My new favourite sport is snowboarding!!! It's unfortunate however, that I've only discovered this right at the end of winter :(

For the last couple of weekends I've gone with some friends from work (Jurgen and Jereon - Limburgers rock!) to some indoor ski slopes. I had a fantastic time and I'm keen to keep going! Fortunately the guys were good teachers and there wasn't too much carnage to begin with... only when I started to get a bit too confident did I really hurt myself (wrist and 'tailbone' for those who are interested!)

Last weekend I caught up with an old friend from Tassie, Andrew, who now lives with his wife Cali in Amsterdam. I had a great time catching up - sharing way too much information, watching Wales lose the rugby (that actually was't that fun!) going to their church and eating apple cake and cream (it was "Lekker" = delicious)

Tomorrow I'm off to Ireland to see the sights of Galway and catch up with Bridge. I'm not expecting great weather, but I am looking forward to a fun weekend and 'real Irish guiness' I've heard a lot about it!

And then in 1 week I'll back in Australia! Can't wait to see my mum (Mevrouw van Driel as people from work call her!) Dave, Lisa, Emma, Evan, and my new niece Chloe (!!!), my sister Julia and her pregnant tummy! Will, Tania and Caleb! And for some reason tonight, I started to look forward to eating off the random African/Dutch crockery which my mum owns.

From http://www.xkcd.com/

And this is my life at the moment... I'm eating terribly! In my previous flats, I've always lived with at least one really good cook (And i'm not talking about you - Kelvin!). But now I'm living by myself... I'm getting lazy :( My mum has tried to help my by sending me the Jamie Oliver's "Ministry of Food". And I've cooked a few of these recipes... but not enough!

So I am going to make a vow! I will not eat any sweets, crisps, fizzy drink or chocolate for the next month.

On other matters - my camera broke :( So I'm going to have to buy one in the next couple of weeks - but what should I get??? I'm thinking one from the Canon IS series... anyone know anything about buying digital cameras?

Ok, better go cook some couscous and moroccan lamb!