The First Few Days

Day 1

So I arrived in the door at about 11.30 on Sunday after getting a taxi with a man who clearly saw me coming a long way away since the price was apparently "waaaay too much, Kevin!"

Greeted with a SUPER fancy breakfast.

Poached egg with peppers on toast with avocado spread and sweet potato on the side. I think they keep Jamie Oliver in the cupboard under the stairs.

Everyone was really excited to meet me, naturally! There's 4 girls and 2 guys living here (3 including the freeloader (me)).

 Laura & Paddy - Laura I know from home and Paddy's her college friend

 Shannon & Nicole - Shannon's Tyronian.. Tyronese… she's from Tyrone

 Look how excited she looks! Bless

After that was a verrrrry long day of various activities, some of which I hope to remember someday.

Day 2

Day 2 started with a trip in to see the city and Sydney Opera House.

This is a bridge that is apparently a very important bridge due to it's ability to transport vehicles from one side of the water to the other. Otherwise the vehicles would get wet, you see. I'm sure it has a name. I call it "That big bridge we saw" but someone feel free to give it a google and correct me.

I was real pumped to get to see the Opera House

I mean honestly, like, REAL super pumped!

Nicole was less enthusiastic. But I think walking me around Sydney in sweltering heat, and a tiny (barely worth mentioning) slight lil hangover was just the pick up she needed. I am a delight, after all!

We found our way to a beach nearby. All the restaurants outside the centre of the city (and I think in Oz in general) seem to close mid afternoon at around 2/3 but we'd got in just before they closed.

Day 3

The girls were working so Paddy and I had the plan of going to Blue Mountains for a hike/adventure.

However, without Nicole's (surprisingly) pigeon-like sense of direction, we (unsurprisingly) got on the wrong train and got lost.

We ended up in Woy Woy, which I still feel silly typing/saying, and rather than getting the train back to blue mountains (a 2 and a half hour journey since we'd got the complete opposite direction) we said we'd make the most of it and explore the beaches.

We got pretty lucky I think because the beaches were really nice, the water was warm, and there was a pathway around the cliffs which sported some really incredible scenery.

That's more or less the goss for now. I may go to Blue Mountains myself tomorrow and stay the night but I'll see how things work out.

See ya'll for now! :)

- Kev