Olympic Park

Since the weather seemed alright on Thursday morning Carla and I decided to visit the Olympic Park. We had already been there at the Easter Show, but we wanted to see how it looked like on a normal day. So we took the train to Homebush and a bus from there to the Olympic Park (saved $2 that way). First we went to the visitor centre to get a map of the area, and then just walked around. I think it would´ve been more interesting if we had done a guided tour so we could´ve actually gotten into the stadiums. Now we just went into this regular looking sportshall where some high schools were having a volleyball tournament and to the lobby of the Aquatic Centre. The most interesting thing were these poles in front of the Telstra Stadium. Each volunteer had his/her name on a pole, and the amount of volunteers had been huge! It´d be so cool being a part of the Olympic movement as a volunteer. Unlike in some other Olympic cities there´re no sports museums in Sydney, which is a shame. Now that I´ve taken the Olympic Games course I´d be interested in knowing some more info and facts about the Sydney Games. Parts of the Olympic Park were under renovation: They´re trying to improve the area so that it´ll better serve local people in terms of housing, sports facilities and employment. Environmental facts are taken into consideration, too, which is good. Since the weather had gotten worse, cold and raining, we had cappucino at a cafe and the walked to the Homebush outlet mall. We hadn´t much time for shopping, so we just walked around and took a look at all the stores. They´ve got some many different stores with lots of discount items! After taking the train home we went to the gym, and then it was time for our movie night. Denise and Till came over and we watched this movie whose name I cannot remember at the moment. Anyways, it lasted for almost 3hours and was a good one :)



The Telstra Stadium



Volunteer poles

On Friday morning Carla and I went to the hairdresser. We had looked around for a cheaper place, but since the prices seemed to be over $100 pretty much everywhere we decided to go back to our old place. It was a lot less crowded this time and we didn´t have to wait. The Russian girl who had picked my color last time actually remembered me and died my hair this time, too. It´s dark brown, and I also got it cut shorter. I really like the cut with lots of layers! Since Carla got highlights it took quite a lot longer for her, so I went to Medibank while waiting for her. On my way there I saw a Jigsaw store and went in. I had admired this beautiful winter coat at Myers before but had decided not to get it because it costed $400. Now they were having mid-year sales and the coats were 40% discount. Luckily they still had my size, and I could do nothing but get the coat :) So now I´ve got a coat to wear when I go back to Finland in the middle of the winter. I had to work that afternoon, but after I got back from work we played Monopoly with Carla, Denise, Till and Andwer. I lost (spent too much money on buying houses and couldn´t afford to visit Till´s hotels) and Carla won, after a long game.