Plans for 2012

Starting to form some ideas for my next international trip; at the moment i am leaning towards an ANZAC Day pilgrimage over to Gallipoli Bay, Turkey. I have found a tour with the Fanatics, which is a touring company who target Australian and New Zealand tourists abroad. They do tours for people to go to Australian national sports events like the Ashes and Soccer matches as well as tours of some of the world biggest festivals.

I think the tour, in all is around about 400-500 pounds, depending on how long i do decide on making my trip for, as well as flights and whether i want to make a stop over in Germany on the way home. At this stage, the plan is to fly from London, into Istanbul begin a 9-12 day tour of the country and fly back to the U.K. via Hamburg and Berlin in Germany to see some friends. I think that going to the dawn service there would be an amazing experience, especially if i can wrap it up by finding the ANZAC AFL match live on some seedy turkish television channel. oh yeah.

Work

Work is going really great, although the bar has been a little slow, every now and then we have a really busy night which is keeping everything interesting. A good example of this was Halloween night, It was so much fun over here as everyone really got into it (not like home). We carved pumpkins, arranged decorations and all wore costumes at work.... and it wasn't just for one night.... it was for the whole weekend! It was so much fun, and the best thing about it was that everyone in the town got stuck into it. I had a ball, and work was busy :). We had a few staff leave just after i begun working Bar, so immediately, i begun getting rostered brutal hours, which has been awesome, and i have been given a load of day shifts, which aren't so bad either. I am learning to make coffees and spending hours a day cleaning the bar. Another cool thing about working during the day is getting to know the regulars who visit most days of the week, we have some really good people who come in most days, and they keep me entertained with their stories and banter every time they come in, which is great! I am really enjoying working there, and all of the staff i work with are all really great people, which is a massive bonus. I have also got my hands on a bike the other day, which has been a really good way to get to and from work... much better then the 40 minute walk i was doing twice a day. plus, I'm getting nice and fit from doing it.