August 1, 2003 Saturday

Gareth, the brave soul that he is, did the Bridge Climb today. That is "bridge climb" as in, he climb OVER the Sydney Harbour Bridge...you know, like the top. He also looked at his pictures from the bridge climb every hour on the hour for the rest of the day. We met him downtown for an early dinner at a place called “Pancakes.” They serve, oh I’ll let you guess…You got it, pancakes! Ana had been going on and on about their chocolate pancake covered in chocolate syrup, topped with chocolate ice cream and chocolate chips. I was less than impressed, but oh well. Ana is continually making up excuses to go there; she's got a thing for chocolate, you see. Personally, my body doesn’t know how to enjoy pancakes at 4:30 in the afternoon. We caught an Australian movie called “Danny Deckchair” starring Rhys Ifans (Hugh Grant’s skinny, dorky flatmate from “Notting Hill.”) The movie was kinda…eh. There’s just nothing else out here that I haven’t seen. I saw a bunch of movies before I left, and most of them haven’t even come out here, yet. Even movies I saw back in January. One movie that’s still in theaters here we saw on the plane! “Agent Cody Banks” was also playing on the plane, and THAT doesn’t come out for another MONTH! Another little way this country is backwards. Oh, well…

August 3, 2003 Sunday
We all went for a walk, today. The longest freaking walk of my life! We walked from the famous Bondi Beach all the way down to Coogee Beach. It took 3 hours! We went up hills and down hills, across beaches and around bays, even through a cemetery. Today was one long day. I did have some pretty good fish-n-chips (French fries) in Bondi. They came wrapped in paper; the fish and chips all together. And yes, the ketchup was extra. As always, pictures are up on Snapfish.com.