We slept over at Mt Gambier, which isn’t really a mountain at all :P   The town was ok, but as it was the queen’s birthday (public holiday in Australia), everything seemed to be closed. We started driving, and we were going to stop in Hahndorf (settled by the Germans) before our final destination, Adelaide. Hahndorf was great, and it really reminded me of a typical German town. It looked cool, don’t you think? The food was to no surprise old German recipes and it tasted delicious. 

After spending some hours in Hahndorf we drive the last bit to reach Adelaide, and we checked in at our hostel at Glenelg harbor. Luke gave Glenelg a 8 out of 10 ad he was “disappointed” of the lack of elg (moose in Norwegian). =P  Early next morning we traveled to Barossa Valley, the most famous wine region on Australia. We went to a private guided tour with wine tasting at the famous Jacob’s Creek. It was different to anything I have ever done, and it was quite romantic. Vineyards as far as eye can see, so we decided to do some free tasting at some of the other vineyards. We ended up buying a sparkling white wine and a red wine to enjoy with some cheese later that evening. Dinner was delicious and expensive at the place we were staying for the night, but oh so romantic!

The last day we spent in Adelaide (radelaide). The city is smaller than Oslo, so not too much to do here. It was cold but the sun was out, so it wasn’t too bad for our last day. We went to see the Port and as that wasn’t too excited we went too Largs Bay because it was mentioned in our tour-guide. The funniest thing was when we discovered that the picture on the tour-guide was of the public toilet’s wall. Sooo, not much to see here. We walked from here to Semaphore which was a step up from the last place. We had coffee at a Swedish café; they had old Viking books so it was pretty cool. At night we went out to a pizzeria before heading back to the hostel for a good night sleep.

The morning after we went to the airport and we arrived Brisbane at noon Brisbane time. I had a great trip and I hope you enjoy the pictures.

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Luke has wanted a vacation for a while now, so we decided to go on The Great Ocean Road as it is voted to be one of the Best Road Trip in the world. So after three days of being jetlagged and sleepy from my last visit to Norway, it was time to go to the airport again. This time to the domestic terminal as we were heading down to Melbourne.

Melbourne was cold and grey, but it is such an interesting city. Getting around in Melbourne is easy, as they have trams going all over the place, and we had heaps fun exploring the city. Luke took me to very interesting places where not many tourists would go as it’s mostly locals who knows about them. We had dinner one night, and ended up going out and drinking; just the two of us and it was great. Luke showed me one of the weirdest pubs which is so hidden so even most locals wouldn’t find it. It looks like a creepy hospital, with an old ambulance bed in the girls bathroom, and you get your drinks with a syringe! To be honest, I loved the place!

During our stay we also met up with Ryan and Yasmin and we joined some more people out for a Korean meal. The food was great, and the people too. I quite enjoyed that night out. It was our last night in Melbourne and when we came back to the hostel we realized that we wouldn’t be able to sleep until 3 AM! Reason being our room was placed over the entertaining stage of the pub downstairs!

Our first day driving was good. The weather was ok, not too sunny, but the view from the car was great. We stopped ad Apollo Bay for lunch and we slept at Prince town (which isn’t really big enough to be called a town).  The next morning the weather was perfect, no clouds to be seen! I was so excited that we were going to have the best part of the drive in the best weather!  We took off and after only a couple of KM we were at The Twelve Apostles! Doesn’t it look awesome? We stopped several times to see the breathtaking view, and I couldn’t stop taking photos. =)

View from the car during our drive.

12 apostles!

London Bridge

I will write more about the trip later. We are only half way and it’s really too much to write on one blog post. Hope you enjoyed the photos.

Xx <3

My stay in Norway was great. It was amazing seeing my friends and family again, although I didn’t get to see all of my friends, as I simply didn’t have enough time. Nothing better than having a great family, with such and understanding of my choice to move to Australia for the one I fell in love with.

It is important that they all know how hard all of this is for me. It’s incredible hard seeing how emotional some got when they saw me again, with tiers and endless hugs. What’s weird is that moving to Australia has in one way been the toughest choice in my life, at the same time the easiest.

I had a great time in Norway, and I was extremely lucky with the summer weather (28 degrees C). Nothing beats hanging with Ina again, playing games and reading for exams as well as being able to hug mum whenever I feel like, taking care of Dollie, and living with Dad and Synøve. I also had a great time seeing Sissel, Inger Christine, Cathrine and Glenn, June and all the people I have forgotten to write down (sorry =P ).

My family and friends know how hard it is for me to leave them, every time. I think we’ll be sharing tiers every time I leave, as we have done so far. Although leaving them is terrible hard, not leaving would be harder. I am really looking forward to seeing them all next Easter for our wedding, and I am grateful how understanding they are of my choice of getting married in Australia.

Thank you to all of you who made my stay perfect <3 Love you all xx