Went to the horse races on Saturday and won twice!! It was beautiful weather and good times sipping champagne and making random bets in the sun. Yesterday was Anzac Day - a day of remembrance for fallen Aussie and Kiwi soldiers. It is the one day of the year that it is legal to play 'two-up' in pubs in Australia. It's basically heads or tails...one person stands in the middle of the ring or bar and flips the coins and the rest of the crowd is betting, $5, $10 up to $100 on whether the coins will land heads or tails...simple and lots of fun! Lots of yelling and beer drinking. We waited in line quite a while to get into a popular pub for the game but it was well worth as we immediately made our right down front and I got to be 'the spinner' flipping to the coin til I crapped out by tossing a tails. Afterwards we partied the night away dancing to live music and eating at the 'best pizza place in Sydney' according to my crew.
Today I realized that I am domesticating myself..haha. I am hosting my first proper aussie bbq. All the cheese, crackers, chips, pita are set out AND I chopped tomatoes, peppers, avocado and made a lovely salad. First time for everything :) I ALSO marinated chicken over night in bbq sauce - which is now chilling in the fridge waited to be thrown on the barbie with the various types of sausage. BBQ is scheduled for 1-5 and it is now 1:30 and no word from the Aussies. I'm assuming mostly 3pm arrivals. :) Wondering if I should hit the beach for a bit..beautiful day.
Best news yet is that I now have wireless internet hooked up in my apt...only took 1 month. It goes on the blink a bit but happy to have something.
Get on skype so I can catch up with you all...
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