lexiphanic

And so the great 2.2-year adventure ends.

I've touched down in Australia and have elected to stay with my family on the Gold Coast until I decide what to do next or where to go next. They haven't seen me (nor I, them, naturally) in over two years and they seem quite delighted. I want to be more enthusiastic, but I haven't the energy. I've...
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I'm in Shanghai now and I'm finding it difficult to leave. Not necessarily because the city is great (it's fine) but because I'm staying with people that work for the Australian Consulate. I see what the Aussie tax dollars are paying for and I am in the lap of luxury.

Definitely no complaints here.

Shanghai Art Museum has a really great exhibition on at the...
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So much stuff has happened since I last blogged here.
Easy answer: I'm live-blogging my trip from my mobile phone. Check it out here: Wander.Lexiphanic.Com.

I've been to the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and I'm now in Finland.
But tomorrow I'm headed for Russia.
On the 29th I'm catching a train from Moscow to Beijing. It's all quite scary and initimidating really.


But,...
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Countdown begins.

I head off to Australia soon, one week from today.
What haven't I done as yet?

• Packed my bag


• Sent away my box of personal bits and pieces I don't need


• Actually put anything in said box

That's actually a lot of things even if it doesn't sound like much.

What's not helping is that I bought a Nintendo DS Lite with the...
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