Well it was a bit premature of me to close this blog down before I'd even come home, so I will now give this the finale it probably does not deserve.

 

Whilst the Ios cough was slowing shutting down our immune systems, we ventured out for my final night in Berlin to the Riva Bar, where Kris' brother Eric was working. We ended up spending the whole night there, as the group downed some dirty cocktails (non-alcholic for me of course). The Horse and Jenny's brother Tony ended up worse for wear after the 2 taxis we caught seemed to be racing the streets of Berlin to get to Kris' place. A 5am finish meant major sleep-in time was required.

 

Got up around midday. Bear, Horse and I decided to have 1 last Euro meal together. We ended up at an Indian restaurant... I don't know whether it was because we were sick, hadn't had food like that for awhile, whatever, but it didn't sit too well with Bear and I and Kris' toilet copped the punishment.

 

The Germany and Sweden round of 16 match clashed with my flight time, so Danni, Bear and Horse dropped me off at the airport. After wiping the tears from Bears eyes, I played the airport lounge waiting game... 90 minutes in Heathrow, extra 1 hour delay in Singapore, but I did manage to sleep 6hrs from London to Singapore and 2hrs from Singpore to Melbourne. Would have slept more if the (female) passengers next to me weren't so cute...

 

Landed in Melbourne around 5:45am and got home around 7:00am... dropped my bags and went to work. And the first 3 things I noticed about Melbourne?

 

1. Loved getting my hands on Aussie currency... heaps better than Euros

2. Went to Degraves before work for a proper coffee after the shit stuff in Europe... and it didn't disappoint

3. Public transport in Melbourne is relatively crap and slow as well... after experiencing the efficiency of trains/trams in Europe in general

 

Thanks for reading. Have added some photos for a bit more visual flair... I didn't realise it was so easy to do. There's plenty more of those where they came from.

 

Au revoir, adios, ciao, giasou, goodbye!