Leaving Las Sydney.

Last day at the pub

It's kinda strange really, of all the time we've been here we haven't really bonded with Sydney. OK, the Opera House and the Bridge are pretty amazing and the skyline is really good, but there was nothing apart from that that really made it standout from Manchester. Err, ignoring the weather of course. But the moment we decided to start our journey back to the UK, we started to see the city in a different light, the Opera House looked whiter and not a dirty cream colour, the bridge stood magnificently on the harbor and not just stuck there. The upside of this time limit on Sydney was that we've managed to squeeze in a lot of sight seeing and pub quizzes the past month. :)

Of course there was the leaving doos to consider too. Our last week in Sydney really did consist of Andrea and I chain-eating :) Andrea has had her leaving lunch, now it was my turn. I knew both Daniel and Gustavo were up to no good by the constant "Make sure your here on Friday lunch" comments and also "Make sure Andrea isn't about" ones too. With Andrea's company moving from the cockroach infested crows nest office to the very grand Atlassian office in the heart of the CBD in Sydney, there was the possibility that Andrea would be at home on Friday ! This came as a shock to Daniel who demanded that she makes sure she's working or just gets banned from home during the day. We all know the lovely pub i go to on Friday lunch times has great food and boobs, so it goes without saying that this is where we were going. I took my camera with me just in case. ;) It Turns out, my worries as to just how far Daniel could go, were unfounded. The "lady" spent the whole time with just one bloke that she knew and certainly didn't serve beer. The food was really good though and up to it's usual standard. Once we'd finished, Daniel dashed off to try one last ditch attempt at getting the girl to come over, turns out she was getting changed into her normal clothes to go home, so Daniel settled for the barmaid (Danni) that I get along with. As you can see, she very much has her clothes on...however, Andrea never knew this. Daniel decided to not tell Andrea about what happened and also banned myself from telling Andrea too, until Daniel had "done something". Andrea spent the whole weekend pestering me about it all. Saturday it was "What happened Simon?", Sunday it was "I'm you girlfriend Simon, I wont say anything, tell me?!", then Monday it was "If you've got boobs in your face or worse, I'll chop your *&%£ing %£*$ off !". I'll get back to this thread later, but for now i'll continue with the weekend of eating.

Saturday was a night out with Nick and Josephine to say goodbye, it was a good evening. The highlight of the evening for Andrea was getting refused entry into a bar because both her and Josephine looked under age, we went to another and they asked the same question but were a bit more reasonable.

Sunday, Andrea and I spent the last full day sightseeing Sydney again. We took a ferry to Manly. Wandered round the botanical Gardens, went to the opera house, and shopped in The Rocks. Then it was back to the flat for the last of the packing and a big meal provided by the Brazilians, a big piece of rump marinated in red wine, garlic and onions...very good, and a fun filled evening :)

Monday, Myself, Andrea, Daniel, and Gustavo all went for Yum Cha (pronounced Yum Chow for those from Bury). It's like an Asian tapas and is very good :) After lunch we got back to the apartment where Daniel and Gustavo shot off to get something done, then came back and presented Andrea with a photo album containing the photo's in this set. After the comments from Andrea earlier on Monday, she finally saw what really happened at the pub which was, err.. nothing :)