As the weather is still quite unstable I had time for some indoor activities. Since of recently I’m proud owner of an Australian bank account, an Australian phone number and an Australian Tax file number. When the weather allows it, I’m exploring Adelaide city. There are a lot of small shops and I’ve got the […]
Nightlife in Adelaide
The last week’s been pretty relaxed. We stayed home for the weekend, just chilled and watched movies. Not much more to do with the rainy weather outside. On Tuesday it was cinema time. My friend and some people from the company worked on the special effects for Prince of Persia and we wanted to see […]
Casino Time
The weekend promised to stay interesting, a visit to the SkyCity casino in Adelaide was planed for Saturday. We met with a couple of people at some fancy lounge bar in the city center. The place was quite nice but the crowd was a little too high society for my taste. Next stop was the […]
Soccer and Cairns
Now that was new! I’ve never before gotten up at 2am in the Morning to watch a soccer game. When Germany played Australia we went to a British pub in the CBD to get some public viewing feeling. Monday was a holiday (Queens Birthday) so the location was quite crowded. The mood of the cheerful […]
Summer!
Turns out the hostel I’m staying at offers free internet. That is as long as it works. Yesterday one of the IT guys told me “yeah, we’re having some problems here but we’re defragmenting the internet right now. Should be up and running soon.”. Great, that’s total nonsense but as long as it works i’m […]
Hostel Life
When I left Adelaide I was a little concerned about staying at a hostel. It has been ages since I shared a room with someone who wasn’t a close friend. Fortunately the hostel is just great and no drunken 18-year-olds around. Quiet sleep is not guaranteed still. The second night I woke up because one […]