First few days in Sydney

I knew I was officially in Australia when Luke picked me up from the airport and wasn't wearing any shoes. I guess why would he be wearing shoes? Love it.

We went straight to his apartment, which is located in the western suburb of Petersham. About a 15 minute train ride to the "loop."

When we walked into his place, I was shocked. Hardwood floors, huge kitchen, 3 bedrooms, enormous balcony, and everything else, and then some.

Their apt is on the 3rd (top) floor, located on the top of a hill, and is the tallest building in the vicinity. Their unit is a corner unit, with a porch wrapping itself the entire way around. This is really hard to describe in a fashion that will do it justice, but basically the view is amazing. We have the Sydney skyline to the east, and the blue mountains to the west.

His neighborhood looks kind of spanish/Portuguese. Gorgeous. Ma, you'd love it.

We got goin on the piss (beer) at about midday (noon). First stop was the white cockatoo on the way to the train station. Lukes roommate Johnny joined us, really cool guy.

Few rounds later we headed into the city, walked through the city a bit towards the opera house. Had a few more pops at a restaurant right next to it, kept on goin.

Next stop was this Irish joint on top of this huge hill type deal just below the bridge. Great view of the opera house and the bridge from here..

Up until this point, I was doin great! Jetlag can kiss my ass!

Luke mentioned it was hockey night at his favorite spot in Darling Harbor. Sure! Why not?

What is hockey night you ask? Well, this brewpub called James Squires airs 3 taped NHL games every Wednesday, featuring unheard-of AU$5 pints.

We got there, I had a beer, and felt like I was going to go straight to sleep on the table we were sitting at. To tell you the truth, when I tried thinking how many hours I had been awake I almost self-destructed.

Anyways we got home at about 10pm, and I slept great.

That first day in Sydney was confusing. Don't get me wrong, everything was great, but my body clock was way off. To the point where I don't remember anything past 7pm, I was that exhausted.

The next day Luke and I took the ferry over to Manly Beach. Awesome. Really typical surf town apparently. Great waves and it felt so good to get back in the ocean. First time swimming in the pacific!! Wow, I just realized that..


The ferry took about 30 minutes, and was great. We got awesome views of the bridge, opera house, and the skyline.

Got back to Lukes crib at about 7, and started up the barby.

Lamb and Rosemary sausages, kangaroo marinated on lemon and herbs, burgers, and chicken kabobs highlighted the meal. Roasted potatoes with onions and garlic all washed down with Hahn Super Dry rounded it all out.

Today, blue mountains.