We’ve survived our first week in the new apartment and we both really do love it. Its in a great spot, very convenient to both work and uni (you don’t say school here, that’s what little kids go to), lots of restaurants and bars around and the apartment itself is just really nice. One whole wall is floor to ceiling windows which is great, except this being the winter it gets so cold in the apartment at night. The first night here we weren’t prepared for this, hadn’t figured out how to use the heat and only had a light blanket so we froze. But we’ve since started using the heat a little and got an extra comforter.
Work this week was relatively intense…I was at work till 1:30am Wednesday night (some things are constant at Goldman no matter where you are I guess!) and then Thursday night was another late evening. There were a bunch of people there late Thursday wrapping up a deal and around 11pm most people had wrapped things up and there was a huge surge to go out to the pub for a beer. I figured it would just be a drink or two, especially since people had been working so hard the past couple days but we ended up staying out till the bar closed (which thankfully is not 4am like it is in nyc). It was really fun, but the frustrating thing about it was the next day at work, I was feeling exhausted and run-down but it seemed like everyone else who had been out just as late as me and probably drinking more were not fazed in the least bit. I don’t know what it is but these Aussies are evidently super-human.
Friday night we began Michelle’s multi-day birthday celebration welcoming her to the ranks of 27 year olds. After work we went to the Orient Hotel in the Rocks for dinner. It was a great dinner and I ended up having kangaroo! It was quite good, it’s a lean meat, not really gamey at all. And the novelty of eating Kangaroo was fun. We also had a chocolate lava cake thing for desert that was so good. Then Saturday we took the train with two of our friends about two hours out of the city to Katoomba which is in the Blue Mountains. We did a little bush-walking out there, hiking down into a gorge that is a rain forest filled with eucalyptus amongst other types of trees. Very pretty, but very cold given its up in the “mountains” and it’s the middle of winter. After we had our fill of bush-walking we came back into Katoomba and had dinner and a few drinks before taking the train back to the city.
Sunday our BBQ finally arrived! We had to go on a mission to find a propane tank but finally got one and ended up BBQing at home for dinner. And what meat was the first to grace our new Aussie BBQ? Kangaroo of course! I’d heard that most aussies don’t actually eat kangaroo and its more a tourist thing, but they had ‘roo steaks and marinated ‘roo kebabs at the grocery store so maybe it is more of a normal thing to have? Not sure. But I really like it. Michelle I think liked it but is having a hard time getting over the mental component of eating kangaroo. I’m hoping she’ll come around. Next weekend I promised her we can do chicken or something a little more down the middle. Having the BBQ out on our balcony is another thing to add to the list of what is making me so excited for winter to be over. Grilling and then sitting outside having dinner on a warm evening is maybe my vision of heaven.
A few pictures from the Blue mountains and other things are below and a link to the whole gallery also.
Work this week was relatively intense…I was at work till 1:30am Wednesday night (some things are constant at Goldman no matter where you are I guess!) and then Thursday night was another late evening. There were a bunch of people there late Thursday wrapping up a deal and around 11pm most people had wrapped things up and there was a huge surge to go out to the pub for a beer. I figured it would just be a drink or two, especially since people had been working so hard the past couple days but we ended up staying out till the bar closed (which thankfully is not 4am like it is in nyc). It was really fun, but the frustrating thing about it was the next day at work, I was feeling exhausted and run-down but it seemed like everyone else who had been out just as late as me and probably drinking more were not fazed in the least bit. I don’t know what it is but these Aussies are evidently super-human.
Friday night we began Michelle’s multi-day birthday celebration welcoming her to the ranks of 27 year olds. After work we went to the Orient Hotel in the Rocks for dinner. It was a great dinner and I ended up having kangaroo! It was quite good, it’s a lean meat, not really gamey at all. And the novelty of eating Kangaroo was fun. We also had a chocolate lava cake thing for desert that was so good. Then Saturday we took the train with two of our friends about two hours out of the city to Katoomba which is in the Blue Mountains. We did a little bush-walking out there, hiking down into a gorge that is a rain forest filled with eucalyptus amongst other types of trees. Very pretty, but very cold given its up in the “mountains” and it’s the middle of winter. After we had our fill of bush-walking we came back into Katoomba and had dinner and a few drinks before taking the train back to the city.
Sunday our BBQ finally arrived! We had to go on a mission to find a propane tank but finally got one and ended up BBQing at home for dinner. And what meat was the first to grace our new Aussie BBQ? Kangaroo of course! I’d heard that most aussies don’t actually eat kangaroo and its more a tourist thing, but they had ‘roo steaks and marinated ‘roo kebabs at the grocery store so maybe it is more of a normal thing to have? Not sure. But I really like it. Michelle I think liked it but is having a hard time getting over the mental component of eating kangaroo. I’m hoping she’ll come around. Next weekend I promised her we can do chicken or something a little more down the middle. Having the BBQ out on our balcony is another thing to add to the list of what is making me so excited for winter to be over. Grilling and then sitting outside having dinner on a warm evening is maybe my vision of heaven.
A few pictures from the Blue mountains and other things are below and a link to the whole gallery also.
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