fun in the sun

Happy Thanksgiving to all the folks back in the States. Save some pumpkin pie for me.
Last couple of days in Sydney were days under the sun. I checked out the University of Sydney campus, talked to a few students, checked out their galleries/museums, and old sandstone architecture. Found my way to a community center, where I played pick-up basketball for awhile. Wandered through the Chinatown. It wasn't as big as the one in Shanghai last trip...
Finished the day playing soccer with the locals at a grass (unusual in Seattle) field near the house I'm staying at. So, a day of sporting. Does that make me a punter?? I'll figure out its definition before I leave here.

Dude, mate, man - surfing is a righteous blast. Rippin' it (something, yet to be diagnosed) up out there! Yesterday, went to Cronulla beach, for some time on the waves. The instructor was pretty decent, so I got the basics in order, and was able to catch a few waves (no, not in the curl/tunnel?? - lots of terminology to pick up in that sport...)!

Spent Thanksgiving dinner at a German restaurant in the Rocks (Sydney's oldest neighborhood near the docks, where they first established the city). I'll try to get the pic posted of me in the hat-exchange, leg-slap, hop/skip dance that the 3 old guys singing and playing music had some audience participate in. Needed my lederhosen? for that. Instead, just rolled up jeans... and crocs.

Finished the evening at a club on the water, as the salsa tunes caught my hear as I was walking towards the train. Danced to a few songs - better than my first salsa experience 5 years ago in South Korea, when I was told I should come back when I learned the dance. I know enough of it now to shimmy my way through a whole song. Then repeat the same moves with a different partner and it looks like you know what you're doing!

Cheers.