking ace, really.
And by the way, we got interviewed by British TV when we came of the first Eurostar running again. “How long have you been delayed Sir?” He asked. Not too long, got free food, free hotel, things went actually really smooth. Thumbs up Eurostar. Not the answer they wanted I reckon.
So eventually got to London, we went over to Jo’s dad and then went to sort her visa out. We went out in London that night, to Winter WonderLand in Hyde Park. Had some shots and drank some mulled wine (gluhwein). Next day off to Bristol to see Sarah and Dan, who are giving us a lift down to Brixham. We didn't go out in Bristol, just chillaxin’ at their house, really good.
Christmas day, lots of presents and lots of food. Boxing Day, lots of bubble and squeek and lots of alcohol. Bubble and squeek are the leftovers of Christmas dinner all fried up together, nice! Seriously! It was another great couple of days here, really good seeing everybody again. Now we got a couple more days to go till New Year, I think we’re dressing up as robbers or something. Ben and Emma are driving us up to London on the 1st. Jo’s got her passport back today so we should be still flying out on the 2nd! Fingers crossed!
Sunday, 13 December 2009
Homeless and jobless... Neat-o
So I finally got plenty of time to get started writing this thing.
Jo and myself are about 10 days away of leaving Belgium for quite a while. We moved out almost 2 weeks ago after finding a nice family to take over our cool flat. It just took half a day to move, sell, handout or get rid of our excess stuff that isn't worth dragging around on our backs. Hippie mode on. Feels liberated not have to look after all that stuff. Hippie mode off. Nah its all cool man.
We got our awesome friends, Kris and Karen, here to put a temporary roof over our heads. Not that they have a crap roof or something, just a temporary place to stay for us. Duh. Come on keep focused.
They set us up in the huge master bedroom, its not done yet but its pretty nice. I'm not missing the flat at all, I had a great time there but its finally time to move about again. Where’s that sun again?
Jo's got 1 more week of work, I left my job yesterday. Its going to start freezing over here next week, so just in the nick of time I reckon. I left them on good terms, though when I told them I'm going backpacking and got rid of all my stuff I kept getting blank stares usually followed by a 'Are you rich or something?'. I guess I'm not cause I don't own a iphone. Outcast.
So the UK is next in line, we're going to spend Christmas and new year with Jo's family and friends. We put our free eurostar ticket that we got after last delay to good use . Spend a couple of days with Jo's dad in London, then off to Bristol to the mad Sarah and Dan to eventually get to the 'Ham for Christmas. January we'll be chillin' in the good old never failing Thailand. Then when February rolls along we should be putting shrimps on t he baaaaaaarbie mate!
Robbie
Thursday, 27 August 2009
And here are some dates...
The first part of our trip is all booked, on january 2nd we fly from London to Bangkok with a little stopover in Mumbai. Before we go we're spending Chirstmas and new year with the family in the UK. How were getting to Oz is still not too sure, we're probably gonna try and catch a cheap flight from Singapore to go to Perth or Melbourne.
Alrighty then, catch y'all later!
Alrighty then, catch y'all later!
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Australia 2007-2008
Just me, enjoying the sunset
Originally uploaded by Robbie Hendrickx
These are pictures from our first trip to Australia on a working holiday visa. We're going back there on our second one in january 2010, visas just got granted! Hooray!
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