A great beach day :D

Since the weather forecast had promised hot and sunny weather for today we planned a trip to Manly Beach. It ended up everyone else had something else to do - uni stuff and sports - so it was just Carla and I going. But we had the greatest day outside! We took the ferry to Manly and got a map of the area from a visitor centre. It appears there´re quite a few things to see in Manly, like some scenic walkways and Sydney Harbour National Park. We started walking towards the park and when we stopped to take a look at the map these two guys we ran into asked if we needed any help. We asked about nice things to see in Manly and they promised to take us on a guided tour :) Unfortunately they got a call from work and had to leave, but we got a lift to Shelly Beach and they accompanied us for a quick swim. Shelly Beach is a rather small and sheltered one with small waves, opposite to Manly the other bigger beaches. We spent a couple of hours there sun bathing and studying. Then we walked to the main street to look for lunch. We had seafood rolls at a food court and got gelato (really creamy ice cream) from an Italian place called Gelatissimo. My ice cream was huge :P Then we walked a bit along the shoreline before going to lay on the beach. After another hour of sun bathing we took the ferry back home. It was Tim´s turn to make flat dinner. We´ve agreed on cooking flat dinners every week. Everyone takes a turn cooking a meal for the 6 of us. I started with makaroonilaatikko last Sunday and Tim prepared a delicious nacho meal. Oh, and I also watched my new favorite TV-show, Ugly Betty.

Shelly Beach

Flat 3. From left Adrian, Tim, I, Shinae, Renar and Carla

It´s kinda hard getting motivated with studying :/ After arriving here I had 3 weeks of vacation, which set my mind thinking Sydney means relazing and doing just fun things. It´s hard for me staying inside when the weather is good. Fortunately I can do my readings outside but I gotta spend some time in the library and on the computer, as well. I´m almost done with my marketing case study and I´m determined to finish it tomorrow. Speaking of which, I gotta go to bed so I can get up early...