The rest of my crew went to sleep but I did not want to waste one single minute so I went for a walk/run to enjoy the sun and the cool breeze. It is absolutely gorgeous today. The temperature is perfect at 28 degrees (82F). I make a big circle around town, strolling down my favorite streets, and enjoying the beautiful Botanical Gardens.
At 5pm I meet with Margot and Romeo to go to dinner. We walk to one of our usual spots, Made in Italy. They have awesome salads and excellent pizzas. there we run into a few other colleagues from other crews. Some have been there for 9 days due to a mechanical issue with their aircraft. I wish that would happen to me one day; a mini vacations in Sydney. Not this time though, I need to get home to welcome my friend Valerie who is arriving from Paris on Saturday.
After dinner Romeo and I go out for "adult beverages" and we stay out way later than I had anticipated. We get back to the hotel around 1am! After flying 14 hours and being up all day and all evening I guess I held on quite well.
The second day we meet at 10am. We decided to go on the walk from Cooggee to Bondi. It is a beautiful walk on top of the cliffs along the ocean. The weather is superb and we enjoy the 1 and 1/2 hour walk. By the time we arrive in Bondi we have worked up an appetite. We have a lovely lunch at the Bondi Icebergs overlooking the beach. After lunch we simply take the bus back to Sydney. Deanne and Romeo go back to the hotel and Margot and I go for coffee by the Opera house. We have decided to go to the movie but we have a little time before the show.
The movie that we saw is "Le scaphandre et le papillon" (The diving bell and the butterfly). It is a very poignant film and I probably would have been a little reticent had I known what is was about. All I knew is that it was an Oscar nominated film.
Here is a review from the New York Times that summarizes my feelings and experience.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/movies/30divi.html
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