The Glebe YHA is a 40 minute walk from the Railway Square
and on my first night back in Sydney I head over there to catch up with some of
the first friends I made in Australia. It was great to see them and we had a
relaxing evening sitting in the hostel common area chatting and it felt very
like old times. The next day was the day I got my creative haircut and then it
was back to the hostel to book my bus to Melbourne and do some much needed
laundry before heading over to Kings Cross to have dinner with my first ‘long
term’ roommate. It was great to catch up and see her settled in her own place.
I did try and meet up with some friends from the snow after dinner but it was a
long weekend and my phone battery was low so after one drink in a very crowded
pub I headed home to bed.
Sunday was the first day of daylight savings in NSW so I had
a long lie which seemed like longer due to the loss of an hour. I was worried
that my friends would be annoyed that I had slept so long as we were meant to
go for pancakes but in the end one of them slept even longer than I did. Thus
our morning pancakes turned in to afternoon pancakes at a place called Pancakes
at the Rocks which really does do the most amazing pancakes. Since it was a
lovely day we walked up George Street with a certain backpackers pub in mind so
we could watch the rugby with beer or in my case cider. I don;t think it’s come
up before but since arriving in Australia I have become a cider drinker. Where
as before I would Have The odd pint in NSW I regularly had a scooner or two of
cider and when we were drinking in the hostel it would be a bottle of cider in
my hand rather than a glass of wine. Anyway a few ciders and some pizza later
and Wales and Ireland were through to the semi-finals of the rugby world cup.
At this point I head home for to skype my family and reassure them that I was
well and still enjoying myself immensely.
During our late pancake lunch on Sunday one of my friend
told me about a fiesta that was happening at Darling Harbour. There were three
area show casing various latin dances and music and a few classes for those who
wanted to join in. Therefore when I met up with another friend on Monday I
suggested that rather then head to Glebe for lunch we head there however oty
turned put we were meeting a mutual friend at Glebe so we stuck with ur original
plan. I was delighted to be able to catch up with a friend who I hadn’t
expected to see and it was fun hearing about their trip to the hunter valley
which they had just returned from. We found a cafe hidden behind a book store
which served tasty healthy food at a fairly reasonable price by Sydney
standards. After lunch we decided to catch the bus down to the Harbour to check
out the fiesta. The weather was beautiful and the harbour full of people with
latin music and dancing all over the placed not to mention a few stalls and
pavement acts. It was a fun afternoon and I even got to meet a friends mum when
we stopped for some hot chocolate. When we went our separate ways I once again
went to Railway. This time I was meeting a new friend, the mother of my friend
who died. We had been in touch via facebook so it was good to meet her in
person. She brought over some photos and a recording of Sam’s funeral. Four of
us met up and went for dinner, It was really nice to hear about her travels as
she has been going to all the places Sam visited in his many travels especially
as it brought up stories of Sam’s own travels and his younger days. After
dinner we headed to the hostel for a few drinks and more chat before I headed
back to my own hostel once more.
I spent my last day in Sydney CBD with a the friend I had stayed with the previous week, after she finally made it to my hostel that was. I don’t blame her for getting lost, Sydney seems to be to be something of a maze and her satnav had a hissy fit at one point which didn’t help as it was her first time driving in the city. Taking all that into account i was impressed that she was only an hour late! Having been in the car for hours she chose to walk to the rocks as I had promised to introduce her to the amazing pancake restaurant. It was a long walk but it gave us plenty of time to chat about our weekend and our plans for the coming months. In the end the walk was worth it as she loved the pancakes and I discovered that they also do very tasty milkshakes. Our lunch helped us to recover from our long walk and we decided to walk slowly back up George street, stopping as a bar for a cold drink along the way. Our destination was the Railway Square YHA for burrito night and a final catch up with my friends. Not long after dinner my roomie from the Jindy arrived and she and our other friend head to my roomies home near Parramata.
The next day my roomie took us into to the Blue Mountains to visit the Three Sisters. We had a good look and walked down to the nearest one. ON our way we visited the information centre where I adopted Terry the Platypus for my mum and my friend adopted Pete the Kangaroo for her own travels. Having two new companions provided us with many fun photo opportunities on our way to and from the tallest sister. Being a lil’ bit unfit we soon headed back up the very steep stairs and back to the car so we could finds a picnic spot for our late lunch. Since it was a weekday and spring we only had to share our picnic spot with one other group and a few ducks. After lunch we headed home for a night of films and sweeties (NOT lollies, there were no sweeties on sticks!). The next day arrived too soon and then I was of again and on my way to Melbourne.
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