Happy New Years V!
Naw, from what my girlfriend told me... it is terribly different from the states, but it is a good life. Rent is very expensive. Seafood, even though you have the ocean frontage, is very expensive. But......... life is safe, low crime rate, good people. She read me the big community outrage of a few tools stolen out of the back of a Jeep like car? Don't remember what she called the vehicle. (It was unusual, a roundabout?) The whole town was in a whirl.
Baked beans/spagetti noodles for breakfast, not a bowl of grits to be found as it is illegal to import corn products! :tongue2 It is also my understanding that slang terms in regards to sports teams is dangerous. One should never say they root for another team and other misinterpreted comments.
Her new love promptly told her that she was implying that she was "sleeping" with the entire team.
Needless to say she was a laugh a minute due to her ignorance of ozzie ways. Well, after a year there, she successfully adapted, got married and has been there ever since. At our last conversation when I asked her if and when she was coming back, she promptly retorted..... NEVER! I asked her what her favorite pastime was and she said that slot machines were really big and the parties she attended were even better! Your seasons are opposite from here in the states and that on Christmas you have been known to have a bar-b-que on the beach. I have yet to take her up on an invite, but hope to do so before my parking meter expires. Enjoy your cockatiels, dangerous Barrier Reef sharks, spiders and snakes. I envy your ballerina (men in tutu skirts) skiers and water show you have every year at the .....what is that place called? You have this giant open air theatre right on the water. Sorry for my ignorance, but I saw pics that she sent me and it was awesome. It blew my mind that one of our Wriggly chewing gum factories was located there!
