FINALLY - Look at my photo album!!!

Hey guys, I know it took me a long time and many of you asked me, when I would publish some pictures. I always promised in a few weeks and in the end it took some months. But thanx to my brother here they finally are. Look at http://janmo.ja.funpic.de and surf through my pictures. You now know what I've been up to the last four and a half months. Thanx again Aiko for your help. Other than that I am fine. I now enjoy my stay in Australia and especially in Melbourne. I quit the job at the Transport bar because collecting glasses all night long turned out to be rather boring *g* Also, at the restaurant "Worldbar" where I am working at offered me more shifts which I can only work when having one job only. I like the place a lot and learned pretty fast to carry three plates at the same time and to carry a tray with tons of glasses without dropping them. Nothing special for some of you but I had to practice a lot ;) My parents sent me my runners so that I could participate in the marathon. However, they made it only to Sydney and are now deposited in the quarantaine department because they had two grams of German soil on them. Now isn't that just funny. I had to decide whether to destroy the items, get them cleaned or have them send back to Germany. Cleaning was the cheapest option and so I hope, that they'll arrive here in Melbourne on time. The other day I went to the aquarium which turned out to be very interesting. Now that I've been diving some more I actually get interested in all the fishes - especially if they are poiseness or not *g* Also, I love those massive sting rays. One of which killed the Australian legend Steve Irwin two weeks ago, aka "The Crocodile Hunter" Whole Australia was sad about the loss...More to come soon...

Melbourne - a great city

After twelve and a half hours of an annoying train trip, I finally arrived in Melbourne Spencer Street where I was welcomed by a muffin and my good old friend Nina from Freiburg. She ist studying her Bachelor here. Why was the train ride annoying some of you probably ask themselves? Well, if you ever complained about the German trains you really should experience a train ride here in Australia. The trains are slow, stop everywhere...Before you may bord the train, every cabin in front of you is filled up and then it is your turn. You have to check-in at the station of origin, just like at an airport...Just more things like that are really tyring. Nina and I went to a bar and had a beer while we were waiting for my ex-apartment mate Anne from the first year I studied in Freiburg. She came some two hours later and took me to her apartment where I am living at the moment with her and her boyfriend. The first time here in Melbourne was an emotional roller-coaster...The first ten days I was looking for jobs in bars, restaurants, and hotels. Till they replied, if they did after all, it took ten days until I had my first trials. These first ten days were really not so nice...I just was tired of travelling, had to fill every day to do something, did want to see the cultural sights of Melbourne and had some troubles at home. All I did was sleeping, exercising for the Melbourne Half Marathon on October 8, eating, and wanting to go home...But then I have started to work in two bars and since then things are getting steadily better. I begin to make friends, work some 40 hours per week and life comes back to normal...Let's see what the upcoming weeks bring up but I am rather positive...The city itself is awesome, I am living in the CBD which is made of nice-looking skyscrapers and inbetween you find those old houses from a century ago - a very good combination. I found a good place to run and hopefully I will run under 1:55h on the day of the Marathon...