Alright, I know. I am super failing at this. I'm a week behind (more), and I am soooo sorry. But there is so much to do in Aussieland, and so little internet time, and NO FREE INTERNET CAFES! Like fml, I am currently in a dirty McDonald's in Canberra flicking at the flies around me. Fail. But now is my only chance to catch you all up, so I will do my best.
So, end of Adelaide. Well you know the basics (from the last post): trip around wine country, and trip to the zoo/ chocolate factory/ biggest rocking horse in the world, and also (not in last post), one last trip back to the beach before walking around downtown Adelaide for the last time. First off: Barrossa Valley (sp.?). Dude. It's crazy. There is wine EVERYWHERE. Slash vineyards, not actual wine flowing around in the rivers... But ya, I went to Jacob's Creek (the vineyard, AND the actual creek, though actually they have vineyards all around and like own the place. Seriously, their name is everywhere. But it's so commercial, I didn't really like it. You had to pay to taste the wine (they make you buy a glass), and it's so impersonal. No tours of the vineyard, nothing. Though that's the way it is in all the vineyards, minus that we had free wine everywhere else. And by everywhere else, I mean Penfold's, some Aussieland famous wine I've never heard of, Wolf Blass, and the vineyard Patrick worked at for a summer. They had some pretty good wines, especially Rieslings and late harvests. Success! After a long day of drinking, we headed back to Patrick's for tea aka dinner (don't ask) with his mom and sister, and I think that was the night! Slash I think before the vineyards I did my first easter egg hunt (not sure on the day, but I think it was that one)! I needed help, but hey, I'm a newbie. Next day we went to see the biggest rocking horse in the world, minus that it does not actually rock and was full of children, so we took a pic and peaced to an old school chocolate factory which was pretty baller (check the pics!), and then went to the zoo, which was actually more of a safari type zoo, but still, epic success! The pics should be up soon, I just had problems uploading them (sorry!). We saw lions and cheetahs and rhinos and zebras and buffalo and mongolian horses and giraffes and a whole bunch of other cool stuff! The zoo also has a hole bunch of skins and bones on display for educational purposes, but it creeped me out... I'm so squeamish lol. So, last day in Adelaide, we left early to go to Patrick's work to drop off my bags, and then I went to the beach at Glenelg one last time, before heading back to the city for more Malaysian food (haha, success!). Then Patrick went back to work and I got to wander around the city again. I went more East than I had before, and walked by the chillest neighbourhood, and went up to a nice vintage store where I found, get this, A NORDIQUES JERSEY!!!! But there was no price and no real way of finding out how much it cost, so minor fail. FML. Anyways, kept walking towards a big park and towards this super cool building I had seen bussing past, which turned out to be a National Wine Centre, which was super cool because I got to learn more about wine and played this computer game where I created my own wine (I made a Riesling) and then it got "judged"... and I created a Gold Medal wine! Success! Haha mad skills, man. Then I went back to Patrick's, got my bags, and got on a bus to Sydney to meet Eddie!!
So I was super excited to get to Sydney and see Eddie, and the flight was going well, and we were started to descend when FML we hit the 2nd most intense turbulence of my life. And I'm like, FML, I am going to die. WTF. The flight attendant picks up the speakerphone and is all: "Ladies and gentlemen, we seem to have hit a bit of turbulence, but it is nothing to worry about, so just fasten your seatbelts, this is normal". And her voice is shaking. And the plane is freaking out. And flight attendants NEVER do the whole reassuring thing on the speakerphone, they just tell you to sit down and fasten your seatbelts. Nothing about it being normal, and that there is nothing to worry about. Like 2 mins before we land, the pilot finally gets control and lands okay, so slightly shaky. I get off the plane as fast as I can, and go meet my shuttlebus to take me to Eddie's. Trick: they have trains to the city for $14, but you can pre-arrange a shuttlebus for much cheaper that takes you to your hotel/ apt if you live near Kings Cross, so success on Eddie for living in Potts Point!
Finally get to Eddie's which is super exciting because I haven't seen him in like 2 years, and after I judge him for eating bread over passover, we hit up the supermarket for some groceries. We get home and make ourselves some dinner and a couple of drinks and just call it a night. Plan for the next day: Bondi Beach!
Anyways, I know I have left you all in suspense because you all want to know about the sexy Aussieland surfers, but it is time for me to go! I will try to write back again and actually catch up this time before I go back to Sydney on Tuesday.
Miss you all, and hope you are doing well.
Lots of love,
Kat
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