Loaf you forever Georgie.........xx
Hi Robert!
Cora Lee and I are recently back from three months abroad so I'm just managing to attend to much of my accumulated email. Not sure if there is something about my browser but don't have a form to fill in when I click "Reply". At any rate, I'd like to pledge $50 for the Strathcona Basketball Fundraiser. Let me know about payment details when that is required. Buona Fortuna! Cheers, Patrizzio!
Thanks so much Patrick, it makes a huge difference to the kids.
Where were travelling for three months?
Cheers, Robert.
Hi Robert!
We left Vancouver on march 5th. Spent a week in Hong Kong and then flew to Sydney for another week before meeting Flamin' and Sarge in Melbin'. Rented a car and made our way, via Bendigo, Adelaide, (Clare, Barossa and McLaren Vale), to Coonawarra and then Mornington Peninsula. Back to Sydney, via Canberra, then to Hunter Valley for Easter Weekend. Then to Gold Coast/Brisbane and then flew to Cairns. F/S flew home from there and we continued on to Darwin for ten days, Kakadu and Lichfield while there. Back to overnight in Sydney and then to Melbourne again, for a week or so with close friends in Harcourt North, close to Castlemaine. (Peter knows them as Lynne was in Library School with Kathleen, Cora Lee and yours truly!) Back to Sydney, overnight, and then to Japan for three weeks: Aizuwakamatsu, Yudanaka, (both not all that far from Nagano), Osaka, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Kyoto and Tokyo. Back home on May 31st.
We will take about three weeks in August to drive east to Winnipeg where Cora Lee's parents live. We have many friends and other family members there so it is great good fun. Enjoy drive across the country as well, stopping to visit with other friends, usually for a night, to help break up drive.
We are toying with a month or so, next year, in Panama, in January or February. Never been so am curious to explore this country. Friend in our building has a house there and he raves about what a great place it is to visit. In June/July/August, 2013, (not quite sure of exact dates, at this point), we are planning a house exchange with friends in Cornwall. Cheers, Patrizzio!
We left Vancouver on march 5th. Spent a week in Hong Kong and then flew to Sydney for another week before meeting Flamin' and Sarge in Melbin'. Rented a car and made our way, via Bendigo, Adelaide, (Clare, Barossa and McLaren Vale), to Coonawarra and then Mornington Peninsula. Back to Sydney, via Canberra, then to Hunter Valley for Easter Weekend. Then to Gold Coast/Brisbane and then flew to Cairns. F/S flew home from there and we continued on to Darwin for ten days, Kakadu and Lichfield while there. Back to overnight in Sydney and then to Melbourne again, for a week or so with close friends in Harcourt North, close to Castlemaine. (Peter knows them as Lynne was in Library School with Kathleen, Cora Lee and yours truly!) Back to Sydney, overnight, and then to Japan for three weeks: Aizuwakamatsu, Yudanaka, (both not all that far from Nagano), Osaka, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Kyoto and Tokyo. Back home on May 31st.
We will take about three weeks in August to drive east to Winnipeg where Cora Lee's parents live. We have many friends and other family members there so it is great good fun. Enjoy drive across the country as well, stopping to visit with other friends, usually for a night, to help break up drive.
We are toying with a month or so, next year, in Panama, in January or February. Never been so am curious to explore this country. Friend in our building has a house there and he raves about what a great place it is to visit. In June/July/August, 2013, (not quite sure of exact dates, at this point), we are planning a house exchange with friends in Cornwall. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Orstraylian mate.........
The following are results from an OZ-words Competition where entrants were asked to take an Australian word, alter it by one letter only, and supply a witty definition.
Clearly, you need to be an Aussie to understand.
Billabonk: to make passionate love beside a waterhole.
Bludgie: a partner who doesn't work, but is kept as a pet.
Dodgeridoo: a fake indigenous artefact.
Fair drinkum: good-quality Aussie wine.
Flatypus: a cat that has been run over by a vehicle.
Mateshit: all your flat mate's belongings, lying strewn around the floor.
Shagman: an unemployed male, roaming the Australian bush in search of sexual activity.
Yabble: the unintelligible language of Australian freshwater crustaceans.
Bushwanker: a pretentious drongo, who reckons he's above average when it comes to handling himself in the scrub.
Crackie-daks: hipster tracksuit pants.And for any Kiwis out there:Shornbag: a particularly attractive naked sheep.
Hi Tiptoe!
Trust you are well and enjoying your new digs! How is The Generalissimo?
Cheers, Patrice!
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