Tourist moments

It´s been a while since I´ve updated my blog... I added some pictures to my previous posts. Right now I´m sitting in my room, writing this blog and drinking coffee that I made with my brand new coffee machine :) (And eating TimTams - Australian chocolate covered cookies.)

On Thursday Shinae, Moy and I went to the Chinese Gardens and the National Maritime Museum. The Chinese Gardens are at a relatively small area but there´s a lot to see there: beautiful plants and flowers, a small pond with big fish, traditional Chinese buildings and a tea house. We were lucky to have Shinae with us since she knows a lot about Chinese culture so she explained us many things, like what some of the plants and animals symbolize. We also got to see a small lizard there. They were renting traditional Chinese costums to people who could walk around the gardens wearing them and taking pictures. It´d be a perfect place to take wedding pictures, for example. All in all, we had a nice and relaxed walk there on a sunny afternoon.


The Chinese Gardens

Our next destination was the National Maritime Museum. It was mostly historical things related to ships, sailing, wars and water sports. It was interesting seeing all the old things they used to use. There was also the fastest boat in the World. It´s top speed is 500km/h! The record was set some 20 years ago and people attempting to break it since have ended up killed. One of the funniest ships was this one that was built of beer cans :)

After having a nice lunch sitting outside in Darling Harbour I went to a fatburner class at the Fitness Centre. Later that evening we had a noodle dinner in flat 7. The UTS Housing Service bought the food for us to make up the construction that´s going on here. To be honest, it is causing some noise. We had a nice evening eating the food and talking to each other. I got to meet quite a few new residents having just arrived to Geegal, as well as some older residents that I hadn´t met before. It seems like we´re having a good group of people living here this year and I´m looking forward to getting to know them better. Once the construction is finished we´ll be able to spend some time at the courtyard. We were already planning all sorts of activities to do together; Sunday morning breakfasts outside, poker tournaments, trips in Sydney and the surrounding areas, theme parties, movies etc...