We finally got internet this week hence I’ve been able to put up some posts from the past few weeks. You really don’t appreciate having internet at home until you don’t have it. These Australians are charging us an arm and a leg, but its certainly worth it in my opinion.
Thursday night was a big night out after work because it was someone’s birthday. The celebration actually started with a lovely lunch down on this pier out on the water…it was a gorgeous day and felt like a very “Sydney” thing to do. Friday was pretty low key for us, BBQed at home and caught up on some sleep. Saturday was a spectacular day…it was warm and sunny and perfect. I had to go to work for a quick bit which actually wasn’t bad because it gave me a chance to stroll leisurely outside on the way there and enjoy the weather. When I got back I went down to our pool (finally we’re having weather that makes having a pool and garden area in our building worthwhile!) and had a little swim and read for a bit and kind of dozed in the sun. It was a very lazy Saturday morning/afternoon for me. Michelle, meanwhile, was off handing out “get out the vote” type fliers at this market and then out on the beach…she’s gotten fairly active in the group “Democrats Abroad” which is focusing on getting Americans living overseas registered and signed up for absentee ballots. Later that afternoon we went and saw Cirque Du Soleil which was pretty cool. They do some seriously amazing and crazy stuff. And Saturday night we had a big pasta dinner to carb-up for Sunday morning’s activities.
Sunday we got up early for the Bridge Run. There are four different races that happen, a marathon, half-marathon, 9K and like a 4K (we did the 9k). The race starts just north of the harbour, crosses over the bridge, does a circuit through the botanical gardens along the water and finishes at the opera house. We’d been training for a few weeks so I think we were both feeling pretty good about it, but our goal really was just to be able to run the whole way. We ended up running pretty well and did it in just over 50 minutes, which for us was very exciting. And it was a gorgeous day and just fun to be taking part in the event. We ran for GSJBW and they had a tent in the “recovery village” where you could get breakfast/water/juice so we sat around there and “recovered” for a bit before heading home. We were a little tired but had to enjoy the sun while we could so went to the pool for a dip and a little reading time. For the rest of the day we pretty much lounged around, napped a little, did some errands and went out for dinner. Overall an excellent weekend in the city! The feeling is just so different here when the weather is nice…can’t beat this place!
Thursday night was a big night out after work because it was someone’s birthday. The celebration actually started with a lovely lunch down on this pier out on the water…it was a gorgeous day and felt like a very “Sydney” thing to do. Friday was pretty low key for us, BBQed at home and caught up on some sleep. Saturday was a spectacular day…it was warm and sunny and perfect. I had to go to work for a quick bit which actually wasn’t bad because it gave me a chance to stroll leisurely outside on the way there and enjoy the weather. When I got back I went down to our pool (finally we’re having weather that makes having a pool and garden area in our building worthwhile!) and had a little swim and read for a bit and kind of dozed in the sun. It was a very lazy Saturday morning/afternoon for me. Michelle, meanwhile, was off handing out “get out the vote” type fliers at this market and then out on the beach…she’s gotten fairly active in the group “Democrats Abroad” which is focusing on getting Americans living overseas registered and signed up for absentee ballots. Later that afternoon we went and saw Cirque Du Soleil which was pretty cool. They do some seriously amazing and crazy stuff. And Saturday night we had a big pasta dinner to carb-up for Sunday morning’s activities.
Sunday we got up early for the Bridge Run. There are four different races that happen, a marathon, half-marathon, 9K and like a 4K (we did the 9k). The race starts just north of the harbour, crosses over the bridge, does a circuit through the botanical gardens along the water and finishes at the opera house. We’d been training for a few weeks so I think we were both feeling pretty good about it, but our goal really was just to be able to run the whole way. We ended up running pretty well and did it in just over 50 minutes, which for us was very exciting. And it was a gorgeous day and just fun to be taking part in the event. We ran for GSJBW and they had a tent in the “recovery village” where you could get breakfast/water/juice so we sat around there and “recovered” for a bit before heading home. We were a little tired but had to enjoy the sun while we could so went to the pool for a dip and a little reading time. For the rest of the day we pretty much lounged around, napped a little, did some errands and went out for dinner. Overall an excellent weekend in the city! The feeling is just so different here when the weather is nice…can’t beat this place!
I was shooting these as i was running so a lot are kinda blurry:
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