just wanted to say hello to everyone I've just had two years in the UK and am now back home in Australia.

share stories of resettling back home after a long time or a long distance away?

Glad your return was a safe one

Nice to have met you in Vegas. And seeing Prince perform was fantastic.

luv4u said:

hey hon it was an honour to spend time with you!!! and seeing Prince, well... that was the icing on the cake!

hope you're well

WELCOME BACK!
i be the weepingwall!..named after the bowie song...uh..im not a newbie either!

Hey Natisse!!

I'm glad you got home safe.. It's a very weird feeling that your so far away from here now!
We will meet again
Lots of love from Abby, Tim and me

HowComeYouDontCallme said:

I miss you!!!!! I know I've not been in contact much hon but once I'm all settled I promise I will be in regular contact... I want to talk to you asap so much to tell you!

please give Tim and Abby a biiiiig big hug from me and take one for you too

Hope you settle back in no problems, and glad you had a safe trip. Wow, you've done and seen quite a bit this last couple of years huh?

I would talk about resettling but I've not yet really gone back. Maybe in another six years.

fhqwhgads said:

Nick is that you?

thanks hon

Natisse said:

It's okay Tisse.. I've been very busy myself with work and driving my bike

Big hugs back from all of us!

Natisse said:

Yes. Out of interest, how did you know?

How's OZ? Anything changed? Any major cultural adjustments?

HowComeYouDontCallme said:

awww have fun with your bike hon all my love to you all

fhqwhgads said:

cool... just a guess really I wasn't sure

it's been very strange to be back. I spent almost two weeks in QLD seeing my Dad and StepMum then my StepDad and his wife. I'm now back in NSW where 'home' has been since 11, really, so it's a little less weird now.

a LOT has changed! I can't believe how much everything has gone up in price and changed in other ways, just in two years!! still finding out lots of things every day that aren't the way I remember them and I drove yesterday, my best friend's car, for the first time in about 3 years.

Natisse said:

Interesting. I found some things a little weird when I went back to the UK at xmas, but similarly I felt really very comfortable at my parents' house, which is where I spent basically all of my life pre-Thailand.

Oh, driving! I passed my test first time when I was 18, left home to study and didn't have a car. Drove occasionally upon coming back to see my parents, and then I was off to Thailand. I think I've driven once since then, the first or second time I went back to the UK, but never since I've been living more permanently out here. Must be at least 4 years since I've driven a car, and probably only a couple of times in 6 years, and I doubt I've driven more than thirty times in my whole life, so I'm not sure if I even remember how to drive!

fhqwhgads said:

Natisse said:

Wow, that was a really long-winded way of saying I haven't driven for a long time.

So, what are you enjoying most about being back? And on the flip side, what do you miss most about the UK?

fhqwhgads said:

about being back? friends and family, and also being home again and being able to settle down and have a place of my own... miss most about the UK? my friends. It's taken me until this week to come to terms with being so far away from them

I also miss the UK itself, and Europe. really miss it. it's home, in a way that nowhere else will most likely be. you're a lucky guy to have a british passport Nick that's all i'll say

Natisse said:

Somehow I knew your answer would be along those lines.

Perhaps I'm lucky, but won't truly be until Mon can have permanent residency status (which I doubt I'll ever have here). For now I'm in limbo, officially living in England but physically living in Thailand. I'm happy though.

I have no experience to share but just wanted to say hello

Hey missus! Hope you're settling in ok

We miss you already Tisse