G'Day Mates,
I finally found a few minutes to share my first impressions and experiences with you.
We left Germany on the 15th of October and nope it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. The lady at the check in gave us a 2 hr hustle, first there was too much weight in one bag, so my mom and me started running and looking for another bag. As we came back to the check in the weight was good, but then they decided to tell us that they wanted to have 40!!!!!!!!!!!!EUR per additional Kilo. Dunno why they didn't tell us in first place, but traveling wouldn't be as much fun if the people on the desks knew what the heck they are talking about. Ok after running back and forth between the overweight freight service and the check in, we finally made. We were there 3 hrs in advance and actually had to run to our gate to make it in time. Great start ain't it?
Arriving in the airplane Peabo had the next surprise, he was squeezed in the seat and couldn't move at all, no TV in the seats. Wow that would be a loooooong flight. Luckily he was able to sleep, which I wasn't.
Arriving in Shanghai was very interesting, we had to walk in the background area to get to the Transit hall lol And yup we were not allowed to leave it for the next 12!! hrs. Goodbye Sightseeing. :( Well I caught up on some sleep and Peabo was watching movies since almost every regular wepage was blocked and besides the same duty free shops and restaurants over and over there was not much to do. So we were counting down them boring hours and were happy when the boarding time came closer. Arriving at the gate, wohooo surprise the plane didn't even land. We actually left I think 2 hours later than we were supposed to.
The plane was much older than the first one, but had a lil more space, still no TV in the seats and this time I decided to go to sleep. Waking up just in time for the adventurous touchdown in Sydney. Wow we literally were saying our prayers when the plane went lower and lower and all u saw was the ocean and the ships and boats coming closer and closer. lol
We made it! Immigration and customs were easygoing, but surprise surprise one of my bags (yup the one with the lap top of course) was and still is missing or better just checked in in Shanghai. Coming outside the airport first thing we see Krispy Kreme Donuts, totally made our day. :) And we made our first friend woot.
The cab ride wasn't really that spectacular, the driver wasn't very talkative and after letting us out at the wrong spot and picking us up again we also made it to the Hostel.
The place is pretty old, not very clean, but the people are nice. Also our first 2 roomies, which sang special song s to us at night. After the second sleepless night we decided to move rooms, and the new roomies are cool. 2 Guys from Germany also on a holiday visa. Yay U find em everywhere them Germans hahaha
So the last few Days all we did was trying to find a place to use internet, there is a library down the street, but the net is slow and very expensive. Now we got one of those sticks, so we can use it in the room and search for apartments and jobs.
We also opened up bank accounts, tried to apply for a tax file number which was not successful in my case, since Immigration says I didn't arrive yet lol But we got that also fixed today. Got some money back for the still lost back, hoping it'll arrive soon and we applied for some Jobs. I actually have a Test Day on Saturday and I hope I will do well and get the Job.
The plans for tomorrow are going to the airport and picking up our overweight luggage, nope they don't deliver them to the hostel and look for some apartments and jobs. On friday I have a class to get my RSA, which is a license I need to be able to work as a waitress, let's cross them fingers I understand what they talk about and pass the test. haha
We still didn't visit out dog. :( Which makes me very sad cause I miss him a lot, but the problem is that the german vet screwed up and tested 2 diseases with the wrong tests, so they have to be repeated and until then he is on vet hold and not allowed to leave his kennel or have visitors. Sounds like jail to me. The results might be here within a week or two and I hope they negative or the dog will be send back. :(
So I guess that is it for today and you guys are up to date, I will upload some pics as soon as I get my Lap top ( in case I ever get it back). :)
Cheers Mates
10/08/2010
The last week in Germany
G'Day Mates,
yeah I really should get used to that now that we are getting closer to the big moving date.
A lot has happened since I blogged the last time.
We were not really successful in selling all the furniture, so unfortunately we have to trash it all on Monday. :( I was even trying to donate it to charity, but even them just wanted to make money with it and were just interested in it when they could pick it up on their own and charging me 200EUR for it. I am really asking myself what is wrong with these people these days, being all about the money and the money only?
Frankie also had his blood tests which was even a bigger drama. He failed one of them in the first run and that was almost the end for Oz. When we were thinking about what to do in case he fails the second one we decided that there would be NO WAY we would leave him behind. He is a family member.
So we started looking for solutions, just in case.
The problem was that Peabo's Tourist visa is expiring on the 15th and he would definitely have to leave the country. That would have meant Long Distance Relationship again. :(
Since I would have not been able to get a J1 Visa for the US before January and unfortunately the work and holiday visa in Canada are all gone for this year already, we would have seen us again in January in Canada. But I guess this time Murphy wasn't really in the mood to crew us. :) Frankie passed the second test. YAY!! We had to fill out 12 pages of import permit, reconfirm the flight and his quarantine and he is flying out on Tuesday. :)
I also had my last day at work on the 30th. Next morning I went to the unemployed office and everybody was very nice. It was my first time ever dealing with them and I was a lil freaked cause of the stories you hear about them being rude and mean. BUT they are the total opposite and when they heard my story about leaving they were even more impressed and couldn't stop asking questions about Australia. :)
After that the last week all we did was packing, packing, packing, throwing stuff away and more packing. Until this morning, I successfully deregistered myself and got an international drivers license. :D
I think this might be the last post from Germany.
We'll be moving to Frankfurt on Monday and spend some more time with my Family and Friends over there and finally heading out on Friday.
So next time you read from me, it'll be from the wonderful Sydney, Australia.
Cheers Mates!
yeah I really should get used to that now that we are getting closer to the big moving date.
A lot has happened since I blogged the last time.
We were not really successful in selling all the furniture, so unfortunately we have to trash it all on Monday. :( I was even trying to donate it to charity, but even them just wanted to make money with it and were just interested in it when they could pick it up on their own and charging me 200EUR for it. I am really asking myself what is wrong with these people these days, being all about the money and the money only?
Frankie also had his blood tests which was even a bigger drama. He failed one of them in the first run and that was almost the end for Oz. When we were thinking about what to do in case he fails the second one we decided that there would be NO WAY we would leave him behind. He is a family member.
So we started looking for solutions, just in case.
The problem was that Peabo's Tourist visa is expiring on the 15th and he would definitely have to leave the country. That would have meant Long Distance Relationship again. :(
Since I would have not been able to get a J1 Visa for the US before January and unfortunately the work and holiday visa in Canada are all gone for this year already, we would have seen us again in January in Canada. But I guess this time Murphy wasn't really in the mood to crew us. :) Frankie passed the second test. YAY!! We had to fill out 12 pages of import permit, reconfirm the flight and his quarantine and he is flying out on Tuesday. :)
I also had my last day at work on the 30th. Next morning I went to the unemployed office and everybody was very nice. It was my first time ever dealing with them and I was a lil freaked cause of the stories you hear about them being rude and mean. BUT they are the total opposite and when they heard my story about leaving they were even more impressed and couldn't stop asking questions about Australia. :)
After that the last week all we did was packing, packing, packing, throwing stuff away and more packing. Until this morning, I successfully deregistered myself and got an international drivers license. :D
I think this might be the last post from Germany.
We'll be moving to Frankfurt on Monday and spend some more time with my Family and Friends over there and finally heading out on Friday.
So next time you read from me, it'll be from the wonderful Sydney, Australia.
Cheers Mates!
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