It's day 4 and I've moved on to a neighborhood called Glebe. There are lots of Uni students and cafes...practically any ethnic food you can think of is located in Glebe. The past few days have been kind of a whirlwind, so here are some highlights:
-Walking over the Harbour Bridge
-Playing tambourine with an Irish band at the Mercantile Hotel in the Rocks (old historic neighborhood)
-Attending a New Orleans Jazz festival in The Domain (which really reminded me of Central Park in an uncanny way)
-The coastal walk from Bondi Beach to Coogee
-The beer! esp. VB (Victoria Bitter) and Tooheys - not to mention sneaking 2 bottles into a bar and drinking them openly!
So far the weather's been crap, but I still got burned! Damn hole in the ozone. I've been meeting people from all over the world (ie. Canada...lots of Canadians, England, Australia naturally, some Americans but not too many, some Swiss). It's kind of crazy how many people are here doing exactly the same thing I'm doing. Back home, this is not the norm, but for so many in other parts of the world, traveling is just as natural as going to University. I met an older woman in the hostel this morning (who shared her peanut paste, er, butter) who was telling me about all the places she'd been. I asked her how often she travels and she told me that during the summer, she and her husband go on a smaller trip somewhere locally (ie. around Australia or New Zealand) for about 3 weeks and on top of that takes a second larger trip to Europe or Asia for a couple of months! In America, a 3 week trip is the big trip. It made me realize how not well-traveled Americans are. I don't mean to put us down or anything, but seriously, we need to get out more!
On that note, because of Daylight Savings Time, we are 16 hours ahead, not 14 which I previously thought. I think it ends sometime in May. Sorry, that was completely random and irrelevant.
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