Spring time in Sydney has offered us numerous opportunities for outdoor activities, festivals, and lots of fun. Both Paul and I tend to stay very busy during the week so our weekends have been booked with lots of activities in an effort to check this or that off the list. (You never know when our time in Sydney will be up!) Plus, Paul has been traveling on the occasional weekend over the last couple of months so I have to expose him to as much as I can while he’s in town. (Poor guy….I’m lucky that he is so willing to participate and do what I plan.)
Last weekend we visited the Sydney Opera House in their annual Open Day or ‘free tour’ day. That fit right into our budget. After waiting in the rain (it’s been a really wet spring) for about 45 minutes we finally arrived inside the Opera House. There are actually a number of theaters inside the Opera House rather than my assumed one. Sadly, there weren’t any performances going on so touring the Opera House probably wasn’t as exciting as it would’ve been if we were there for a performance. Regardless, as they say in Australia – that box has been ticked!
On our way home we also viewed some of the Art and About exhibits around Sydney. These are all outdoor art projects on display for the public.
I especially liked how they had dressed up the various statues around the city with modern clothing. The artist’s goal was for the statues to be more appealing to the public. It reminded me of a fraternity prank and just made me smile. I was disappointed when I didn’t see bubbles in the fountains as well. We also checked out the Sydney Zombie Walk Parade last Sunday but didn’t participate. Paul isn’t that easy going with my ideas.
Months ago I purchased a ‘Try Sailing’ lesson for the two of us on the Sydney Harbour. Paul has sailing experience and at the time I was really excited to learn. Well, after rescheduling our lesson about 4 times due to poor weather and scheduling conflicts, we finally completed it on Saturday.
Unfortunately, I had been sick this whole past week and didn’t want to do anything more on the lesson than be a participant and enjoy the view. My main purpose during the 3 hour lesson was to avoid being hit in the head by the boom and look cute. Let’s just say I didn’t get hit in the head by the boom. Paul enjoyed himself so much that I purchased him a lesson on an America’s Cup sailboat. Hopefully he’ll get to use it before winter.
Today Paul woke up with the beginnings of my cold (uh-oh) and we headed to Bondi Beach for Sculpture by the Sea. It’s a temporary art exhibit set up along the coastal walkway. Heading to Bondi, the city beach, always sounds like a good idea until you’re on your way there on a bus that is taking forever. Bondi Beach isn’t far from where we live, but there isn’t a train that goes to Bondi so you have to take a bus and with the number of weekend visitors, it’s just a long process. Sigh.
We checked out the sculptures pretty quickly as Paul’s desire to experience anything other than the lying on the couch was declining quickly. It didn’t help that in my desire for it to feel like spring weather because well, it’s spring, I wore a completely weather inappropriate sundress and was freezing. Oh well, live and learn and another box ticked.
Now we’re back at the apartment and enjoying the rest of our Sunday or at least I am. Paul is definitely not feeling well and I’m trying to stay out of his way and not annoy him. I know! Me? Annoying??? Psh!!!
Even though it’s October 31, Halloween isn’t really celebrated here so we won’t have any trick or treaters. Therefore, make sure to give all your ghosts and goblins a little more candy on our behalf. Oh! And since we won’t have Thanksgiving dinner either you can eat that second or third helping for me as well.
With spring in full swing and summer on its way, I have 4 more weeks until my summer break starts. Crazy, right?!?! I can’t believe the school year is almost over and I have SO much to do in the next month. Luckily, I’ve got some fun summer break plans. Paul and I will be traveling to New Zealand in December and I look forward to seeing many of you while I’m in Texas in January.
Until then….Happy Halloween and Go Rangers!!!
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