We may be an ocean away but through the marvels of the internet we are keeping tabs on the important stuff Stateside - we are eagerly awaiting a conference win by either the mighty Cougs or mangy Huskies so we can poke a bit of fun at each other - the way things are going we will be waiting until Apple Cup to get there!
Kelly had her introduction to serious shopping Sydney style over the weekend, we visited Paddington on Friday arvo (see "Aussie Lingo Lesson #1"), and the city center (CBD) on Saturday. Kelly took the fact that the epi-center of CBD shopping is around PITT Street Mall as a mark of welcoming and respect and vowed to payback the gesture with numerous return visits. I have taken the threat seriously and have both stopped letting Kelly know where we are in the city and started feeding her erroneous directions so that it will take her at least six months to find her way back there.
We also went to our first property auction over the weekend, purely as spectators at this stage. Kelly loved the auction and is already plotting strategies that will allow us to get the psychological advantage over other bidders when we hit ceneter stage ourselves. A funny note from the auction - taking advantage of the good Sydney weather many auctions are held on the front lawn of the proprty being sold, the one we attended was held in this fashion - after a slow start the action is heating up and two bidders are going back and forth exchanging bids, the price is steadily rising and the crowd are intently focussed on who will crack first - just then a couple of young blokes on the way back from a surf are driving past in an old beater and as they pass the auction house one yells out "5 million" and the crowd totally broke out laughing.
We live in a land down under, where women glow and men chunder - cheers, Mark.
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