After a few days of living in the hostel we were told that we
were going to be moving into a smaller room, as our room was having its door
fixed. We were going to be moving into that room with our new long term roommate
Dee, and our on again, off again roommate Martjin. I just thought that I would post about these
two people as I would be living with them for a considerable amount of time,
and they will inevitably become a part of my travels. Soo how do I describe
Martjin and Dee - well I think that I will start with Martjin.
Martjin is the same age as me – I think; around 21 / 22 and
he comes from Holland. He is possibly the most laid back person who I have ever
met – he is happy go lucky and is always smiling. The thing that sticks most in
my mind about Martjin is that he liked bread – a lot!! Every day he would eat a
loaf of bread – dry, and I think that, that was the only thing he ate, he would
carry the bag of bread with him wherever he went. I could never quite figure
out, if it was a way to save money or if he was a carbohydrate fiend, but that pretty
much sums up Martjin, a happy, friendly guy with a bread fetish.
Now where on earth do I start with my other roommate Dee,
she may be reading this now, she is both the best, and the worst person that I have
ever meet, though her bad points are funny so I suppose she is the best. Dee is – ummm – eccentric, she is very posh
and went to private school “Darling”, she would lie in bed until 2pm, arise and
then demand, that someone went and got her food, she has a dry sense of humour
and is extremely blunt – she used to climb into my bed and demand that Adam got
her a McDonalds or she would not leave – ever . On anyone but Dee these
qualities would be a deal breaker, however on Dee it is so funny – she is very
witty and it is all tongue in cheek, it’s just the way that she is. The
majority of the time she was the best roommate that I could have asked for, she
slept late, let me use her stuff, and was above all a good friend (I am so
cringe).
The reason for this post is to give you an idea of the
people who were, at this point in my life, the ones I saw every day, these are
the people who I would go on day trips with, go clubbing with or just sit in
bed watching a movie with – Travel is about the people who you meet along the
way, and at this point of my journey these were the most important to me.
The people along the way? You're meeting people exactly the same as you.
ReplyDeleteI've read your entire blog BTW. I'm not sure why. I just keep coming back. But I'm sick of reading about Sydney hostels. Go somewhere else! (even for the weekend. I'll even pay for your train ticket)
Hey, firstly thank you for reading the blog, and thank you for offering to pay for a train ticket lol but don’t worry I will be writing about a month long trip up the east coast of Australia very, very soon x
DeleteLet me guess: Byron? Gold/Sunshine Coast? Brisbane? Maybe Bundaberg? Airle Beach? Whitsundays? Mission Beach? Cairns?
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear you're getting out though! I'll stay tuned.
Pretty much, yeah. Though there are some funny stories as I do the coast in an alternative manner; and a few days in a small town in the middle of nowhere living with some lovely locals.
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