New Rule: Don't Dance at the Gordon Train Platform

Wow, tiring day. Woke up at nine, had 'brekkie' consisting of toast and milk, then called home (as you four know!!) We watched Sara do her fashion thing on the morning show, and she was fab. Mrs. Ward then got a call from her father saying that he wanted to take Jono and I to the Opera house for a performance. There was a Brahms concerto and a great Strauss piece, and the Brahms starred a young violinist I'd heard of before. I charged up my camera a bit and we drove down to the Opera house to attend. The parking garage is built in the shape of a DNA double helix. It was sweet. (You know you're gonna like some place when you love the parking garage.) We took our time walking up to the actual hall itself, taking plenty of pictures of the harbor bridge and the actual structure itself. They're starting a whole new resurfacing project of the inside of the opera house, because the interior does not match the exterior in any sort of way. The original designs were put off because the state of New South Wales was like uhmmmm we don't have the funds, sorrryyyy!!! So they've only recently begun to care that it's a structural tragedy. I mean don't get me wrong, the inside is cool. But it's all rectangles. And the exterior is all swooping and rhombuses.

Anyways, at intermission we purchased drinks and Toblerone chocolate, and went in for Strauss, which was one continuous piece; no pause for movements. I was very impressed with the crowd during Brahms. No one tried to clap between movements. Very nice.

After the performance was over, Jono and I took a bus over to Bondi beach. It was around six o'clock approximately, so the sun had begun to set, but it was still beautiful. We walked around the beach for a bit, snapping photos, and then we stopped at a place called Surfish, where I got fish and chips and a caramel slice. I also saw my first wild cockroach, and nearly peed myself in terror. Jono then revealed to me that they're EVERYWHERE including on a rare occasion his house, and that sometimes giant spiders come into my room specifically and hang on the walls. I love that kid. He's just so concerned about my mental health.

We then caught the bus to Bondi Junction, where we caught the train to Town Hall, took an escalator to Platform 2 and then another train to Gordon. I was dancing to Poker Face outside, waiting for Jono's parents to take us home (we didn't feel like walking 3 or 4 kilometres) and Jono told me that I was silly and that people in this part of North Sydney don't dance outside. "They perhaps bob their heads slightly, but rarely dance," were his words, I believe. It was really funny. I shut off my iPod anyways, and stood and pretended to be a boring person for a while.

His parents finally came and got us, and I changed out of my spectacular lovely Anthropologie dress and into more comfortable clothing in order to attend the Lovers Jump Creek concert about half an hour's drive away. The two bands at the concert were fabulous; I got a free sample CD! Whee! I met many of Jono's friends, specifically a girl named Kate. She and I are probably hanging out tomorrow night when Jono is playing trumpet for another performance. She's super sweet. She did a western accent for me and it was really funny. And then I mocked the way Jono does a midwestern accent and he made fun of my Australian accent and then we all started sounding really awkward so it stopped there.

Jono drove Kate and her friend home, and then we went home and had a bite to eat and watched the Tour de France (I did NOT fall asleep this time) and Jono went to bed when I started blogging. I should actually get going; I need some good sleep tonight. We're finally following through on the whole biking thing tomorrow, I think. Saturday night we're going to King's Cross and Sunday we're going to the market on the Rocks. SO MUCH TO DO!!

Miss everyone!!

MWAH!!

Love,

Janet