Guessworking Abroad!

The countdown has begun and in 10 (TEN!) days I will be departing Australia for Austria via Hong Kong and Helsinki.  This will be my main journal site that I will hopefully maintain for the full 5 weeks using my iPhone Blogger app.  

For over 640 days this trip has been planned by me and my very significant other, Alex, so naturally I'm very excited and more than a little nervous!  I have travelled to Europe before in 2001 but with an Australian's Studying Abroad tour group that was conducted in conjunction with Monash University.  This time I will only have myself to rely on until I meet Alex at Vienna Airport.

I'll be staying in the city of Graz (Austria's second largest city) and Alex's family home in Waldschach (approximately 40 mins from Graz).  My exact dates are: depart Sydney March 25, arrive Vienna March 26, depart Vienna April 30, arrive Sydney May 2.

I'm feeling fairly well prepared with my passport, travel insurance and packing mostly organised and ready to go.  I'm looking forward to spending the small amount of foreign currencies that I've had stashed for years and hope that they are still legal tender!