Oztralia!

I have been in this beautiful land for how how long now? A week and a half I believe... there is so much to see and do. A completely different sensory experience to the peaceful unpeopled En Zed. I am happy to be in cities again and happy to see different people and cafes and restaruants and food and buildings and sounds. My first few days in Melbourne I felt like the little mouse in the big city, but I have settled back in to the hectic dirty life of city living.

Melbourne was wonderful with loads of creative stimulation and indie pretty people and vegetarian eating. Sydney has been amazing though, and is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen. My first night included sipping champagne at the Opera Bar as the sun set overlooking Sydney harbor. Afterwards we went to a beautiful amazing ballet collaboration of the Australian Ballet Company and the Bangarra Dance Company in the Opera House. Is this my life?

We've had perfect warm weather and wonderful company here. Tara has been a tour guide extraordinaire. I've met loads of people, traveled to the Blue Mountains and saw my first kangaroo (and then took about 287 photos of it), been to markets all over the city, wandered through galleries and along Bondi Beach and tried new foods.

And at the last minute Jo, a beautiful woman who happens to share my day of birth decided that Sydney was where she needed to be for her 30th celebration. Lucky for me, I then had her, Adam and Rich to share my weekend in this trendy sexy town. My darling Matt arrived groggily on Friday night, and so far we have been keeping him in smiles. Our birthday was perfect,laughing so hard that my face hurt in a park overlooking the bridge and Opera house for 5 hours on a warm balmy night.

Happy happy happy.

Matt and I fly out on Wednesday, and I am looking forward to what is next, though sad to leave Sydney too.