Okay, it SMELLS good here. Really good. Like flowers, with deadly poisonous snakes lurking at their roots.
Imagine this… sailing right through the immigation line at the airport cuz I thought they might want to take a look at my supplements from the Naturopath- just in case there is some type of dried flower that they don’t like in Australia. Got me through lickedy split. Then, Jane’s friend Chris was right there to pick me up. We take the long way home to his house (in East Lindfield, about 30 min from the airport), and I get my first gander at (and ride over) the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. Even with the chilly, overcast weather, this place is beautiful beyond words.
The house I’m staying at for now is a huge, gorgeous, in a really safe neighborhood (reminds me of Mercer Island a bit), and empty. Really. Chris lives in a mother-in-law downstairs. And his parents were literally on their way out the door to visit their son in Denver for the next three months. Seriously, I’m the luckiest person on earth. I have a giant room, beautiful attached bathroom, BALCONY overlooking a tropical jungle-revine. There are tons of birds and trees and nothing else. And just blocks up the street is the perfect little shopping area with a tiny grocery store, pharmacy, children’s shop, butcher, produce stand and perfect little café with meat pie. Had my first one right after I arrived yesterday morning. Jury is still out on that one.
When Chris got home last night he warmed up a Shepard’s Pie that him “mum” made for us. Meat Pie and Shepard’s Pie in one day! We watched episodes of the British show The Office (the one that the US version is modeled after). SO funny!
I managed to stay awake all day yesterday, in order to overcome jet lag. THAT was a small miracle. Went to bed and woke up this morning ready to go into Sydney!
Oh, and it looks like every car on the road is driving itself around. And they all happen to have a passenger in the front seat. Talk about double takes, over and over and over.
FYI: Having trouble with the Vonage phone. I will let you all know when it starts working. There IS wireless at the house, so I should be able to get it figured out in the next couple of days.
