Peninsula Holiday Apartments Manly

... besides it was way too hot to attempt a long walk. Still I thought it would be interesting to have a poke around. It wasn’t. From the ferry terminal I followed the main drag which started out looking like Brighton but ended up looking more like Bognor! The beach front was a nice sandy strand with a gentle surf coming in but it was packed solid like the costa-del-nasty. Not fun, so I turned around came back again.

This was not a ...

so my last weekend in sydney was probably one of the funnest weekends, and actually now that i thinkk about it, it was pretty action packed too.
i flew back from melbourne on the tuesday,(getting flights wrong was to become a kind of theme) after going to the airport on the monday, so i stayed with henry in melbourne, and flew home the next day, went surfing learned to play the keyboard, and free things like that, for the weeek, waiting for the weekend to arrive.
friday. i was ...

... the first of many entries I am hoping to make during our travels.

So far we have had mixed feeling, which was totally expected, we weren't expected to be blown away, and we have only been here a few days, so not a lot to make judgement on. Living in the city is pretty much exactly like any other city, expensive busy, crowded, and multicultural.

... That evening Melissa and I walked down to the harbor to enjoy sunset views of the Opera House and Harbor Bridge. We stopped for drinks and apps and chatted with another solo traveler from Melbourne, Dave. The harbor area not only has amazing views but tons of great restaurants, so we invited Dave to join us for dinner and we all enjoyed great steaks, wine and conversation. I think we spent most of the time talking about the difference in Australian and American lingo and habits, which ...

... to the airport than it took from Perth to Sydney. The flight was great, I had 3 seats to myself and my fellow Aussie male passengers took great delight in calling me Paris, as I slept the whole journey. They did carry off my luggage for me too!! Allie and Darren were waiting for me which was lovely. We headed back to Manly....one of my favourite places. Lisa (an old work buddy and very special person) came over for dinner and we had a great Pallella (ok a risotto ...

... bess** geworden, dass heisst, mindestens 25 Grad, viel Sonne, ein wenig Wolken. Nachdem die Franzoesin ausgezogen ist, ist u.a. eine Schweiz**in in mein Zimm** gezogen. Wir waren zwei Tage nacheinand** lange am Strand und man sieht es mir schon etwas an. D** Sonnenbrand war zum Glueck nur ganz leicht und b**eits am naechsten Morgen weg. Heute haben wir ein Surfboard mitgenommen (das Hostel v**leiht sie gratis) und ich habe einige Wellen g**itten. OK, das ist vielleicht ein ...

... or ferry. ferry is nice, my favourite, you can see beautiful views from a big ferry. i recommend this, nice breeze. good food too. my favourite is spanish, very close to the wharf. nice food, good music, sometimes you can see professional dancing. i dont remember the name of the restaurant... oh well, it was good!! lots of pubs too. not like stunning, but you ...

... of bars etc. At night it was a different story, our street became the red light district of Sydney filled with sex shops, strip clubs and saucy night clubs, normally we would have been ready to party but we were so hungry food was all we could think about. We finally found a little cafe at the end of our road where we ate before heading back to bed. 9th March 2009 Woken up at 5am by the boys next door and then struggling to get back to sleep finally got up ...

... his dad in Avalon when he was also mauled by a White Pointer. He has sustained 'substansial injuries' to his upper legs and his condition is said to be stable. Gives you a little something to think about before heading out into the sea doesn't it. Don't worry guys. I won't be going in anytime soon. That's all the warning I need. If you want to see how close these attacks are in relation to where we live, use google maps. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water....

... but we did not see any when we went down at sunset. From our deck, we can see all the way across to Sydney, and watch the ferries crossing back and forth. Sydney is really a bunch of islands and peninsulas so it sometimes easier to take a ferry than to drive somewhere. During the day, we had lunch with Steve, a friend of Dad's from Stanford. Steve and his wife Alison and their little boys Nicolas and Michael live in Manly, right near the ...