Hi all!
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year!
Many apologies for the lack of recent posts, but I have just arrived in Australia for my study abroad trip a couple days ago. I promise I will start providing updates on the bucket list activities I’ve been crossing off and on the trip.
Anyone been doing any bucket list worthy activities recently? I’d love to hear about them 🙂
– Christine
Welcome aboard Christine! I hope your journey is full of adventure and a bucket list item or two as well. Enjoy!
Namaste
Thank you so much Mark :)!
Who are you in this picture.. Lucky you having fun and studying..
Haha, thank you :)! I’m the one with the hat!
Cheerful post and the pictures are beautiful.I hope you enjoyed the holidays too.Australia is the one country my wife and l like to visit.Most of the USA is having a severe winter.hope to read your new posts.Wishing you success.jalal
Thank you so much! And yes, it is so nice, I love it 🙂
Hey where in Australia? I’m in Melbourne and loving it! Happy travels!
Hey! Sorry for the delay, but I was in Melbourne as well and absolutely loved it too 🙂 Are you still there? Happy travels to you as well!
Hey no worrie! Yep, still in Melbourne, but moving on at the end of the month. Saaaaaad but also exciting! Can’t wait to see more of this awesome country!
Aww, can’t wait to read more about your adventures! Next time, I hope to see more of the country like you are :)!
The pics are beautiful.So how are things down under?
Thanks so much and I absolutely loved it 🙂
Looking forward to Australia via your posts! Bucket list….well helped at the Polar Bear Plunge on New Years Day..hubby and I signed up to jump in the ice next year, dog sledding this weekend…not exactly the kinds of things you will be doing down under 🙂
Enjoy Australia and make sure you make the time to “pop across the ditch” to New Zealand and see the Lord of the Rings land….
Thanks so much 🙂 And I really hope to go to New Zealand someday! It looks beautiful!
Pretty pics, both you ladies and mother earth. I hope that you have a great time in your travels, stay safe, have fun.
Thank you so much :)!
Hi Christine! Gorgeous photos! Can’t wait for updates on your time in Australia.:) I decided to hand out the blessing bags on Boxing Days instead of Christmas Eve (ice storm!) and it went really well.:) You can check out the post when you’re taking a break from studying. http://donzwebb.wordpress.com/2013/12/27/boxing-day-blessing-bags/
Welcome to Australia! Hope you have a good time here 🙂
Australia was absolutely amazing! I want to go back already 🙂 Lol, thank you so much!
Wishing you a great year ahead 🙂
Thanks so much 🙂
Sorry we haven’t given you the best weather these last couple of days! 🙂
Haha, it turned out being beautiful weather, so it’s all good! I already want to go back there 🙂
Brilliant photos! Looks like you was having a great time 🙂 Happy 2014!
Thanks so much! I loved Australia 🙂
Are you in Melbourne ? It look a little cool and windy. Have a wonderful time. It’s stinking hot up here in brisbane .
Yup, we were in Melbourne! But yes, it did get pretty hot, but loved the summer weather 🙂
Great pics and sounds like an exciting time for you! Have a great study abroad year x
Thanks so much 🙂
Have a great time in Australia! Explore, enjoy and study a little bit! Enjoy every moment, because Australia is one of a kind and when you get home you’ll miss her … Regards
Oh gosh, I already miss Australia so much! It really is one of a kind 🙂
Wishing you a wonderful journey and a bucket full of new experiences!
Thank you :)! Lol
HAPPY NEW YEAR-Hope you get to see Tasmania, let me know if Mt Elephant Pancake Barn is still there- required eating on many a bucket list. Awsome experience, good on ya.
worzelodd – it definitely is http://www.mountelephantpancakes.com.au/. That place is so tasty….
Well, guess this means I have to return to Australia to try this! Lol
Definitely! 🙂
Thanks so much! Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see Tasmania, but would love to go back and see that someday 🙂
Do not have a bucket list, but started writing a novel or attempting to write one.
Wishing you a great time. keep smiling.
That’s so exciting 🙂 Thanks so much!
And of course dumb ass me forgot to wish you a wonderful new year filled with lots of inspiration,laughter and smiles.
Haha, aww happy New Year to you as well 🙂 No worries mate! Lol
G’Day mate. Have fun down under. BTG
Thank you so much 🙂
How wonderful for you–make it an adventure that fulfills and expands, as I am sure you will. As for myself, living with heart disease, seeking and loving God and being present in each moment aer bucket worthy enough for now. Blessings on you.
Hi Cynthia, thank you so much for your kind comment 🙂 That must be difficult, but it sounds like you have an incredible spirit and I will keep you in my thoughts. Keep spreading such positivity!
I appreciate it–but it isn’t so hard! The alternative is much more unpleasant (not being here in body)! 🙂
Haha, aww that’s a good point 🙂
Welcome! I hope you’re having a great time in the sun! Let me know if you get a chance to visit my corner of the country (Tasmania), I have lots of tips!
Ah, I would love to go back to see Tasmania, it looks beautiful 🙂
If you decide to go one day, let me know! I can give you a list of recommendations.
That would be great 🙂
I’m presently in talks to syndicate some of my writing. Seems I’ve struck a chord with quite a few folks since my Boot-Strap Expat page has tripled in visitors and views since the New Year. http://7thpillar.wordpress.com/
If all goes well this will help underwrite the Boot-Strap Expat adventure so I can check more line-items off my Bucket List!
Ah, that’s awesome, congratulations 🙂 Look forward to keeping updated on your blog!
Have fun in Aussie! Make sure to cross of eating grilled kangaroo off your list. Delicious!
Haha, I’m disappointed in myself for not trying kangaroo, but some of my friends did! They said it was delicious!
Bucket list: teaching English in China, going to the Philippines in a few weeks… I think we’re living similar lives. Hope your semester goes well!
Also, how did you add your own custom header picture? We have the same theme and I can’t figure that one out
Hi! It sort of took some fiddling, lol, but I wound up using an app (InstaFrame, meant for Instagram, it’s free) on my iPhone to combine three photos I liked, then took a screenshot of the finished product, cropped the screenshot in my photos, and emailed the finished cropped product to myself, where I saved the photo as a JPG. I’m sure there are much easier ways to get a customer header, but that’s what I wound up doing haha 🙂
Ah, that’s awesome! Congratulations and look forward to keeping updated with your travels 🙂 Thank you!
43°C here in Melbourne today Christine – come on down 😀
Oh my gosh, I know, I absolutely loved the warm weather 🙂
Welcome to Australia I hope you enjoy the sun sand and surf
Thanks so much! I loved it 🙂
Great Holidays! Thanks for following me as well….
You’re very welcome 🙂
You are all far too happy. Wake up. Everything’s shit.
Yet, even this made me smile, lol
Welcome Christine, have an awesome time in our country. Be sure to check out Stradbroke Island while your hear. Its one of Australia’s best kept secrets.
Thank you so much! I absolutely loved Australia 🙂 And now I guess I will have to go back to check that out! Lol
Hi Christine,
Thanks for following me at PlatypusYank.com. You weren’t here very long. What are you studying?
Teresa
What an adventure! Best of luck to you! What part of Australia will you be living?
Thank you so much! I was in Melbourne, Australia 🙂
That looks like so much fun! I can’t wait to start my study abroad to England. I hope you continue knocking things off your list.
It was a lot of fun 🙂 And oh, I’m sure you’ll have an amazing time! Thanks so much and you’ll have to keep me updated on your trip!
For sure! I’ll have some posts leading up to it. I am so excited.