Wardy’s Travel Blog

A Peachie Parrot Xmas

I know it is a bit late but…

My first xmas in the old dart was spent with a mate from work (Gary Pcach) and his wonderful and adorable kids (Jemma and Ashley Parrott). We spent the day relaxing, eating too much chocolate, opening presents and playing games on the PS2. A great day was had by everyone and I felt honoured to be included into this very family affair.

What I do think is very funny is that we had a nice pleasant day with blue skies and the south of Oz got snowfall!!!!

To top it all off I got to speak to Mum, Dad and some friends as well. Did make me miss home very much!

Oh yeah, for boxing day, we had a wonderful roast goose and veggies… Very nice!

And before I forget… It was Gary’s birthday on the 25th: HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARY!!!!!!

Drunken night out with welsh lesbians

Well… the title says it all. A georgeous woman walks into the bar and sits next to me. I am thinking ” woohoo my luck is in!” only to find out that she is interested in women. But these girls are amazing!!! I had a wonderful night with a tonne of laughs and ended up being promised a big night out in Cardiff next year for the World Cup (oh yeah, i have tickets to see Japan and Wales in the rugby world cup next year). To ensure I keep in touch I got their business card and email and phone number. What a wonderful night!!! oh yeah… they paid for the evening as well!!!

The worst curse is ok but blasphemy is out

The other night I was watching tv about agrophobics and one of the people said “oh my f*cking beep”. I couldn’t believe it!!!! When did society believe that fu*k is better on tv than the word god? What is happening to this world????

Ooops… forgot to transfer that money…Damn banks

I am not generally the most diligent person when it comes to checking bank statements etc… But when I was bored today I thought I would do an audit of my HSBC accounts. To my absolute horror I noticed my credit card account was somewhat higher than I had expected. About 700 pounds higher actually.

The money that was removed from my HSBC Savings account 2 weeks ago has apparently not yet been given to HSBC Credit Cards. Oh yeah… believe me here… It takes 3 days to transfer money between HSBC savings and credit departments…

So I got an apology and a promise that within the next 10 days I should receive a phone call explaining to me why they didn’t transfer my money through.

I shall pay a bit more attention to this in the future….

Bond …. Brilliant!

Tonight I went to see the latest edition in the Bond franchise: Casino Royale. As a die hard fan I found it difficult to think of Daniel Craig as 007, but I have been gladly proven wrong. He plays this dark side of the man in a brilliant way and for once I have walked away from a Bond film mesmerised by the character instead of the gadgets.

It is not my favourite Bond film though. Over time it may become that but I still see Bond as: gadgets, Q, toys, Q… you get the picture…

Dublin… Wild Windy and Wet… oh yeah and Wallabies

A couple weeks ago I met up with Drew in Ireland for a weekend of Wallaby watching.  As there were not that many wallabies about we had to participate in some of the local customs of women watching and Guinness drinking.

And I must say that Guinness tastes amazing when you buy it fresh from the factory.  I suppose it is like an earthquake… The further away you are from the epicentre the less an impact it has on you.

Anyway… that pint cost about £8 (ok there was a tour thrown in as well!) but still for something that nice it was worth it.  When I get a couple hours to sort out my photos expect to see some on this site!

 Keep well…

Wardy