Deb arrived in Sydney on Wednesday the 4th, and started moving into our apartment a bit each day after work.\u00a0 I got in on Monday the 9th, just missing Deb’s birdthday, and what sounded like a wonderful harbor cruise on the new boat of a Sydney Googler.\u00a0 But I came bearing small, packable presents, and one day soon we’re going to take a Ferry over to some of the nice beaches nearby.<\/p>\n
Since I arrived, we’ve rearranged the furniture in our little furnished apartment, and organized a bit.\u00a0 We now have local sim cards in our unlocked phones, unlimited weekly transit passes, and an internet connection for the apartment.<\/p>\n
We’re even learning how to forage for food at the local grocery stores!\u00a0 The ones we’ve found so far are a bit supermarkety, so we plan to go exploring for something more like a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods.<\/p>\n
The exploring and the excellent public transit, the plastic money and unfamiliar bird sounds are all very exciting.\u00a0 But as is to be expected one week into a trip like this, I’m not feeling quite at home just yet.<\/p>\n
As I’m learning more about our surroundings, stocking the apartment with food, swimming in our apartment’s pool, and getting all unpacked though, I can feel myself getting a bit more familiar and comfortable here, which is nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deb arrived in Sydney on Wednesday the 4th, and started moving into our apartment a bit each day after work.\u00a0 I got in on Monday the 9th, just missing Deb’s birdthday, and what sounded like a wonderful harbor cruise on the new boat of a Sydney Googler.\u00a0 But I came bearing small, packable presents, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavendrome.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavendrome.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavendrome.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavendrome.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavendrome.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lavendrome.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6,"href":"https:\/\/lavendrome.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavendrome.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavendrome.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavendrome.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}