Waterford Motor Inn Brisbane

... Cherie made a quick phone call earlier to find out where Grandad and Grandma were while somehow not letting them know we were standing on their driveway. After waiting just over an hour we heard a car pull into the driveway, it was them!! Jacob couldn’t contain himself and rushed down the back stairs to meet Grandma and Grandad half way, pretty emotional stuff, hey. Jacob carried a photo of his grandparents with him for 12 long months just waiting for this magic ...

... at liest I still have lots of fun in school because we have an awesome teacher, so it definetly doesn't feel like a boring school lession.
So, what have I been doing hmm.. Thursday we went to the Downunder once again for a little party party, but unfortanetly it wasn't as awesome as the last time, today we might go there again (wet T-shirt competition) -DON'T WORRY I probably won't join ;) but I hear the prices are pretty good though.
On ...

Bloody mosquitos are loving our rich Scottish blood we have all been bitten to death - Edna's latest on her BUM!! Insect repellant nor Gin and Tonic are working for us so we have given up as a bad job.

Back to the job at hand and an update on our adventures - boys went to brewery, girls went to shops. Lovely shopping centre - kitted Frances out for an up and coming wedding she is HOPING she is invited too!! Very nice outfit it ...

... match entertainment of bagpipes, drums, drunk
sounding scottish singer and a whole crowd round of 'You'll never
walk alone' stirred up the crowd, which was great! A group of ******
up Scots came and took their seats around us.



The game was pretty even for the first
20 mins or so before Celtic predictively took over. The beered up
Scots around us never really watched much of the game as they were
too busy swearing at each other, but DID ...

And I am finally back to the east coast! The flight from Broome to Perth was about 2.5 hours and from Perth to Brisbane was about 4.5 hours. It only felt long because it was overnight and I had a middle seat again. I don't know why I keep forgetting to ask for a window. But I have a neck pillow so I did get a little bit of sleep, but not nearly enough. I didn't get to see much of Brisbane but I will get back there at some point.

Inzwischen ist es gute zwei Wochen her, dass ich das letzte mal einen Eintrag verfasst habe. Ich muss zugeben, dass es mir in letzter Zeit nicht so hervorragend geht. Seit insgesamt drei Wochen plagt mich diese Grippe bzw. dieser Husten, der gleichzeitig immer wieder mit Atemnot verbunden ist. Demzufolge fiel mir tagesabhängig einiges sehr schwer. Manchmal so banale Sachen, wie der Lebensmitteleinkauf. Und jedes mal, wenn ich mich ...

... them all around the city. They are like are pigeons, only nicer! We crossed to the other side of the river to south bank, to find big large pools and fake beaches in the city, similar to the ones we saw in Cairns. They were packed with people for the week end. Really enjoyable.. Later on, we drove to Mt Cootah to have a good view of the city. We had a good chat with a few Australians at the camp kitchen in the evening.

... gelato that was delish! When we got home we all split up to do our own thing for a little bit, but later that night we had a "random Tuesday night drinking session" fueled by the fact that most of us didn't have to be up before noon on Wednesday. Jess, Neil, Reuben, and I had a couple drinks and played some sheepshead, which Jess and I had attempted to teach the boys last week. I have to admit, they're getting better, and as much as they claim to hate the game because ...

... sie uns ja wohl nichts v**bieten). Die darauffolgende Nacht war leid** etwas kurz, da ich **stens **st gegen 1:30 Uhr im Bett war und zweitens meine Zimm**nachbarin die ganze Nacht durchgehustet hat. Gegen 6:30 habe ich mich mal umgedreht und gesehen, dass sie aufrecht im Bett saß, ab** aus un**klärlichen Gründen trotzdem weit** im Zimm** blieb und Sabrina und mich mit ihrem Husten wach hielt. Es war ab** Sonntag und trotz d** schlechten Wett**vorh**sage ...

... a glance you instantly see infrastructure that supports healthy living with it’s numerous jogging trails and exercise courses an a connection to art. There is art all over the city, be it sculptures in random locales, well thought out civic design and architecture or junction boxes painted by artists to ease the urban intensity. (For examples please check out the photos!)

In what now has become a tradition, we started our Brisbane ...