Sydney in Sydney!!!
Our little Sydney is now in Sydney. Can you tell we love Australia? Our first daughter was born on Australia day, and we named our second daughter Sydney. Man, this is a great country.
So yesterday was a rough day -- Sally didn't get a nap and she was supremely cranky.
We finally got checked into our apartment, and we were very fortunate (Law of Attraction in action again) because remember I said we had paid in full to a booking company? Well, when Andy called them (and they are still trying to figure out where the communication breakdown was, that the apartments didn't know we were coming) and told them we found a new place, they were ecstatic to hear it, because they have been wanting to do business with this apartmetn complex.
So Andy worked it out, they got the Goldsbrough apts signed up as a vendor ASAP, adn they simply transferred our money. We paid the difference, somthing like $14AUS a day, which is a steal considering how fabulous our view is from the top floor. Hooray!!
We wandered into the nearby shopping center to grab some sushi in the food court (do you love that? sushi at the food court!) and shop a bit. Then we were off to find a grocery so we can stock up our apartment's kitchen. The produce here is amazing -- so fresh and lovely. And Penny (our nanny -- she eats quite healthy) was reading labels in the grocery adn was so pleased to find that nothing here seems to have phosphates, which she says are very bad for us.
And of course, they don't put corn syrup in anything here. It's good ol' fashioned SUGAR.
I bought some Billy Tea, among otehr things. Apparently it's called Billy tea because when people were flocking here for the Gold Rush, French tinned beef was a staple food. But the Aussies apparently couldn't pronounce "boeuf" (french for Beef) so they called it Bully for short, which later became "billy." Apparently, the empty tins were perfect for making tea, hence the name "billy tea."
It's delicious -- but quite strong!! But that's how I like it. Also got some super-fab Australian Honey, which comes in about 10 different flavors/varieteis. We went with Red Gum.
Certain familiar logos have different names here -
Dunkin Donuts = Donut King
Burger King = Hungry Jacks
and we no longer have a stroller...it's a Pram. And we also made arrangements to rent a cot (crib) for Sydney. And of course, diapers are nappies...and we are being careful not to use words like "root" and "stuff" as these are derogatory words for sex. Good stuff to know before you open your mouth, yeah?
ok that's all for now...more to come as the Grant adventure continues....
So yesterday was a rough day -- Sally didn't get a nap and she was supremely cranky.
We finally got checked into our apartment, and we were very fortunate (Law of Attraction in action again) because remember I said we had paid in full to a booking company? Well, when Andy called them (and they are still trying to figure out where the communication breakdown was, that the apartments didn't know we were coming) and told them we found a new place, they were ecstatic to hear it, because they have been wanting to do business with this apartmetn complex.
So Andy worked it out, they got the Goldsbrough apts signed up as a vendor ASAP, adn they simply transferred our money. We paid the difference, somthing like $14AUS a day, which is a steal considering how fabulous our view is from the top floor. Hooray!!
We wandered into the nearby shopping center to grab some sushi in the food court (do you love that? sushi at the food court!) and shop a bit. Then we were off to find a grocery so we can stock up our apartment's kitchen. The produce here is amazing -- so fresh and lovely. And Penny (our nanny -- she eats quite healthy) was reading labels in the grocery adn was so pleased to find that nothing here seems to have phosphates, which she says are very bad for us.
And of course, they don't put corn syrup in anything here. It's good ol' fashioned SUGAR.
I bought some Billy Tea, among otehr things. Apparently it's called Billy tea because when people were flocking here for the Gold Rush, French tinned beef was a staple food. But the Aussies apparently couldn't pronounce "boeuf" (french for Beef) so they called it Bully for short, which later became "billy." Apparently, the empty tins were perfect for making tea, hence the name "billy tea."
It's delicious -- but quite strong!! But that's how I like it. Also got some super-fab Australian Honey, which comes in about 10 different flavors/varieteis. We went with Red Gum.
Certain familiar logos have different names here -
Dunkin Donuts = Donut King
Burger King = Hungry Jacks
and we no longer have a stroller...it's a Pram. And we also made arrangements to rent a cot (crib) for Sydney. And of course, diapers are nappies...and we are being careful not to use words like "root" and "stuff" as these are derogatory words for sex. Good stuff to know before you open your mouth, yeah?
ok that's all for now...more to come as the Grant adventure continues....
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