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Today we celebrated Queen Elizabeth II and her 85th birthday. It is public a holiday (they do not really say vacation here), which means we had the day off. Even though her actual birthday is April 21st, Australians celebrate it each year on the second Monday in June. I don’t really get it but apparently June fits better into the Australian holiday schedule as April is Easter holiday (gotta love the vacation time here). I have to admit, a couple of weeks ago I was extremely jealous of all of my American friends who had a three day weekend for Memorial Day, when I had to go to work. But now it is my turn…
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