Adventures Of A Friday Night
On Friday night I got the opportunity to go to a Youth Workers Network thingy...I was setting up a prayer Labyrinth for them...and leading them through it. It was really good. It went really well. The adventures were in the getting to and from the location.
I travelled with my friend Danielle...which in theory was a great idea. The only thing I didn't think about was the fact that she too is Canadian and neither of us really had any idea where we were going. That was okay. We were only about 45 minutes late arriving after getting lost a few times...trying to no avail to call Cate for directions (her phone was in another room)! We kept asking people at stoplights how to get to Footscray and they would point in the direction and we would drive that way...until finally we asked someone how to get there and they said "you are in it" and when we asked how to find the street we were looking for, he said "this is it!" So at last we were there!
The actual funniest part though took place on the way home. We made it as far as a roundabout that we recognized...but from there did not know where to go. We ended up trying all 4 directions but nothing looked right. So finally about 5 minutes down the road of the 4th one we asked someone at a stoplight for directions...and got the funniest response EVER. Now...you must also know that we were both laughing so hard it was hard to even ask...but Danielle manages to ask "Do you know how we get to the eastern suburbs from here?" To which this really aussie reply of
"Oh $%&* mate...you're not even close! You're going the exact opposite way!" He then goes on to say "Let me show you a map..." but trails off at the end when I hold up the map that we already have in the car. Anyways...the guys in the car were really nice and ended up pointing everything out to us on the map and then basically driving us pretty much right to the highway. It was so funny.
Which brings me to my next point. Australians are very very polite drivers. They always seem to let you over if you get stuck, they wave when they get in front of you, they don't really speed past or drive right up close behind you. They are just plain considerate. It sort of freaks me out!
I travelled with my friend Danielle...which in theory was a great idea. The only thing I didn't think about was the fact that she too is Canadian and neither of us really had any idea where we were going. That was okay. We were only about 45 minutes late arriving after getting lost a few times...trying to no avail to call Cate for directions (her phone was in another room)! We kept asking people at stoplights how to get to Footscray and they would point in the direction and we would drive that way...until finally we asked someone how to get there and they said "you are in it" and when we asked how to find the street we were looking for, he said "this is it!" So at last we were there!
The actual funniest part though took place on the way home. We made it as far as a roundabout that we recognized...but from there did not know where to go. We ended up trying all 4 directions but nothing looked right. So finally about 5 minutes down the road of the 4th one we asked someone at a stoplight for directions...and got the funniest response EVER. Now...you must also know that we were both laughing so hard it was hard to even ask...but Danielle manages to ask "Do you know how we get to the eastern suburbs from here?" To which this really aussie reply of
"Oh $%&* mate...you're not even close! You're going the exact opposite way!" He then goes on to say "Let me show you a map..." but trails off at the end when I hold up the map that we already have in the car. Anyways...the guys in the car were really nice and ended up pointing everything out to us on the map and then basically driving us pretty much right to the highway. It was so funny.
Which brings me to my next point. Australians are very very polite drivers. They always seem to let you over if you get stuck, they wave when they get in front of you, they don't really speed past or drive right up close behind you. They are just plain considerate. It sort of freaks me out!
4 Comments:
At 8:40 PM,
Heather said…
Funny, that is definitely NOT to be said of Kiwis...they are crazy! I mean, in Canada there is a certain rhythm to driving and once you've figure it out, no problem. You just drive defensively! But here, man, people are insane. There is no rhyme or reason, and people don't really drive defensively...kind of reminds me of Vancouver, actually!
27 days 'till I'm where you are!
H
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At 4:05 AM,
Anonymous said…
I SO TOLD YOU!!!!!!!! I spent the WHOLE of last year saying Canadians were INSANE drivers!!!!! INSANE!!!! Didn't I say it??? And everyone is like, yeah whatever?? Now I normally try not to say this, but I SO TOTALLY TOLD YOU SO!
I am feeling incredibly justified at the moment :) Feel free to poke or punch me at your leisure :) I am probably grinning too much to care :)
It is rather sad that I'm so excited about it though.... Shows you what my life is like at the moment... :)
Stephanie
At 9:26 AM,
fee said…
i'm with steph. as i keep trying to tell you guys, torontonian drivers are psycho.
p.s. i love that the expletives that were used in a friendly way. very aussie. very funny.
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