Saturday, May 17, 2008

Drinking Burns a Hole in Your Pocket...

Hello faithful friends! Another update coming your way from the grotty keyboard of a tiny but cheap Internet Cafè. Emma and I have finished our first full week of school and two of our class mates finished up, so we went out for drinks last night. Our class consisted of a Canadian girl, Mayko (who is actually a TV star in Canada!!) a Sweedish couple around our age and a German lady.

After a late afternoon nap, Johan and Anja (the two Swedes), Emma and I went out for drinks firstly to a place I think was called 'O' and the slogan was 'Don't waste water, drink Champagne!' which I thought was very sensible! I must admit, Johan and Anja, are SUPER stylish, and while I know that my brand of fashion is the latest in Australia, I did feel a little out of the loop when I saw Johan in super tight white jeans and shiny pointy BRIGHT white boots! We ordered some cocktails at 7 Euro each which made the first round come out at $46AUD!!! The bartender made us our two 'Tom Collins' and two Cosmos (for the girls) in a kind of Coyote Ugly / Tom Cruise Cocktail style. He was throwing the drinks around and up and down and almost dropped Emma's Cosmo! It was hilarious!


Johan and I enjoying our 'Tom Collins' & Anja (with Emma in the corner!)

After this we walked to another super trendy place called 'Slowly'. Don't ask me why! We went upstairs and sat down. Our next round of drinks was 36 Euro ($60AUD) for the four of us!!! Unbelievable!! (They did kindly include free crisps and salted peanuts!) The drinks were super good though! We met up with Mayko and her boyfriend Anton, who is actually studying at some international campus that belongs to Monash Uni... who knew this even existed?!



Mayko and Emma & Anja and Anton

By this time the night was winding down... Johan unfortunately was struggling with the amount of drink he'd consumed so he and Anja had to go home! I tried to point out that maybe the tight white pants had something to do with this, however it didn't go down very well! Tomorrow, Johan and Anja are actually moving in with Emma and I into our apartment. Should be fun!

Towards the end of the night, Emma and I were trying to demonstrate the infamous Shower Dance to Mayko and Anton! I think, insulated by aforementioned alcohol, I persisted in demonstrating the Shopping Trolley, The Sprinkler, and even Juliet's little gem, Getting Dressed. At the end, it seemed that Mayko and Anton were trying to back away slowly and Emma is convinced they now think we're freaks! I suppose those little dance classics don't really go down so well in a trendy Florentine nightclub. What do you think?


Group photo: Johan, Anja, Anton, Mayko, Emma & I



Ciao!

5 comments:

Lisa Holt said...

I need to know if you are going out to purchase tight white pants??? Off to bed taking the image with me x

Danny M said...

No plans to purchase tight white pants at this stage.. who knows though!?

Anonymous said...

Hi babe you sound like your having a blast and seeing the Ariel washing powder made me feel slightly home sick.
White jeans and white boots, can't picture you wearing them Danny!!!!!!
Drink sounds really expensive you will have to tap off and get some georgous italian to buy them for you.
I can't believe you missed the chance for Elizabeth (HRH) to put you up for the night.

Well take care and keep up the amusing stories.

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Anonymous said...

whoah! that WAS an expensive night!sheesh

Juliet said...

You fool! Haven´t I taught you that only Juliet can pull of the "getting dressed" move. No wonder they backed off! I´m sorry Danny you just don´t have the same finesse.

Were you miming getting dressed into the clothes you wish you were wearing? (tight white pants perhaps?) Dressing from a suit case when you are going out with fashionable people (and a TV star) is always soul destroying!

We think you always look good if that helps! Mwa mwa - all the way to Italy xox