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Lofoten

2006-07-25T18:05:17Z

In the Lofoten Islands at the moment. Very beautiful but bad weather... no sun. No midnight sun. Had trouble getting here as the ferry was busted so had to get a bus for 6 hours. Met some friendly Swedes on the bus who were nice. Didn´t have time to stay in A, so spending 3 nights in Kabelvag close to Svolvaer. The weather gets better Thursday when I leave :/

Liking being alone here... it´s a nice feeling with just he scenery. I seem to be the only non Norwegian tourist here. Pretty deserted.

I have one more day...probably go to Henningsvaer. Then back to Narvik and a flight to Oslo the next day. Stockholm next and then into Germany for Wacken! just over a week to go now!

Hope you´re all well!

:)

xox d

Bergen

2006-07-21T11:45:01Z

In Bergen at the moment. Beautiful quaint little town on the water. Was supposed to go to Geirangerfjorden tomorrow but just found out from the tourist office that its near impossible to get there by bus in a day. So those plans have been shattered. I'll have to throw away the plane ticket I had from Trondheim to Oslo now too. Instead I'll train it back to Oslo and get the 2nd half of my flight from there to Harstad/Narvik to explore the Lofoten islands for 5 days.

Been drinking and not sleeping way too much. Got 10 hours sleep last night which is my best effort in weeks. 4 hours is the maximum Ive been getting for the past couple of weeks. My body needs detox.

Left my Luxembourg friends yesterday. Sad. But things move on. Before I know it I'll be in Germany. Only another 10 more days.

Things are SO expensive here. It's such a gorgeous country though. Reminds me alot of Switzerland.

Not much else to speak of. Loved Stockholm. Ill be back there for another day of two before I head to Germany which will be rad. Such a great city with awesome buildings and water everywhere.

The boat from Helsinki to Stockholm was awful. 16 hours and totally not a party boat like they say. Well unless you bring a group of friends along I guess.... luckily I met some cool Finnish dudes who gave me a bed in their cabin for about 4/5 hours.

Tallinn was the BEST! Ended up staying there for over a week. Met some really awesome people there and had a blast.

This summer has been the best! And it's not even over yet! :D

Love to all...

xx d

Savonlinna

2006-07-06T10:12:38Z

In Finland now. On a day trip from Kuopio to Savonlinna. Up in the Lakes District. Very beautiful! Everyone here looks like Ari's brother..hahaha.

Enjoying things at the moment. Liking the solitude and peacefulness of the lakes and forests here. Got a huge day tomorrow. Getting a train at 6am to Turku from Kuopio, then seeing Turku and Naatali in one day! THEN I have to get a train to Helsinki at around 6pm. That gets in at 8pm for a ferry back to Estonia at 9pm. Ill get back to Tallinn around midnight. Then I'll probably either see a bit more of Estonia for a week, or go to Latvia. Possibly Lithuania, but I dont think Ill have the time.

Missing certain things about home. So many places remind me of it.

Hope everyone is doing well. Love you loads!

xox xx danni

Berlin

2006-06-29T08:56:55Z

Depression is kicking in.

I had to leave Munich yesterday. I love that city sooooooooo much. Every time Ive been there Ive had the time of my life. People are so friendly (must be the beer). The World Cup is almost over, but my time in Germany will end even sooner (I leave for Estonia tomorrow). I can't believe it's all coming to an end. It's been the biggest and greatest experience of my life. I will be trying my hardest to get to South Africa in 4 years time.

All you people who decided not to come to Germany for it have missed out on the greatest experience ever. Sorry to say it, but it's just been phenomenal.

It's so hard to get back into traveling mode. Almost impossible. I just want to live in Germany and never want to leave.

Im soooo sad right now :(

Anyway, must push on.

Love danni xox

Fußball

2006-06-27T11:43:15Z

So that game was kinda shite. Alot of tension here after it. Words thrown around. Almost some fights. Mainly due to the fact that there were so many people in Italian jerseys who werent actually Italian rubbing in the loss and being arseholes (funnily enough alot of Americnas... didnt know they hated us so much). Kinda like the Netherlands vs Portugal game with the Germans.

I met some Dutch boys who gave me a flag to wear and took care of me. They also found me some clogs to try on. They were great, but in tears after the game. Tickets were going for 1000 euro, but Im glad I didnt sell mine. It was a great match apart from the fact that people were diving left right and centre. 14 yellow cards and 4 red I think? Ridiculous.

Munich is about 60 degrees today. Im dripping in sweat. Couldnt sleep past 10 and got in at 4 to 5am. Worst hangover ever.

Berlin tomorrow. Should be good with the quarters there.

xox

Munich

2006-06-23T07:32:25Z

So best game ever.

I cant even begin to describe how great the feeling was and how intense the atmosphere was in the stadium. Im so grateful I got to see that game. Just insane.

I havent slept. Have to wait until 2pm to get into the hostel here. Thinking of trying to get tickets for the next game against Italy. Although theyre available tomorrow and Id have to get back to Stuttgart. Only 1,500 of them too...So crap. Hiring a car could be a good option.... Im just so greedy now I want to see moreeeeee.

Its such a downer today after a great night. Although I must say the Aussies didnt really party on! Everyone seemed to go home. Boring. So not an Aussie thing to do! It was probably more of a party back in Aus.

So stoked right now. :)
Missing home more though. I just wanna go and sleeeeep in my bed.

Vienna

2006-06-20T10:37:38Z

So things arent going too well.

Rose Tattoo are on the same time as Finntroll at Wacken.

I accidently cancelled my account with Die Bahn and now I cant get a refund on my ticket.

A lady was a rude bitch to me for no reason and I almost cried.

Friends are pretty crap. Well a couple... and it makes me wonder why I bother sometimes.

In a pretty bad mood. Bus for 11 hours tomorrow to Stuttgart.

Hopefully things will pick up there.

Ps. Thankyou Nikki and Bianca for all your help with things and info. You´re the bestest :)

Hungary

2006-06-16T18:55:52Z

In Budapest at the moment.
Going to lake Balaton tomorrow. A beautiful lake in Hungary about 3 hours away.
Im so relieved to get out of France. Man I hate French. The most annoying language. The sound of it makes my skin crawl. Just such an awful sound. I must be the only one that thinks that way huh? Oh and they all seem to be afraid of flying. They broke out into song at one point. Laden with gasps. The lady sitting behind me should have been retarded. It was like she was punching my seat the whole way and shouting at her husband so loud I could hear it over my ipod. All that said I enjoyed Paris alot more this time!! haha...

Ive realised its very easy to get annoyed with selfish people while travelling. I have no tolerance. Ladies pushing in in queues at the airport, and the supermarket... and acting as if its totally normal. Man I hope they get bad karma. I cant stand rude obnoxious dicks.

:/

Anyway. Had a bit of trouble booking places cause of World Cup. Managed to get it under control kinda. Except for Stuttgart...and even Vienna was booked! Im staying in some hick place half an hour out of the city.

Ill fill you all in on the World Cup Adventures after theyre finished.

:)

xox love!!

Marbella

2006-06-02T18:02:43Z

Posted this a few days ago on My Space but lj didnt work so its a little old. In Marbella on the Costa del Sol (Spain) at the moment. A wonderful place. Soooo beautiful. Beaches and mountains in the background. One of the nicest places Ive been. Very relaxing. I suggest you all come here at some stage in your lifetime.

Post from Marrakech:
So crazy story....

Safe in Marrakech now. Dont know if you kids watch the world news back there, but theres been flooding over here.

Made our journey to the Sahara..having alot of probs on the way with roads flooded...etc.

Rode the camels in the desert in the pouring rain and spent the nigh at a desert camp... pretty cold but an experience!

The hotel where we stayed got washed away and 6 people died the night after we left in a 5 star hotel nearby. Pretty crazy. Scraped through that one finely. A whole town called Merzouga got completely wiped out.

Couple more days here then back to Spain.

Bedtime!

Email me people who care.

xox danni

Sevilla

2006-05-18T15:56:51Z

So in Seville (pronouned seviya).

Left Barcelona this morning. AND OH MY GOD LAST NIGHT WAS INSANE!!! Barcelona won the cup in case you people didnt know. Defeated Arsenal. Ive never seen so many people go mental! The whole city funnelled onto La Rambla for one massive celebration. I got some awesome footage.

There were dudes with flares and little bombs and bungas and stuff. Ill never experience anything like that again.... even the World Cup wont come close unless Germany wins it..haha.

Off to Morocco in just over a day... hopefully that will be mental... in a good kinda way.

Hope all is well back home! Its really hot here... damn im glad im missing winter back there.

Love to the masses!

xox xx d

Munich World Cup Stadium

2006-02-08T23:58:50Z

Amazing. Photos of the new stadium.

I'd kill for tickets to a game here....

Nuremburg stadium will have to do for now... :D

Mannnn I'm excited!!!

My mum and I are booked in for a tour around Morocco. We will hire a car to do the south of Spain.

I'm about to book my Eurail pass for scandinavia :)
And order tickets for Wacken and Part San \m/

Life is awesome.

FINALLY! photos... from Denmark and Wacken...

2005-12-22T07:41:41Z

Me 'n Amy trying on some shades in Malmo:::Sweden

Looking over to Sweden from Denmark...

Going from Sweden back to Denmark on the massive bridge...

l'elephantes! at the Carlsberg brewery

The token shot of Copenhagen... but geez it's beautiful!

Yeah... some type of royal thing with jewells... didn't go in 'cause me and Amy were too cheap and lazy...

A crazy house at Wacken... these German boys brought the whole lot... including their own picket fence!!!

Bloodbath of course! Suck shit. They were amazing.

And a second one...

Dissection....derrrrrrrrrr! Fucking ace!

Finntroll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fucking amazing....AMAZING!

The hay that didn't do much good... apart from helping the bums who slept in it to keep warm. They actually poked these stacks of hay every night to get rid of passed out drunks... and you'd be amazed at how many they found buried metres beneath.... :/

Caught a bit of them... (Marduk). They played the same time as Finntroll! Crappedy!

Yeah the mud... you had to be there to really feel what it was like... my shoes tell a bit of the story. Being calf deep in mud sucked when you were trying to run for bands.. took fucking agesssss sliding around in this shit. Not to mention it rained about 90% of the time. >:|

My shoes...

The best band ever... Obituary

Me backstage at Furyfest in France with the boys. Man I love this photo.

For Carmen. Going up the ramp of the old observatory? Nice view of Copenhagen from the top...

SUFFOCATION! DEFINATELY BEST BAND I HAVE EVER SEEN LIVE. So fucking tight. So fucking good!!!!!!!!!!!

Suffo!!!!!!!!!

Zyklon dude. Pretty rad. Although no one was watching 'cause they played at like 10 the morning on the last day... plus it was raining.

World Cup 2006 in Germany

2005-12-09T22:08:05Z

Australia Vs. Japan - 12th June - Kaiserslautern
Australia Vs. Brazil - 18th June - Munchen
Australia Vs. Croatia - 22nd June - Stuttgart

Now all I have to do is get one of the TST tickets. Apparently for every 10 people who want one only one gets it they're in such high demand... :/

Bring on Germany!!! :D

Narita again

2005-08-23T10:36:10Z

Seems like yesterday that I was waiting in this airport on my way to Milan.

Boarding in half an hour... probably should get to the gate...

Im quite sad to come home. Though it will be good to see everyone :)

I had a blast... cant wait to get back to London. Love that place. So many good times...

Anyway.. Ive had no sleep. I really cannot sleep on planes.. no matter HOW tired I am.
didnt get a wink the night before I left.. not to mention the weekend!

I cant believe Im going off pretty much one nights sleep since Thursday. Crazy. Mum will be proud.. hahaha

See you all soon!

xox Danni

1 More sleep!

2005-08-21T10:38:17Z

Hooooome tomorrow.
Crazy. I'm just starting to really like it here too...
Gayyyy!

Anyway, be good to see you alll!
Love to the masses\\

Danni xox

Home again home again jiggedy jig

2005-08-15T11:10:42Z

So Im heading home Wednesday week.
No one replied to my sms except Tim! You all suck! That or you didnt get it. Ben apparently didnt.

So Ill see you all soon my lovelies.

:)

Danni xox

Its Binaaaa!!!!

2005-08-11T15:21:20Z

http://www.christinastuermer.de

Well actually its a German singer... Christina Sturmer. But look at the likeness.

COULDNT UPLOAD IT SO CLICK ON THE LINK. Sorry caps

Freeeeezing

2005-08-09T20:40:07Z

Soooo it was colder in Germany in SUMMER than Australia in WINTER today!
So stupid. 13 degrees...
I think I might be getting sick. Bit of a sore throat. My shoes smell like mold too.. from being wet so much.
Rained all day. This summer has been so crappy in Europe this year.

London.. well Oxford tomorrow. Its warm there apparently. High of 25 degrees. At least it'll be warmer there.

About to watch Sin City on the DVD we burnt off the net... well Nick's flatmate.
:D They also have Charlie and the Chocolate Factory... might watch that tomorrow. :)

Jon is in debt.. so not much sightseeing with a tour guide.

Anyways... more later after I settle in England.
Pray I dont get bombed by crazy terrorists.

Ps. Tim dont think you got my msg reply from Wacken about when I come home. Something weird about the numbers there..
Answer is: not sure. :)

WACKENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNn!!

2005-08-08T10:24:15Z

So... the entry everyoneś been waiting for... my adventures at Wacken.

Worst weather EVERRR!!!
Sliding around in the mud and watching bands in the rain in freezing temperatures. Must have been max of 5 degrees one night there...

Didnt shower the whole time... had to go to the toilet in poo ridden port-a-looś. Like seriously had shit all over the walls and next to the seat. They piled up so high it came above the toilet seat.
Lucky there were some nicer flushing toilets in the band area.

Suffocation were the most amazing live band ever. Theyre way up there on my list. SO tight. SO amazing... really took my breath away. Best sound at this festival too. Very well organised.

Bloodbath were SICK! with Mikael singing which was a nice suprise. (no one knew whod take the spot until they walked on stage).
First show ever and Mikael mentioned it would be his last show ever with Bloodbath.. so suck poo everyone! hahaha...

Obituary were awesome as I already knew from seeing them at Furyfest.

Dissection were really really awesome too.

Naglfar were real good! Loved watching them...

FINNTROLL!!! sick as!!! Sooooooooooo packed and they were on the small stage. Got covered in mud during their set. They were really enjoyable. Left a little early to catch some Marduk who were on at the same time. They kicked arse too.

Overkill were a good show. Same goes for Samael. They finished their set at 3am. Pretty late.
Hatesphere were cool but the singer was a wank for paying out Nightwish and saying they suck (because they were on at the same time). Nightwish were cool, but got a little boring after a while.

Im trying to remember more, GOREFEST! really suprising how impressive they were!

Ill try and think of more in the meantime. All the bands were above standards.. all really tight and not one was disappointing.

You all missed an awesome festival. Definately going back next year. Hope the weather is better for it.

In Hamburg now.. leaving for London on Wednesday night.

Miss you all. Love you all!

:) xox Danni

Getting terribly excited!!!

2005-07-27T20:59:58Z

Wacken in 8 days...

Copenhagen tomorrow... getting a train around 1:30.

Its been awesome staying with Nick. He has this one guy thats into the whole viking rolepaly things... theres one happening in 2 weeks in Germany hes going to. It looks like mad fun. So im checking out some viking stores tomorrow to see if I can find something for Benny.

Getting a bit stressed out.. sore muscles all the time and a bit of a migrain. Its not as bad as it was.
Done WAYYYYYYYYY too much shopping...

Gotta figure out accomodation in London. Got an email from phantom Jon and hes offered for me to stay there. He gets into London just before me. We´ll see about that one I guess... probably fall through.

Had to buy another bag to hold all the crap ive bought.. hahaaaa!
Its insane. Really.

Soooo miss you all as per usual. Looking forward to alot of things.

Love all round!

Danni xox :)

More Shoes...

2005-07-23T15:53:35Z

Bought two more high heels today... both red. The 2nd ones I loveeeeeeeeee.

Youll all think im a lady now! crazy!

Plus I bought a polka dot skirt and halter top... niiiice.
Some of the stuff Ive bought is really not me, but I love it. Time for a bit of a change.
Bought a nice plain silver ring from an artist squat which I love too.

Berlin is awesome. So many great places here. Amazing 2nd hand\vintage shops here... like crazy! But expensive...

Going out tonight with a gal from Sydney. We found out we have mutual type friends. Small world.
Some doof doof type club in Berlin.. always open to new things... ;)

Tomorrow I head to Hamburg to meet up with Nick, which will be cool.

Love y'all!

xox

Cheap Net

2005-07-22T12:07:30Z

Well 1 Euro 50 for an hour is ok...

I went on a walking tour for 8 hours yesterday in the puring rain. Got sooooooo drenched...
THEN I went to check out a local death metal band called Ars Mortis. So I trekked another hour in the rain and got drenched again. All my 2 pairs of shoes and pants are soaked. Had to do some washing.

The band was ok, but there was NO ONE there! It made me appreciate the Sydney scene. The one in Berlin sucks!

I guess thats why there are more fans loving the music, but less bands. The fans must be those ones that only really support the big bands, or international ones. That kinda sucks...

Staying with my brothers friend in Hamburg which is a big help, then meeting up with Melbourne Amy to do Denmark together. She has a friend there we´re staying with. Sounds awesome. THANKS TIM!!! :)

I really wanna just live in one of these cool German cities. Pity I cant speak the language. Might be a bit hard.

Anyway.. speak to you all soon. eNJOY STUFF!

D xox

Well well

2005-07-20T19:08:55Z

In Berlin now. Going on an alllllll day walking tour tomorrow for 8 hours. Intense. Hopefully I get alot of information on this place. Go to see Hitler´s bunker or whats left of it.

This hostel has had such a big wrap, but Im really not getting into it. Its too big or something.

Im getting a bit bored or uneasy at this point. Its been such a long time seeing sites that they all blend in now and I just want to sleep and shop.

Itll be nice to stop somewhere for a while. Theres just so many tourists it seems like an organised tour of every city.

I reaaaaally want to go to Thailand sometime soon. So people start saving and we can all go as a big party/family. All you need is about 2 grand. Including the flight. Things are sooo cheap there. Like 4 bucks for a hotel room for the night and like 2 cents for drinks/food.

Anyway. Looking forward to London and checking it all out.

Not much else to report on really... Getting a bit lonely and tired.

See you all soonish!

Danni xox

Prague

2005-07-19T12:59:47Z

Back in Prague, Cesky Krumlov was awesome!

Berlin tomorrow.

I have black hair. Tried to dye it brown, but it went really dark, but it looks great!
Love it. Still got the extensions.. so the pink looks good. And a bit of a tan.. wow.
hhaha

Love you alll!

xox Danni

pee pee

2005-07-13T15:55:15Z

Ps. Someone upload my photos and all that. I cant be bothered wasting the time to find out how.

Pps. Ive decided to do proper updates on my travels when I get home.. including the photos. Its too hard to do it in net cafes where the price is 14 Aus dollars for 1 hour. I miss our money. Its so much better and things are soooooooooo much cheaper.