kajsa goes travelling the world

finally we dont have to stay in dodgy hostels with itchy bedbugs or stranger-roomies anymore! We live in a house! an actual house on the countryside with Ida's familyfriends. now im a happy camper! we eat proper food and skipping the goon, well, at least for a while. we lived here for over two weeks, now thats charity! and must say (even if it was on the countryside) i really enjoyed it!

yeah we are having a bbq!! fooood!!!!

the animal lover

wild kangaroos

we also went to healesville sanctuary where i saw koalas for the first time! awesome place this.

bird of prey

couldnt imagine this little fellow being a scratchy, stoned smelly mini bear

and then queen victoria market!!! fresh veggies and heaps of cheap vintage clothes not to mention the fresh seafood deli sections with the cheese and wine and all the delicates you can imagine! and so cheap! an absolute must when youre in Melbourne!

and theres also a nite market on wednesday

im eating a crocodile burger.. never smile at a crocodile, but eating them is ok

lots of bbq's. here we are with Rosie and her friends

St.Kilda, the place to be. Lisa (canadian chickadee) and me fighting over fries just a couple of minutes after they called me and Ida for an interview to Hard rock. we're boosting our egos and celebrating that we "got the job".

which pretty much happened so here we are. have done our scandinavian home shopping and done the swedish "eat as many meatballs contest". now we are ready to move into eureka tower. excited arent we

ay ay! just had to make an entry for this one. Ii've seen scissor sisters live! great show and good fun!

before the concert. just wanted to express our feelings and catch it on camera. yay

happy birthday me. and for some reason turning 21 here in Australia is even bigger than 18, so it was a massive party! now i can go to the states ay, Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii So my party was held at a friend's friend's place. The Adelaide boys came down to Melbs to celebrate the big day! so beers and bbq on a sunny day with heaps of happy ppl. +everyone at hard rock sang the happy birthday song and a I got a huuuge chocolate brownie sundae. happy happy happy.. uuh and i played cricket! A hobby, not a sport! We went out and then the day was over. now i just got the lovely memories

check out the cake

federation square tennis finale

didnt have to spend a penni in the bar

Ida's birthday was 22nd so this is 6.30 in the morning before i go to work, how happy must she be waking up by me singin the happy birthday song.

and Kathy also happened to have her birthday which was on the 25th so me and Ida got invited to a birthday dinner in Brunswick.

damn boys and girls. We live in Australia's tallest building in a master bedroom with our own bathroom with a bathtub and view over yarra river from the 14th floor! freakin amazing! gym, pool, cinema and a sauna. now this Finnish chick has all she needs! and i pay 5 pounds more a week than i did in London where i shared a room with 3 other girls and a romanian fellow. mhm. and i actually have a job again. really feel goofy to say where but at least im earning money! So life in Melbourne is great!

thats us

our Canadian friend Natalie came to Melbourne. so all these following pictures are taken from one evening we all went out! great evening! drinking games at our place and ended up with people mooning out our massive windows, now we do must have happy neighbours!

Natalie, our one and only shared friend.

i just like this picture, lady in a lounge with a glass of wine

yoyo, check out the massive windows. love this place! we are having a great time!

think the boys thought it was a bit funny when 3 girls are walking hand in hand with their high heals in the other one. (one pair for dancing and the other pair for hanging around the bar)

so now we are ready for 'em feet killers

told ya all the piccies from one evening. this one makes me really confused though, cause i cant remember if its taken before or after we've been out :-P

was gonna take more pictures of all the art thingies you find all around Melbourne. That's right, everywhere you go in Melbourne you always run into something that makes you wonder: what in the name of...

puppy.. or?

took the bus with Fredrik down to Sydney, took us about 12 hours. yeesh. tried to sleep next to a snoring girl and a stinky hippie, even several sleeping pills wouldnt do it. we checked in at a hostel in kings cross. everybody else werent that keen on staying there (apparently the dodgy area of Sydney) but as i've been working in the most criminal area of London and lived in Gronland in Oslo, i think i can handle all the junkies and prostitutes or whatever comes with that. so Sydney was all about the nightlife. we met lots of English guys here that we basically partied with every nite.

are we having a good time here?

Lots of Pictures from Ida's blogg here. this was taken from a park near Newtown.

And this one is taken from Sydney Tower.

so Fredrik went back to Norway, christmas is coming up and we dont have much money. what to do? Lets move to Newtown into Joey's unfurnished uni apartment with no glasses, pots or anything so we actually had to steal some from the hostel. Probably not the best thing to advice other travellers but this was really really exceptional. And it was christmas... well, there are no excuses, its still bad karma so guess we just have to make it up by doing something that gives

Christmas morning, gee.. both of us homesick as hell. we went grocery shopping to at least make some of the christmas as traditional as possible so we made some traditional scandinavian christmas porridge and our only christmas decoration was an orange stuffed with cloves so we would get into christmas mood by sniffing it. mhm. not exactly the kind of christmas i would have imagined spending overseas.

"God jul allesammen"

check out that boat! thats where we're goin spending Christmas eve. so on the boat we could eat and drink as much as we wanted. a little bit disappointed with the food tho but this was a once in a lifetime opportunity anyway so whatever. Now, partaay..

couldnt exactly get enough of the view

no i dont want a kiss!

oh, ok

So now I can cross over "spending new years eve in Sydney" from my "to-do-list". But after this crazy night I wouldnt mind having another new years in this city. After all, there was a looot of alcohol that evening so wasnt so sure if the fireworks was just an illusion, or if it was actually happening for real. ??

new years eve babes.. this is when we moved into town to stay with Nick and Joey. a fancy pancy apartment with the biggest tv i've ever seen. we also started our new years eve here by playing kings. thats why i ended up looking like this ...

Happy new year everybody. (dont think thats what im saying)

im so happy, check out the fireworks

Time to leave this place after making the decision that Sydney is not for us. This is when Ida's familyfriend steps into the picture. Who lives in Melbourne on a farm with horses, two cats, goldfish and some chickens (no roosters (yay) ... so bye Sydney

Melbourne, here we come...