I Australia/In Australia

Dansk:
Så er man sørme kommet til Australien. Tror det har været min værste tur i mit liv indtil videre. I tænker sikkert, at jeg bare tuder, men jeg vil gerne lige argumentere. Turen startede kl. 9.30 fra Nørre Åby sammen med mine forældre. Normalt tager det cirka 2½ time at køre til Hamborg og da de åbner lågerne 12.30, mente min far vi sagtens kunne køre kl. 9.45. Jeg ville gerne køre lidt tidligere. Det gik rigtig godt derned af indtil 80 km før Hamborg. BOOM og vi sad i kø. I starten var jeg nu meget rolig, men efter man har siddet i 1½ time og kørt 2 km, så begynder man at blive rimelig nervøs, skal jeg fortælle jer. Panikken bredte sig også da vi godt kunne se at denne kø kunne tage lang tid, og vi kunne ikke komme af. Gennem sms’er fra Liesbeth fik jeg fortalt at efter 14.40 kunne man ikke tjekke ind længere og med 1 time til at køre ca. 70 km var jeg klar til at leje et værelse i Hamborg og købe en ny billet. Med speederen i bund, en masse held og en lille smule vanvittig kørsel, nåede vi det med 5 minutter tilbage. Fik at vide fra Liesbeth at jeg var ligbleg, da hun så mig. Nå men vi fik mig tjekket ind og jeg fik taget afsked med forældrene. Derefter skulle jeg lige have en øl, hvorefter Liesbeth gerne ville shoppe ind. Da jeg var færdig med min øl, ville Liesbeth lige se hvornår flyet fløj, og vi besluttede derefter, at det var en god ide at gå imod check in, da det stod på skærmen. Så vi gik derhen og da vi ankom, fik vi at vide at det var sidste udkald, hvilket betød at havde vi ikke gået derhen, så havde vi misset flyet og min fars vilde kørsel havde været forgæves. Vi kom på flyet, og turen til Dubai var rigtig god. Opholdet i Dubai var heller ikke til at klage over, og derefter ventede en lang tur på 14 timer i fly, som ligeledes var fin på nær at mit tv gik i stykker, da vi havde fløjet i 12 timer. Skærme og jeg er simpelthen bare ikke venner. Vi ankom til Melbourne lidt over 22 og efter en tur igennem deres sikkerhedssystemer, kunne jeg gå ud af lufthavnen med en afslappet fornemmelse. Vi skulle bare have en taxa og derefter hen til hotellet som jeg havde booket. Vi fandt en taxa og fortalte taxamanden hvor vi skulle hen. Taxamanden kendte ikke hotellet. Han ringede til taxaselskabet og de kendte ikke hotellet. I telefonbogen fandtes vejen ikke i Melbourne, og da vi spurgte en flink mand i et andet hotel, kunne han heller ikke finde det. Sikke en perfekt slutning. Vi gav op og i stedet fik et værelse på det andet hotel. Fik en god nats søvn. I dag har der været lidt problemer med at finde en stik til strøm, fordi Australien skal være anderledes end resten af verden. Indtil videre er jeg helt vild med Australien :-)

English:
I’m in Australia. Think it has so fare been my worst trip ever. You’re probably thinking by now, what a crybaby, but let me explain. The trip began at 9.30 a.m. from my parents’ hometown, Nørre Åby. It normally takes around 2½ hours to drive to Hamburg and as they the gates at 12.30 p.m. my father thought we just could drive 9.45 a.m. and still have plenty of time. But I wanted to go a bit earlier. In the beginning it went really well until we were 80 km from Hamburg. BOOM and we were stuck in traffic. In the beginning I was calm and collecting, but after being in a car that in 1½ hours has driving 2 km further, you begin being pretty nervous, I can tell you guys. The panic spread when we could see that the cue could be there much longer and because we couldn’t get off the road. I was texting with Liesbeth and she told me that I had until 2.30 p.m. and then the gates would close and since we had 1 hour to drive 70 km, I was ready to get a hotel room in Hamburg and buy a new ticket. With the accelerator pressed down, a lot of luck and a bit of insane driving we made it with 5 minutes to spare. According to Liesbeth I was white as a ghost when she saw me. But I got checked in, said goodbye to my parents. Afterwards I wanted a beer and then Liesbeth wanted to go shopping. When I was done with the beer, Liesbeth wanted to check when the flight was leaving and we decided that it would be best if we went towards the next check in. So we went to the check in to the plane and when we came there they would telling us it was the last call, which meant if we hadn’t gone to the plane, we would have missed it and my fathers’ crazy driving would have been a waist. We were luckily on the flight and it went fine to Dubai. In Dubai there were nothing to complain about either, and then the flight of 14 hours was the only think between us and Melbourne. This flight went fine as well even though my television brook when there was 2 hours left. Screens and me aren’t the best friends. We arrived in Melbourne at 10 p.m. and after getting through the security system, I was much more relaxed. We only had to find a cab, and drive to the hotel I had booked. We found a cab and told the driver where we were going. He didn’t know the hotel. He called the taxi company and they didn’t know the hotel either. In the phone book we couldn’t allocate the road it was on and a nice guy in another hotel couldn’t find it either even though it should have been close by. A perfect ending. We gave up and booked a room in the other hotel. Got a good night’s sleep. Today we have only had problems with getting power for the computer, because Australia has to be different compared to the rest of the world. All in all I’m loving Australia so fare :-)