Reflecting on 2014

Looking back on the year of 2014, I have had some pretty amazing adventures,  of course it had all started, when I started getting in contact with different families through au pair link in New Zealand and also the agency in Germany, so the first family that I came in contact with lived in a place called Karlsruhe, then it took a little bit longer, for a wait but after a few weeks ended up with 3 families getting in contact with me at once, which was  pretty amazing, one of the families in Koln

and then of course the family I picked lived in the capital city of Berlin,  which was where I would have loved to go the most, so the start of this adventure began with my flight journey, leaving Christchurch for Singapore, Singapore I must say has an amazing airport, was quite nice to look around, then from Singapore to Doha ( Qatar), another place that I have never been to before, but it seemed quite nice, then of course my last flight was Doha to Berlin, I had to keep looking out the window all the way, was lovely flying over different parts of the world.

And flying into Berlin was just amazing, I can safely say, that before I had even landed I fell in love with the city :),

so even though I never got to stay in either Berlin or Germany for the one year that I had wanted I am so pleased that I experienced so much of that amazing and wonderful place, I saw so much, and learnt a lot as well, went to a pretty fantastic german school where I got to learn the wonderful language and also made a wonderful bunch of friends from my experience.

It was sad that my au pair experience there ended so horribly but I can say that there are sometime where I do miss little Rosa that I had formed a bond with in those 3 months, she was a pretty wonderful child to work with.

I have also learnt not to trust those agencies anymore because of all that happened after my contract got terminated where I was not offered very much help at all, it is also sad that England didn't quite work out because of misinformation but that is ok, that is still a dream to come true later on :).

My flight back to NZ was pretty amazing as well with flying from Berlin to London ( Heathrow) from there to Dubai, then a long flight all the way to Sydney, then of course back to Christchurch,


So later after not having to much luck looking for jobs, I decided that I would try my au pair experience again, so I re opened my account on Au Pair world, which I had found to be just amazing, I heard from families very quickly, from  a lot of different places in Australia and other areas of the world

So after a decision Darwin became my choice of my next adventure, which I  can say has just been amazing, I have been with that family for 4 months and I am loving it, so much I have no idea if I ever want to leave, the family is just wonderful I
love looking after little Jonathan, made amazing friends in Darwin as well.


Looking forward to my next adventure next year in Townsville




Wish everyone a Happy New Year, and a Fantastic 2015

Cairns Part 2

So this will be my second to last post of this year of 2014

so this week I have done a couple of different things, firstly on Monday I went along to another movie, this time  I went to see Water Diviner which is directed by Russell Crowe it is such a brilliant and fantastic movie, I enjoyed it a lot , I thought that it was done just perfectly ::).

On Tuesday, I went along to the Cairns Tropical Zoo for a few hours, that was pretty good, I had went last time that I was in cairns, but for some reason my photos had all disappeared, there were lots of interesting animals there, I watched the flight show  as soon as I got there, there were a few birds that were apart of the show like the magpie, kite, Barking owl and my favourite the wedge tail eagle, such amazing birds. Also saw a snake show, and learnt a little bit about Koalas and Wombats and how they are related to each other, I stayed until I had seen all the animals there and feed some Kangaroos :).   I love Zoos :) ,

there are still a few more  things I would love to do in Cairns before I head to Townsville

Christmas , boxing day and the weekend :)

So Christmas was a little bit of an interesting day, ended up being awake pretty early, so while waiting for others to get up, a little bit after Christmas we opened up presents, I got a few things, like a manicure set, hand cream, a dress, country music cd, diary, and a few other things as well.

After lunch we went to a lovely place called Etty Bay, which was a lovely little area with a great beach, which is almost secluded from everywhere, the sea was nice and warm, there was even a Cassowary wandering around the place, it was nice to just sit and relax at the beach for a few hours,  later on in the day, more people showed up for a dinner, where there was a lot of salad, got to talk to my mum, grandparents and siblings.
 
Boxing Day, on this day we ( Dad, his gf and I) headed off to Herberton to visit my grandad and nanna, it was a pretty good drive, we stopped in Milla Milla for a little bit as a pit stop then continued the rest of the way, was a good thing that it doesn't take too long to get to Herberton, because I was getting a tad car sick, was great to see grandad and nanna Debbie when we arrived, we had some lunch and relaxed, I also talked to Debbie for quite awhile which was nice, played a game of pool aswell, later got to talk to my aunty who lives in England.

The Saturday, spent most of the day looking around the lovely little historical village that is there, which I must say is just fantastic to have a look at, I really enjoyed it, also had a lovely country style pot pie  for lunch.

on sunday we just drove back to cairns, first we stopped and looked at the Milaa Milaa falls, and also looked at a look out that looked over the table lands

Cairns Part 1

So Have officially started my lovely holiday break in the wonderful city of Cairns, arrived in Cairns at 2300 hours on thursday the 18th, was a bit of a boring flight, but was good anyhow, there was what felt like at that time of the night, the most longest walk ever from getting off the aeroplane and, heading inside the terminal.

The next day, since dad was going to work i just relaxed  around the house for a little bit,

on saturday i went into the city with my dad and his girlfriend, stopped at the cairns central shopping centre,  did a little bit of shopping for myself, then i decided while i was waiting to be picked up that i would head for a wee walk into the city, along the esplanade a little bit, doing a little bit of sight seeing even though i have seen most of the stuff before :)

the next day on sunday went for a nice small trip to Palm Cove, it was a lovely day there and we walked along the beach and Jetty/Wharf for a little bit, then got some ice cream and walked along the beach which was very nice, later on in the day we went out for dinner to a place called La Porchetta, which was a nice place to eat, then after dinner we went to several houses and looked at Christmas lights.

Yesterday i went into the city and went on a bus tour just around seeing different places of cairns which was pretty interesting.

So with today being Christmas Eve, i am now currently in a little town just outside of innisfail to spend christmas day with my dad's girlfriend's family, and on boxing day we are heading up to Herberton to see and visit my grandad and nanna, can't wait.


I wish everyone  a very wonderful Christmas Day :)

finished in Darwin

Today i am now in Cairns for a few weeks holiday, before i go back to the family once they are all settled into a place in Townsville,

i arrived in Cairns last night at 11pm, and my dad was there to meet me once i got off the plane. So today all i have done is relax, listening to music and reading.

my last week in Darwin had been pretty busy, with watching after Jonathan, while the house was getting cleaned, we had also stayed in an apartment for a few days, since the house was getting packed up and cleaned. The apartment was pretty awesome, very large and had an awesome view of the sea looking over the esplanade


Did get to catch up with my great friend Dilan before i left as well, which was just great.


on tuesday for my day off i went for a bit of a walk up to Cullen Bay, and then afterwards headed to the Cinema to watch a movie,  I watched Exodus it was a pretty good movie really enjoyed it.

I will miss Darwin, and the friends that i made there as well, but can't wait for Townsville :)

Update some more during the week

Just 1 week Left

I now officially be leaving Darwin, and will actually sitting on a plane heading for Cairns for a few weeks, to spend christmas with my dad i am so looking forward to it, then of course heading off to Townsville to begin another awesome adventure in a new place that i have never actually been before :).

Managed to get Christmas  presents sent of back to New Zealand,  have also been helping out with cleaning up the house over the last few days, since on Monday we will be at a hotel for a few days before i catch my plane on thursday night, and also the host family will be driving down to Townsville on the friday.

the monday just gone i went and got my hair cut and coloured, i love it, looks totally awesome now :), my host mum liked it, she could not stop saying how lovely it looked.

So before i leave for Cairns i am hoping to catch up with my great friend Dilan :)

i will miss Darwin, but so looking forward to Townsville.

Art work from miss rosa

Art from Rosa, the wee girl i looked after in Berlin