A weekend in the city

Veronica and I had a relaxing, yet adventure filled weekend of exploring the different neighborhoods of Sydney. We finally received our Quarterly Pass (a pass which enables us to basically ride any ferry, bus or train within the city) so on Friday we went back into the CBD (Central Business District) to get on the internet for free and go see a movie (Perfume).

Saturday morning began by buying the paper to look at the jobs section (Australia’s big weekend paper day is on Saturday, rather than on Sunday) and heading over to Candy’s (our favorite little café right by our place which is owned by an American) for a mocha and a chai. As most of you might know, I used to bag heavily on people who sat and read at a café, thus I have become a hypocrite. But in my defense, the beverages are just so tasty, and being unemployed sometimes you need something or somewhere to occupy your free time.

That night Veronica and I took the bus over to a random neighborhood that was showing “An Inconvenient Truth” for free at their local park. Getting to the park felt similar to searching for the Holy Grail as no one knew where the park was located. Some people who we asked claimed to know where the park was but then proceeded to give us dicey directions. After walking for more than an hour in search of it we finally hopped in a cab that weaved through multiple side streets before finally delivering us to the park in a manner of minutes. We were both ecstatic, if not slightly sweaty from our trek.

Sunday we hung out with Veronica’s friend Nhu (they were on the same trip through Europe 2 summers ago). Nhu picked us up in her car and we went to Bondi Beach (wow, that place is crowded!) to walk around and have some lunch. Afterwards we drove down the coast and visited Coogee Beach as well as Maroubra Beach. While driving back to Manly we stopped at Centennial Park (an enormous park, apparently the largest park in Sydney) where Veronica tried to play with the birds.

Thus our weekend ended and now we are looking at a very gray and rainy Monday. Tomorrow I have a job interview. Keep your fingers crossed so that I might realize my dream of becoming a telemarketer! Cheers.