Kind of an iconic Sydney view I’d have to say. Party was fun, even though it was 98% people I didn’t know (mostly clients of the firm). And one of the drinks they were serving was this frozen mango and champagne drink which might have been the most delicious beverage I’ve ever had. Danger was it didn’t taste like it had any alcohol…you know how that story goes.
I ended up going to sleep incredibly early Friday night because I was completely exhausted so I woke up a little after 6am Saturday and it was a perfect and gorgeous morning. Warm, blue sky, sunny, the works. I had booked myself into a surfing lesson for that morning so I took the ferry over to Manly Beach and got geared up.
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There were probably about 20 of us in the lesson and 5 instructors. They told us little bits of wisdom while we were on the beach and then we’d go into the water to try it out. Then we’d come back to the beach to get a bit more wisdom and try the next step. So after a few iterations we were in the water, trying to catch waves and stand ourselves up. It is way harder than it seems like it should be! Towards the end I did manage to stand myself up a couple of times, albeit very briefly. At the very end of the class, after going through a number of repetitions I felt like I knew what I had to do but at that point I was pretty physically exhausted from battling the ocean for a few hours that it was hard to actually do it anymore. All in all, it was tough, but I did stand up which was my goal going in and it was so so fun! I’m excited to get back out there and do it again. I had someone take a picture of me on my best wave when I stood up as you can see below.
Alright, just kidding, not yet, but give me a few years maybe? No, probably not then either. Oh well. To complement my very Australian morning I BBQed kangaroo in the late afternoon for lunch/dinner. Surfing and BBQing kangaroo…I don’t know if you can get much more Australian, right?
Sunday I skyped for a good bit with my parents, sister, bro-in-law and nephew who are all currently in Colorado. Super sad that I couldn’t be with them but skype is a great thing when you’re halfway around the world. In the afternoon I went to the Sydney Observatory where they used to study astronomy back in the day but now is a museum. Lots of interesting stuff about the constellations in the southern hemisphere that you don’t necessarily learn much about in the u.s. Also walked around “the rocks” which is a neighborhood kind of near the foot of the harbor bridge…it’s got a quaint, old timey kind of feel with lots of little pubs and shops. I’m putting that on my list of areas of the city I’d like to spend a little more time. Otherwise BBQed a bit for dinner and am crashing extremely early tonight…I think my body is still tired from surfing!
Sunday I skyped for a good bit with my parents, sister, bro-in-law and nephew who are all currently in Colorado. Super sad that I couldn’t be with them but skype is a great thing when you’re halfway around the world. In the afternoon I went to the Sydney Observatory where they used to study astronomy back in the day but now is a museum. Lots of interesting stuff about the constellations in the southern hemisphere that you don’t necessarily learn much about in the u.s. Also walked around “the rocks” which is a neighborhood kind of near the foot of the harbor bridge…it’s got a quaint, old timey kind of feel with lots of little pubs and shops. I’m putting that on my list of areas of the city I’d like to spend a little more time. Otherwise BBQed a bit for dinner and am crashing extremely early tonight…I think my body is still tired from surfing!
A chair christmas tree in the rocks!
The Sydney Observatory
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