Sydney Report
Well, it has been a full week in Sydney now, and in less than an hour I fly to Melbourne to visit more of my cousins in Australia. Well my primary reason for coming was to visit cousins, secondary was to enjoy a bit of summer, and third was to check out Australia again.
It has been really fun to spend time with my cousin in Sydney. I have never spent any proper time with her, only a day here or there which add up to less that a week my whole life! Well now that has changed, I have spent a full week with her properly and had a great time getting to know her and her husband and kid, plus catching up with my aunt. What a crime that our family is spread so widely over the world, and now I appreciate just how far Australia is from everything else having flown to it once from N. America and once from Europe.
The weather has been pretty good, but Sydney has one thing I cannot stand. Humidity. I have never really experienced it like this before and I quite hate it, thank you very much. This does mean it is a fair bit greener than LA and Yerevan, which is nice, but not enough to sway me. I will just say that the beaches are quite beautiful, and I will leave it at that :-)
I got to catch up with Jack here on his home turf which was quite fun. It is funny to see Armenia friends in a 'normal' place driving their own cars, going to their haunts, etc. We even took a day trip to the Blue Mountains and into some nice caves, where you have to pay to get in, follow the guide around, there were nice railings and steps... what a contrast to Armenia!!
Lots of wandering around in Balmain and the city in general. I was very impressed with the architecture, the people are very casual (what a contrast to Armenia where I stand out like a sore thumb if I where flip flops!) and friendly, it is a real city and very easy to get around. The food is great and cheap all over. In short, Sydney is a fantastic place that just needs a massive dehumidifier to be perfect!
I will be in Melbourne for something like six weeks, so I will have an even better chance to explore that area, and pick up the local accent. My cousin in Sydney has a very mild accent, hardly noticeable, so my intense immersion in Australian is about to begin.
Well have a sh'norhavor nor dari yev surp dz'nunt, and a g'day mate! (oops, I was supposed to say that at the beginning)
Well, it has been a full week in Sydney now, and in less than an hour I fly to Melbourne to visit more of my cousins in Australia. Well my primary reason for coming was to visit cousins, secondary was to enjoy a bit of summer, and third was to check out Australia again.
It has been really fun to spend time with my cousin in Sydney. I have never spent any proper time with her, only a day here or there which add up to less that a week my whole life! Well now that has changed, I have spent a full week with her properly and had a great time getting to know her and her husband and kid, plus catching up with my aunt. What a crime that our family is spread so widely over the world, and now I appreciate just how far Australia is from everything else having flown to it once from N. America and once from Europe.
The weather has been pretty good, but Sydney has one thing I cannot stand. Humidity. I have never really experienced it like this before and I quite hate it, thank you very much. This does mean it is a fair bit greener than LA and Yerevan, which is nice, but not enough to sway me. I will just say that the beaches are quite beautiful, and I will leave it at that :-)
I got to catch up with Jack here on his home turf which was quite fun. It is funny to see Armenia friends in a 'normal' place driving their own cars, going to their haunts, etc. We even took a day trip to the Blue Mountains and into some nice caves, where you have to pay to get in, follow the guide around, there were nice railings and steps... what a contrast to Armenia!!
Lots of wandering around in Balmain and the city in general. I was very impressed with the architecture, the people are very casual (what a contrast to Armenia where I stand out like a sore thumb if I where flip flops!) and friendly, it is a real city and very easy to get around. The food is great and cheap all over. In short, Sydney is a fantastic place that just needs a massive dehumidifier to be perfect!
I will be in Melbourne for something like six weeks, so I will have an even better chance to explore that area, and pick up the local accent. My cousin in Sydney has a very mild accent, hardly noticeable, so my intense immersion in Australian is about to begin.
Well have a sh'norhavor nor dari yev surp dz'nunt, and a g'day mate! (oops, I was supposed to say that at the beginning)
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