ENJOYING A FABULOUS AUSSIE DAY

"Brown Jug Polka" - one of our favourites and lots of fun - of course!

...... back the other way!

Roger speaking to Lisa about her paintings

Jamie singing some of his ballads

Needless to say we had a wonderful Australian Day celebration with approx 60 adults and 20 children attending the day Roger and I organized. Yes, it was lots of work, but once we have recovered we will say it was worth it. We almost managed to make ends meet, which was our major concern as we had to hire the hall, projector, buy the sausages, rolls and of course make the afternoon tea.

There were 20 Aussies present, many we hadn't met before and they all enjoyed getting together for a celebration.

We started with a sausage and onion, lamington or carrot cake. Then we put on a bit of Aussie Rules Footy for people to watch followed by Bush Dancing, afternoon tea, Jamie singing and then more Bush Dancing. There was a table for the children to draw and make kangaroo masks (very popular) and everything seemed to go very smoothly.

Now Roger and I are recovering!

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY - 26 JANUARY 2008

It's not quite Australia Day here in Schopfheim, Germany but I am going to be far too busy to blog tomorrow, so I'll get in early.

Roger and I are putting on an Aussie Day Bash at Riehen near Basel in Switzerland. We have hired a hall, hired a projector, 2 friends are bringing BBQ's, we have 150 wurst (sausages), 100 hot dog rolls, lamingtons, lemon coconut slice, raisin chews, chocolate slice (not really special to Australia but I made a mistake with something so it turned into this!!!), honey joys, Anzac biscuits - plain and with macadamia nuts, passionfruit yo yo's, carrot cake and loads of drinks.

We have 55 adults confirmed coming and 20 children (.......). We will start at 1pm with the Sausage sizzle then be entertained by Jamie from Australia who will sing and play his guitar; Roger is insisting on playing a bit of the Australian Football League Grand Final from end of September (because OUR TEAM WON), then we will have afternoon tea and a Bush Dance. The afternoon will finish at 5pm and we will come home exhausted!

I hope we will be able to get someone to take lots of photo's so I can put them here on my blog when I have recovered!

SAILING ALONG ! ! !

Roger and Tom at the Trevi Fountain. Throwing some of Tom's unwanted coins in the water!!



















Tom and Glenda - photo definitely not taken in Rome - weather too warm for these outfits!!


















A very small part of the Vatican!

Sorry for the 'sounds of silence'!! As you can imagine, we have been very preoccupied with Glenda and Tom. They went back to Australia last Tuesday and Roger and I have been madly preparing for our Australia Day celebrations this coming Saturday. Baking, shopping, typing, selling tickets, emailing, making phone calls, etc..... It's shaping up to be a wonderful afternoon of eating, dancing, meeting new people, singing and drinking (soft drink of course).

We had a wonderful 12 days away with Glenda and Tom in Rome and then Berlin. We left home for Rome on 5 January flying EasyJet. We got some great deals. We managed to get a great apartment that was lovely and big and didn't break the bank. It was about 4 km's from the city and we were able to travel each day by bus. Saw some great sights and did some shopping. Will share some photo's soon. I have posted some on Facebook, so if you're my friend you can see some there!

We travelled to Berlin from Rome on 12 January. Glenda found us a great apartment near Checkpoint Charlie and on the 19th Floor. Great views. We raced around seeing everything we possibly could and it was amazing. We all really loved Berlin. Then we came home on 17 January with lots to do.