Sydney update

Ok, so time for an update! I know I haven't been very good at updating, it's just that time flies so fast and it kinda feels like there hasn't been that much going on since last time I wrote.

It's about 37 degrees today so melting away, but it's better than the rain! This weekend I went to the beach for the first time since I got here! It's been raining every weekend and I work every day during the week so no chance to go before. On Saturday I went over to Manly to meet up with Henriette, my friend Solveigs sister who lives here. It was really nice to meet her, and we had a delicious lunch before she had to go to work and I went to Shelley beach for a couple of hours. Then on Sunday I went to Bronte which is about a 20 minutes walk from my apartment. So lovely to just soak up some sun!

Last week I went over to my Grandpas cousin for dinner, it was great seeing them again as Nora and I stayed with them when we were here six years ago!

Other than that I've been to the cinema to see Valentines Day, been to a couple of work functions meeting other people from the business around Sydney, and of course working. Tomorrow I'm off to see Avatar on the Imax with some colleagues, I'm really looking forward to it as I still haven't seen it and it's the biggest Imax-screen in the world! And this weekend is Mardi Gras, so that should be fun!

Australia!

So I made it to Sydney! I've been here a couple of weeks now and I love it :) All the flights went well, no delays, appart from my luggage which didn't arrive until 3 days later...

The first 5 days I stayed at WakeUp, which is the hostel where I work. I actually wasn't very jetlagged so that was good. I arrived on Sunday and started work on Monday. The first days weren't very hard, I went on a City Walk and a Beach Walk which they do for free here at the hostel a couple of times a week. Met a lot of nice people on the walks, but they've all left now... The first week went past very quickly, getting to know the people who work here, going out for a couple of drinks and learning all the new stuff at the travel desk.

I moved into the apartment the Kilroy-people stay in on the Friday. It's in Bondi Junction, so about 50 minutes walk from WakeUp, or 12 mins on the train. The apartment is okay, I've had some cockroaches so that sucks, but I've set of a "control bomb" and I've bought bait and vacuumed all the cracks and under the sofa so hopefully they'll disappear soon.

On the Saturday I went to The Big Day Out with one of the guys I met on the beach walk, and it was brilliant! We saw Lilly Allen, Groove Armada, Jet, Muse, Kasabian and some more I hadn't heard about. All in all, good weather and great music!

Last Tuesday was Australia day, so kinda like 17.mai at home. It was nice, really good weather (my nose got sunburned) and lots of people! First I headed down to Circular Quay to watch the ferrython, basically it's just all the ferries racing against each other and they're all decorated and full of people. Then I met up with some girls from WakeUp and we had a beer and some food and just peoplewatched.
In the evening there was a show on in Darling Harbour with speaches and performances and a boat parade, and it all ended in some spectacular fireworks! It was great :)

On Saturday I went surfing. I'm not made for surfing. I've got a big burnmark on my knee and my body is aching all over. I managed to stand up maybe three times for 2 seconds. So yeah...

On Sunday I went to the Botanical Gardens to see Where The Wild Things Are at the outdoors cinema. It was really nice, sitting there with Sydney skyline, the Opera house and the Harbour bridge in the background while watching the film.

So it's been a pretty good first couple of weeks here Down Under! The weather hasn't been great all the time but oh well who cares. At least it's still warm ;)