Day 30 Edit

I was too tired and hot from walking around all day in Manly so didn't put in lots into the last post. It was a good day, woke up later than expected, lazed around so ended up at Circular Quay to take the ferry at noon. So of course it was crowded...

Lots of tourists have arrived in sydney for the holidays. And of course the teenaged girls in their tiny bikinis and tons of makeup. Enjoy it while it lasts, before your breasts head down south and the junk food you've been eating every day ends up on your hips... Youth is wasted on the young they say, but we all need to make the stupid mistakes we make when we are young. Assuming that we learn from the mistakes and not descend into gentle, early senility. Haha..

Went to a birthday bbq at a local's beach. Lots of jumping off a pier-like structure and swimming in the water. The weather was perfect. The water wasn't tropical warm but refreshing in the hot weather.

Ice cream at Copenhagen Ice cream on the way back. Of course, had to overload on the complimentary hot fudge and caramel dispensers..and the nuts and chocolate and rainbow sprinkles. My icecream might have been more topping than ice cream...

Watched daring sea gulls fly gracefully above our heads at the beach, playing with the strong air currents.Also hoped that they didn't decide to "download" on us. Walked past group after group of Santas.

Ferry home in the sunset with the best views of the sydney skyline.

Day 30

One month already! Time flies.. Went to Manly Beach today, we saw some b-boys from the Bronx, New York and then went for a barbeque. Perfect sunny weather. The clouds smiled down on us!



Last year's trip to Manly Beach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC1FQk9Ras4

Day 29

Went to Adriano Zumbo cafe, the man is a God! Droooool. I had the "Weekend in the Cross" Pistachio pâté sucree, rose brûlée, rhubarb compote, fresh watermelon, raspberries, watermelon sugar sachet, and Lin had "Your Frund un the Frudge...Toasted!" Caramelised puff pastry, toast mousse, tomato jelly & melted cheese crémeux.. obviously a play on the tomato cheese sandwich, that tasted...perfect. Just firm and then light and melted away in the mouth, nothing like a cheese sandwich. mmmm

I would have helped her finish it, but was far too involved in bringing back my childhood in the flavoured sugar sachet and black sesame macaroon. Best of all, got to meet the man in person when he dropped into the shop to check everything out! Hee hee, I was raving about his place to Lin since she arrived and insisted that she go there asap. I love the cheeky names of the food, the actual food, the presentation..what's not to love ;)

Had a good rest of the day, Queen Victoria Building is feeling very European and Christmassy. Loved the Swarovski christmas tree, and lots of cute little girls in ballerina dresses and skirts because they had just been to watch Angelina Ballerina.

http://adrianozumbo.com/gallery/

Day 28

Lin's in Sydney! Lots of catching up, but did very beachy stuff like burying legs in the sand and eating fish and chips. Bit of a lazy day.

Day 26

I wondered when it would happen when I'd forget to put the battery back in the camera..well it happened today. Trust me when I say that it was the same beautiful weather as yesterday. Unfortunately even though it was a monday, it was still really packed with tourists and school kids. Even more unfortunately, I didn't manage to get there early enough to catch the high tide, but tide was still high enough to jump off the rocks and then the tide was low enough for me to graze my knee on the last jump. Which incidentally was the most straightforward as I just took a giant step backwards, and put my knee on a rock underwater....ironic. But yes, blue skies, sun, happy kids, good times. Water was pretty cold, no change from the last few weeks but difference was that I wasn't swimming around like the last few times. Was shivering like a little puppy afterwards.

Day 25

People! People everywhere! Well it is a sunny Sunday after all...

The tide is still super low because it was just a full moon a few days ago, so sea levels should rise in a few days. Again, way too shallow for me to jump into. But the pool was full of people, from everywhere, some american tourists (talking about watching the big football game), English people (not pink, but climbing over everything), Chinese students (who brought chopsticks to eat the local shells??) and locals (caught a little crab with our goggles, a little girl and I).

Summer! yay!

Day 24

Got really really excited to go jump off the rocks today..and then realised the tide was so low that it exposed all the rocks around the pool. Later found out the water was thigh high. Not good to do flips into...

But water was at its lowest point, so decided to walk around the giant rocks bordering the pool since they were all exposed. Halfway around, I could hear some tourists laughing at me because they couldn't figure out how I'd get back. Unfortunately because it was only me and 3 of them, I could clearly hear them, which disrupted the serenity of the place.

Anyway made it all the way around, the last part I just walked into the water since it was only thigh high. Swimming was difficult as certain parts were only 6 inches deep! Next time I'm going during high tide :p High noon.