Thursday, March 22, 2012

A Week in Sydney

We flew home (to Sydney) from Melbourne Monday morning, getting to our apartment right before lunch. I went straight to the grocery store after unpacking to stock up. It is kind of nice to know we have three weeks before our next big trip, so we can fill up the fridge and cupboards and not worry about having to throw a lot of things out.

Tuesday I went to work while Katka and Misa got caught up at home. Misa did a lot of homeschool, and Katka did some shopping and got the apartment into shape. We had tacos for dinner, they have a pretty good selection of ingredients for Mexican food here, despite a lack of Mexican restaurants.

Wednesday Misa went to school with me for the day. She did homeschool and got caught up on her shows. At lunch we went through Paddy's Market and found a cool iPhone screen protector that acts as a mirror when the phone is off or asleep, and a new iPhone cover to protect it. Katka went to the Sydney Opera House to get tickets for the ballet, then worked on her writing. For dinner we went down to Chatswood. There is a pedestrian zone there, and a lot of neat shops and restaurants. Being a weeknight it was pretty quiet, except for the parrots, which were apparently having a convention, or a skwaking contest.

Thursday I was at work all day while Katka and Misa went on search of "The Strand Arcade" - some fancy shopping center downtown. They were actually close to my school, but decided not to call me to meet because it was girls day out. I bought some Sourpatch Kids candy for Misa to take to her friend Christian tomorrow when she goes for her sleepover. Christian and her family moved to Sydney from Ladera in the fall and one thing they really miss is Sourpatch Kids. The store where we found it imports sweets from America. Not just candy, but Pop Tarts, Lucky Charms, etc. We wanted to buy a box of Lucky Charms but they were $15, which actually seemed cheap when we found out a box of Pop Tarts was $10, on sale.

I updated our photos today, there are beautiful new pictures from Tasmania and Victoria: http://bdehning.fotki.com/2012australia/australia/