First week in Australia

So here I am, in Sydney Australia with my hubby! It has been a interesting yet fun trip so far. The flight was great, in that the plane was quite empty, so we had 3 seats to ourselves. I did manage to get a few hours of sleep, Andreas more like 5-6.

However before we even left Vancouver, things has turned interesting due to the fact when I realized I'd left my purse at home :( Talk about a blond moment! Thankfully my very wise husband had suggested a few days before, that we keep our passports together in his cloth passport holder. So we could easy arrive in Sydney and fly internationally. Now my bank card and a few other important cards will be mailed here by mom. Who is obviously the experienced traveler among us two? :P

The weather was beautiful, Tues, Wed and Thurs. We set up our bank accounts on Tues and went to bed early b/c of jet lag. We are staying at a backpackers, and realizing we are starting to outgrow backpackers (especially shared rooms!). We only have one other girl staying in our room, and she's out a lot, but the whole room is really small anyways.

Wed we went for a nice walk through the Royal Botanical gardens, saw the Sydney Opera house, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. And sunburned Andreas face and my chest. But it was a beautiful 28 degrees. We also met up with our contact Carolyn and Charles, and they picked up our extra luggage to store for us while we are in Fiji.

Thursday we went all along Paramatta road looking at car dealers for a car we will buy for the year. Found some possibilities. It was another hot, and sunny day. Close to 30 degrees, but with a gentle breeze blowing. I am loving the weather!! In the evening we went for a short ferry ride on the harbour. It was nice seeing the city skyline in twilight.

Today we went for a longer walk to the bank to pick up our bank cards. We have met a few interesting people from the backpackers accommodation, but most are into the party scene and single, so not really in the same situation as us.

Tomorrow we are off to Fiji! I am so excited for our honeymoon, it's going to be awesome! Will post pictures soon!

The only con I'm noticing in Sydney anyways, is a lot of people seem to smoke. Since I don't live in Vancouver and have not visited the city super often, I don't know if it's just a city thing, or that people do smoke more here. It seems every 5-10 minutes we pass a smoker though! Koff, Koff :(