Stuff
around the world
Kristine
and Brian have been together a long time. A very long time.
A really reaaally looooong time. Anyway, over these years
they have accumulated a lot of stuff - households of the stuff.
Since the point of the wedding gift is to give stuff to the
stuffless couple, we are a bit unique, given our stuff-full
circumstances, since, as we said, we've got stuff. So there
you have it.
The
other issue, of course, is what Australians refer to as the
Quandry of Geography (or as they say here "Quanno Geo").
The core of this principle is this: Australia is a looong
way from just about everywhere. Now this is REALLY useful
for things like not haveing to help paint your ancestral manor
(parents' place). It is, however, a huge pain for shipping
things TO here or FROM here. All in all, it points towards
having LESS stuff, not MORE!
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Where's
their stuff?
(note the vast distances between locations)
A:
Melbourne. Current residence, an entire household full
of things.
B: Portland. Brian's parents are storing enough
to furnish a small flat.
C: Washington, DC. Kristine's parents' basement
is packed with furniture.
D: Philadelphia. Brian's skis, and other things
he forgot to take care of.
E: Woomera. If Brian's residence application
doesn't come through, Brian & Kristine will be sent
to this immigrant detention centre. Not sure if we get
to take our stuff, but pretty sure it won't be of much
use there. Well, maybe the thread will be...
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The
Honeymoon
For anyone interested in giving us a wedding gift, we'd like
to suggest sponsoring a portion of the Honeymoon (or as Australians
call it, using their clever rhyming slang, the "Bunny
Goon"). The Bunny Goon will have an East meets
West theme, and will come in two parts.
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Part
I - New Zealand
New
Zealand is to Australia as Canada is to the US - unless
you are from NZ, you sort of assume that it's the same
as its better known, handsomer cousin. The coolest thing
about New Zealand is their defence policy - they recently
eliminated their Air Force, and are thinking about turning
their Navy into a whaling fleet. The idea is that anyone
that is going to attack NZ will have to attack Australia
first - let the Aussies do the fighting!
Anyway,
we'll start the trip in New Zealand, on the South Island.
Itinerary:
March
26: Melbourne to Christchurch
March 26 - April 4: Various outdoors, hike-y, nature-y
things
April 4: Christchurch to Melbourne
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"The
Boot of the
Southern Hemisphere"
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Note
the clever naming convention in use: the island on top
is called "North Island" -- Maori for "on
top." The other is called the "South Island"
-- Maori for "Why are you asking what we call it?
You're just going to call it South"
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"The
Sock of Asia"
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Part
II - Vietnam
In
spite of arriving late and leaving early (a decidedly
un-Australian thing to do if there is drinking
involved), Australians had a big involvement in
the Vietnam war. Kristine and Brian will attempt
to discover the ANZAC spirit while traveling through
the land of the yak. Plus, we are hoping to get
some good Thai food there.
Itinerary
April
4: Melbourne to Hanoi
April 4 - 8: Hang out in Hanoi, visit Jane Fonda's
house, etc
April 8- 10: Halong Bay
April 10 - 12: Mekong River Delta, boat tour,
napalm factory visit
April 12 - 17: Ho Chi Minh (also known as Ho-Town)
area, visit the music clubs, dance, etc.
April 17 - 19: Nha Trang, relax a few days
April 20: HoTown to MelTown
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Contribute
Through Our Travel Agent
One of two ways to contribute to the honeymoon is by giving
money directly to our travel agent. Ester will take your donation
and even create a gift certificate for you!
Here's
the catch: She will only take cheques in Australian currency:
no credit card payments at all. This therefore is probably
only a good choice for local Aussies. If your money does NOT
look like the pictures below, skip to the next section.
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Contact
Details:
Ester
Weiss
GlobeTravel
247 Carlisle Street
Balaclava VIC Australia
Tel: +61 3 9527 3633
Email: globetravelau@hotmail.com
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Please
Note:
For those of you who haven't seen it yet, note
the Australian currency to the right. You can
tell the denomination by the colour and size!
It is awesome. The best part of Australian money
is the people on it:
$10
: Richard Gere - you can see him just peaking
over...
$20: Ben Franklin - seen just peaking over...
$5 : Evita Peron
$20 : (other sideof the bill) Woodrow Wilson
$10 : (other side of the bill) Harry S Truman
Also
fun: there's a typo on the $50 bill!
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Contribute
Direct to Brian & Kristine
Another way to contribute is directly to Kristine and Brian.
Feel free to mail us a
check. You can trust us. No really.
There
USED to be a sexy ecommerce gateway that showed off what a
dotcom GURU Brian is...but it was pissing us off so we canned
it. Sorry!
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Other
shopping options
If you don't like either of the above options, Russell
Coight, our bridal registry concierge, is happy to recommend
a few local ideas. Note that we haven't actually registered
at them, but they are good sites nonetheless.
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Dan
Murphy's (many locations)
6 J's Wine Merchants - Prahran Market
www.wineplanet.com
If
you asked him, Russell would say, "Fair dinkum,
go for Shiraz, Cab Sav, Merlot or Chardys if yer buying
for Brian & Kristine! Ya ripper!"
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"G'day! How can I help you?"
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The
Great Silly Gift Swap
Just for
fun, Kristine and Brian will be integrating the Norwegian
wedding tradition of "Lerfahurtenfooten,"(note:
Brian is half Norwegian). At Norwegian weddings, each guest
brings a small wrapped gift of little value, but of interest,
humour or charm. This gift is not for the bride and groom,
but to be exchanged with other guests.
If you
are attending our wedding, please consider participating in
"Lerfs" -- bring a small gift, the kind of
thing you would find at your local $2 store. Place it on the
Lerfs table at the reception. As you depart, you will
receive a random Lerf back - and open it in front of everyone,
to the amusement of all!
In spite
of the tone of much of this site -- we really plan to do this!!
Have fun, hit the two dollar shoppe, and, as they say in Stockholm:
"Just Lerf It!"
Potential
Lerfahurtenfooten gifts include the below:
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