Meet Some Of My Roommates (Past & Present)

Allow me to introduce you all to some of my past and present rommies. Aren't you excited? Now you get to put some faces to the names I have been throwing around in my stories and posts.

First we have, from left to right, Stefan (Ireland), Guido (Rome, Italy), Luca (Rome, Italy) and Max (Italy). Stephan left the house a few weeks ago to head back to Europe, which I was both happy and sad about. Happy because I took his bed in the third floor "domain" as Steph use to call it, but sad because I really liked this Irishman and was sorry to see him leave after only just getting to know him. Guido and Luca are both still in the house, and really great guys. They both work at restaurants; Guido as a waiter and Luca as a chef. They love riding their bikes and listening to techno music. (I feel like I'm writing their bio for a dating service like Match.com, haha). Max isn't actually a roommate. He's a friend of the Italian boys, but he's around the house enough that he might as well be a roommate.

Stefan, Guido, Luca and Max

Next we have Norman and myself. Norm is also an Irishman and my current roommate. I get to wake up to his smiling (or sleeping) face each morning. Lucky me! But in all sincerity I really am lucky to have him as my roommate. He is such a charismatic, caring, funny and respectful guy. Not to mention, he works during the day and I work during the evenings, so its practically as if I am living on my own. Not a bad deal. Not a bad deal at all. An ideal win-win situation.

Norman & I

Here we have Ben (France) and Nancy (Los Angeles, USA). Nancy just left yesterday to return to the good 'ol US of A, leaving me the only American left in the house. Ben is such a nice guy. He is attending school here in Sydney, and just finished a master's program in some sort of transportation management field. Basically, he wants to improve the transportation system in Sydney to be more like the ones in Europe. I wish him well on this endeavor!

Ben & Nancy

In addition to the departure of Steph and Nancy, four other persons have moved out of the house since I moved in: Etienne (Madrid, Spain), Ginny (Korea), Thomas (UK) and Julie (UK).  This means, of course, that a bunch of new international faces have moved into the house. The rookies are: (1) Dan (UK) and his girlfriend (2) whose name I shamefully cannot remember. They are a lovely couple. Dan is a manager as a bar down the road which I'm hoping will benefit my wallet. (3) Nico (Italy). Sadly, I don't know much about Nico except that he is Italian and likes to swim. We've only crossed paths when I was rushing out the door to work. I will make an effort to find out more about his dealio and report back. (4) Joe (UK). A nice, chill, laid-back guy who works some computer/tech gig. (5) Erica (Madrid, Spain). Erica is the newest member of the household. She is in Australia to attend school to improve her English. She has a full-time, "real" job back in Spain and they gave her 6 months off to come here. (6) Alberto (Rome, Italy). The house is infested with Italians! But that's fine by me. Alberto actually was in the house long before I was, but he returned to Rome and then returned to Australia again.

And there you have it! You are now up-to-date on who were/are my roommates. When I acquire pictures of the others, I'll be sure to share them with you too.