Rain rain go away...
Today is another hot day, with a few clouds here and there. There was a massive party here last night (one of the students graduated), and that meant even more noise than usual. Yesterday we had our little welcome meeting at the hospital, it was the eight of us from Denmark, our clinical managers, consultants and educators, along with two Danes, and a whole bunch of other people. They served refreshments and we had our picture taken, it was over quickly, but it was kind of nice that my department was so well represented.
Afterwards we went to town to find a beach towel and hangers, but I quickly forgot about hangers and only ended up buying a beach sheet, as they call it. It was massive and bulged out of the store's bag, but I hauled that thing around with us all night. After the stores closed, Jeanet and I decided to go to Circular Quay and see the Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge. Night was falling and when we got there the first thing that happened was that clouds rolled in and it began to drizzle. All the ferries are docked by Circular Quay, so we walked along the waterfront and towards the SOH (they have acronyms for everything). There are restaurants and bars and shops all along the waterfront, so we walked along them, protected by the buildings from the rain. Luckily, Jeanet had an umbrella with her, and that came in very handy when it started pouring. We walked as far in the SOH as possible and then around the front. It's enormous, I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it was considerably bigger than I expected. Prices for Carmen were $240 AUD, $90 for La Bohème. We're going to try to see something there, just probably not Carmen. When we came back out, it had begun to pour down. Really pour. There were no drops of water, just water. The umbrella did all it could, but when we finally got home over an hour later, we were soaked through. We had decided at a very early point to bust out the towel and wrap it around us while we sprinted from dry store front to dry store front. And where were my rain clothes, the ones I insisted I have with me for the trip? Home, in my room, hanging on a hook on my closet. Sigh.
Here you can see the Harbor Bridge, a docked ferry, and the shops along the right side. The SOH is over to the right, behind those buildings.
Here is the Opera Bar, with everyone packed in under the umbrellas. The SOH is a really gorgeous building, much nicer in real life than in pictures. The last picture is of the time and the temperature. Still warm enough to keep me happy!
Afterwards we went to town to find a beach towel and hangers, but I quickly forgot about hangers and only ended up buying a beach sheet, as they call it. It was massive and bulged out of the store's bag, but I hauled that thing around with us all night. After the stores closed, Jeanet and I decided to go to Circular Quay and see the Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge. Night was falling and when we got there the first thing that happened was that clouds rolled in and it began to drizzle. All the ferries are docked by Circular Quay, so we walked along the waterfront and towards the SOH (they have acronyms for everything). There are restaurants and bars and shops all along the waterfront, so we walked along them, protected by the buildings from the rain. Luckily, Jeanet had an umbrella with her, and that came in very handy when it started pouring. We walked as far in the SOH as possible and then around the front. It's enormous, I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it was considerably bigger than I expected. Prices for Carmen were $240 AUD, $90 for La Bohème. We're going to try to see something there, just probably not Carmen. When we came back out, it had begun to pour down. Really pour. There were no drops of water, just water. The umbrella did all it could, but when we finally got home over an hour later, we were soaked through. We had decided at a very early point to bust out the towel and wrap it around us while we sprinted from dry store front to dry store front. And where were my rain clothes, the ones I insisted I have with me for the trip? Home, in my room, hanging on a hook on my closet. Sigh.
Here you can see the Harbor Bridge, a docked ferry, and the shops along the right side. The SOH is over to the right, behind those buildings.
Here is the Opera Bar, with everyone packed in under the umbrellas. The SOH is a really gorgeous building, much nicer in real life than in pictures. The last picture is of the time and the temperature. Still warm enough to keep me happy!
So I've had a reader complain that he doesn't like that Dragon Lady is DL, so from here on out she will be The Drag. And to any more of you who might be wondering, no, this blog is not read by any Australians.
posted by Abby at
4:41 PM
1 Comments:
Could it have been your brother complaining about the DL abbreviation? I heard something on NPR today about a housing credit crisis in Sydney - 100,000's of thousands of people losing their homes, etc, because of rising interest rates. But it sounded, oddly, like no one has a fixed rate mortgage - is that true? The central bank raises interest rates and everyone's mortgage interest goes up? Doesn't hardly sound possible.
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