Archive for the 'Australia' Category

Arrival in Melbourne

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Well here I am in Melbourne! I almost missed my plane from Schiphol Airport because I slept through my alarm. I woke up at 5:30 AM, looked at the clock, and thought nothing of it. Then, realizing shit was hitting the fan in fairly large quantities, jumped out of my bed and made it to […]

So long Amsterdam

Monday, February 13th, 2006

While I write this, it’s snowing outside. I couldn’t have picked a better time to travel towards the Australian summer.
In a matter of hours I’ll be at Schiphol airport, about to embark on a 24-hour journey to Melbourne.
Did I pack everything? Passport, visa, ticket, credit card? Check. Clothes, toothbrush, clean undies? Check. Alright, I think […]

The world’s most liveable city

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

Melbourne is less than five days away. Today I spend my day cleaning and boxing up my apartment.
My flight leaves Monday morning at 7:15 AM from Schiphol airport. After close to 24 hours of flight time and 2 quick stopovers (in Vienna and Singapore) I’ll arrive at Melbourne airport somewhere around 5 PM, local time. […]

Twenty days

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

I should probably write a little bit on this blog again about my university exchange with Melbourne. About the things that have been going on with regard to my travel preparations and such. The thing is: I haven’t been really busy with it. I’ve been spending most of my time on a fulltime university project […]

Officially accepted

Friday, January 6th, 2006

I received my official Confirmation of Enrolment today from the University of Melbourne. With that, I was able to apply for my student visa at the Immigration Department of the Australian Government. Luckily this can be done online, saves a lot of hassle.
This basically means that it’s now absolutely certain that I’ll be studying in […]