August 4, 2003 Monday
Today we all went to Leichardt, one of the many suburbs of Sydney. (Sydney itself is actually very small. Most of the city is made up of all these smaller suburbs. Sort of like SoHo, the East Village, Harlem, etc. are parts of New York City.) This neighborhood is Sydney’s Little Italy. We had some really good Italian food (of course), as I would expect from a place where Italian was still spoken on the streets. Gareth and the girls headed back to Darling Harbour to visit more touristy things, while I had to *sigh* go to class.

The big news over here is what happened during the big Australia vs. South Africa rugby match last week. The South Africans were busted eye gouging and biting during the game. You should see the bite marks, ouch! The player that did that only got suspended 8 games. The rugby leagues “sentencing guidelines” say biting should get at least, like, 16 games or something. Needless to say, Aussies are pissed. The South Africans went on to play New Zealand, where the coach said he was glad to go because they didn’t “play like sissies.” Wow.