Saa begyndte min ferie endelig. Foerst koerte jeg til Perth, hvor jeg moedtes med nogle af de andre trainees til en aften men sjov og spas. Jeg overnattede paa et hostel, og naeste dag (loerdag d. 18. september) tog jeg til lufthavnen, hvorfra jeg floej til Sydney.
Jeg ankom til Sydney om aftenen, og efter at have fundet mit hostel, havde jeg ikke energi til meget mere end at finde noget at spise, og gaa i seng. Pudsigt hvor draenende det kan vaere at rejse.
Soendag var jeg i Sydney Aquarium, hvor jeg blandt andet saa hajer (desvaerre ingen store hvide), rokker og et naebdyr! Sidstnaevnte var nok til at goere det til en rigtig god dag. Det viste sig ogsaa at der var Sydney Marathon den dag, saa havnefronten var taet pakket med mennesker. Om aftenen fandt jeg en irsk pub ikke langt fra mit hostel.
Jeg har ogsaa soerget for at vaere lidt kulturel. Jeg har vaeret paa Sydneys Museum of Contemporary Art og Art Gallery of New South Wales. Desuden har jeg vaeret oppe i Sydney Tower og gennem det notoriske King's Cross. I aften skal jeg ind og se/hoere Mozarts "Figaros Bryllup" i Operahuset. Og mon ikke at det bliver til et par oel eller cocktails bagefter.
I morgen, omkring middagstid, flyver jeg videre til Singapore. Jeg har vaeret udmaerket tilfreds med min tid her i Sydney (og tvivler paa at jeg glemmer byen lige forloebig), men ville dog oenske at jeg havde fundet en anstaendig bar foer tirsdag aften...
Opsummering for dovne/travle laesere: Det er et relativt kort indlaeg. Laes det selv.
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English for the Danish Impared: I have finally started vacation. I started out by driving to Perth, where I met with some of the other trainees for a night of fun and shennanigans. I slept in a backpacker hostel, and the next day (Saturday, Sept. 18th) I went to the airport wherefrom I flew to Sydney.
I arrived in Sydney in the evening, and after having found my backpacker hostel, I didn't have the energy for anything more than finding something to eat and then go to bed. Funny how travelling can exhaust you so.
Sunday I went to the Sydney Aquarium, where I saw sharks (unfortunately, no Great White ones), sting rays and a platypus! That last one was enough to make it a very good day. As it turned out, the Sydnay Marathon was on that day as well, so the harbour front was tightly packed with people. That evening I found an Irish pub not far from my hostel.
I've also made sure to add some cunture to my time here. I've been to the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Furthermore, I've been up in the Sydney Tower, and through the infamous King's Cross area. Tonight, I'm going to watch and hear Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" at the Opera House. And likely I'll have a few beers or cocktails afterwards.
Tomorrow, around noon, I'm flying to Singapore. It's been a pleasant enough stay here in Sydney (and I dounbt that I'll forget the city anytome soon), but I do wish that I had found a decent bar before Tuesday night...
Summary for lazy/busy readers: This is a relatively short entry. Read it yourself.
/EMO
