It’s the Question that Drives Us...

Which begs the question, what is the question? You can’t determine the answer without knowing what it is you’re trying to resolve.

OK, so far I’ve made no sense and you’re probably asking how does this relate to the holiday, but that’s kinda where I’m at this year.

I remember the last time I went to Europe. The first couple of days were just sensory overload. Excitement generated by new and unique sights, sounds, smells, tastes and feelings leads to a continuous burst of ideas and experiences, so much more than you’re usually use to.

It’s escaping from a long term incarceration of your own mental prison (institution) and like a child pumped on red cordial in Disneyland for the first time, you bounce around everywhere looking for the next stimulation.

This may be due to an inability to shut down from the synthetic stimulation of work and the pseudo-issues that others impose. It becomes easy to slip into a victim mentality, but when it is a constant barrage from people who are often diametrically opposed to who you are, what you believe in and what you are trying to achieve, the exit signs start to dim in the distant.

However, I’m a firm believer in choice and self responsibility which leads you to ask "Am I doing this for the betterment of the company or for my own self-satisfaction, and in the end, is it worth it?"

But I digress. After about five days on holiday, you start to settle down and truly relax; forgetting about life in your self-imposed “Matrix”. It’s here that you can find some peace and calming solitude whilst your time is delightfully enveloped by the person that you should be spending 24 hours each day with.

And this is what I am looking forward to. Real time experiences with the Pookster (djbeatboy) rather than the turn-based routine of work life. It may also give me the time to define the question and explore the answers.

I can’t avoid it any longer. It’s time to take the ‘Red’ pill. Off with your head!!!

the wookey

Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.

Oh Lord, I think putting the countdown clock up was a BIG mistake. It seems to be taking soooooo long for time to go by, and in the famous words of Veruca Salt, "I want to be in Europe and I want to be there NOW!"

A friend who has done a great deal of overseas traveling sent me a web link for the Berlin tourist information. Did you know that there are 172 museums in Berlin?! What The?! Needless to say we will not get to see all 172 of them.

I also found out that the day we arrive in Berlin is "World AIDS Day" and on the 2nd of Dec there is a party called the Red Ribbon Rave. Of cause I made the suggestion that we should check it out, but the Wookey quickly pointed out that he was not taking me to Berlin to waste 2 days at a dance party.

:(

Guess I'm just going to have to wait until NYE in London to dance my toosh off!



I can't believe I have to wait another 35 sleeps! Where's a time travel machine when you need one...

Follow the white rabbit…

So here’s the itinerary for the trip…

Nov 30, 17:10 - Fly out of Melbourne (Flight from Melbourne to London, then connecting flight from London to Berlin)
Dec 01 - Dec 08 - Berlin
Dec 08 - Dec 10 - Prague
Dec 10 - Dec 11 - Munich (with a day trip to Nuremburg)
Dec 12 - Dec 18 - Rome
Dec 19 - Dec 26 - Paris
Dec 26 - Jan 03 - London
Jan 03 - Jan 05 - Amsterdam
Jan 05 - Jan 09 - London
Jan 11 - Touch down in Melbourne

You know on paper it really doesn't seem like six weeks?

More to follow shortly....

Wake up Neo......

In December 2005 we decided that this is the year (meaning 2006) that we do it. We've been saying this for almost 6 years now, but due to job changes, weddings (namely ours), and other obstacles we've kept putting it off.

I've never been overseas before, unless you want to count Hamilton Island? Nor, have I ever seen snow. Ok, I hear you...."you live in Melbourne, it's like an hour to the snow fields"... I know, I know, my friends say the same thing... Still I've never been and I figure, if I'm going to take a trip to see snow then why not go all out and do it in Europe?!

Ok, maybe I should back up a little and explain a couple of things. I’m DJ Beatboy (long story); I’m the guy in the front of the picture up there in the corner, the one with the wacky blue lopsided mohawk. The spunky feller with his arms around my chest is my Husband, the Wookey. We’re two guys that… well you can read the profile for all that stuff.

One thing I will mention is that as we are both Air signs (Libra & Aquarius respectively) it’s amazing that we were able to make any kind of a decision at ALL! However, by the power of whatever Deities you choose to beleive in, we did manage to make the decision to go to Europe, all be it in the dead of their winter, but as I said I’ve never see snow...

So on November 30 @ 17:10 we fly out of Melbourne to London and the beginning of our journey...