I’m in Sydney! Having very nearly missed my flight (due to circumstances beyond my control, a tanker overtured on the motorway) I then spent 10 hours sitting next to a luvvie and talking about theatre, always fun. The next flight was after a half hour top in Bangkok so I only really had time to find the departure gate, say goodbye to the luvvie and walk round the gate looking like a loon to try and avoid DVT. Flight was painless and I saw a very soppy movie (Flicka). Oh, don’t bother watching Scoop, saw that on the first flight and it was rubbish, despite having Hugh Jackman in.
My hostel is delightful, it’s called ‘Asylum’ and I have my own room, free breakfast and dinner and internet access…best one I’ve ever stayed in! I can see th opera house, harbour bridge and lots of what I think are cockatoos through my window without even standing on a chair and craning my neck which is the normal procedure for seeing views out of hotel windows in my previous experience.
Today I walked to the Opera house (opera season hasn’t started yet so I’ll catch something on my way back home, that can be my christmas pressie to myself I think!) Had a look round the place (it’s very busy!) Decided not to buy any souvenirs from there yet, maybe on the way home, they do black T-shirts and it might be fun to wear an opera house T shirt for teching in the future…
I then walked round a weekend market at ‘the Rocks’, then sat in the sun by the Harbour bridge and tried to be awake…it wasn’t working so I cracked and came back for a nap, which is probably going to guarantee me a hefty dose of jetlag…I may run up and down the stairs a few times before bed…would rather go to the gym but I’m not yet that integrated. There is a yoga school down the road which I may try out tomorrow if I’m feeling energetic, or I might hire a bike and cycle off into the distance with my legendary sense of direction! (Someone remind me why I thought travelling alone was a good idea? I can’t put suncream in the middle of my own back and I get lost inside hotels, uh oh!)
I’m meeting a friend for Sunday lunch tomorrow, so I’m not actually going to be alone too much…maybe she’ll put some sun cream on for me…
“…without even standing on a chair and craning my neck which is the normal procedure for seeing views out of hotel windows in my previous experience.”
Come on, you’re not _that_ short
“I can’t put suncream in the middle of my own back…”
You clearly need longer arms. Either that, or an elaborate system of pulleys…
Comment by Mahinda — February 5, 2007 @ 5:11 pm