2 years - 23 Sept 2010 - 23 Sept 2012

2 years in Australia :)

2 years ago, on 21st of September 2010 we embarked on a journey to a new life down under - in Australia. We said goodbye to our family and friends. Some of them we'll never get a chance to meet again.
After few stops - Istanbul, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur, on 23rd of September we landed in Melbourne to discover a new world.

How quickly the time flies - seams like yesterday when we were trying to understand where we can buy our first tram ticket and a map, first time running from one real estate agency to the next in order to see some houses for rent to move out of the service apartment, got our first car, found out that in Australia is not as hot as we were expecting to be (at least not in Melbourne) .. ah.. and almost forgot - discovering at drive thru that KFC doesn't have the same garlic souce as in Europe.

I think the most important thing that happened to us here is the birth of our second child.

Changed houses, change car, made a lot of new friends and enjoyed the water and the beaches most of them wild and not crowded - or...almost always empty. Visited Sydney and The Opera, discovered new passions, left some of them already behind. Enjoyed being among the first to say Happy New Year.
The distances here make us laugh when we think that in order to get to the next big city here in AUS is almost like from Milan to Bucharest (by air).

Migrating to a new country gives you good moments, the discovery of a world of new things - I think you become richer with every new people you meet, with every new culture you discover, but also difficult times being away from the rest of the family and old friends.

I'd like to close this with an Irish say:
"May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back.  May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields.  And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand."