First week in Sydney

It has been a week since we had arrived in Sydney, and we are wiped. Carla had a ton of orientation sessions to go to for her school, and then we would go walking and exploring the city. It is winter here now (high of 18/19 low of 9) but not a winter that I am used to. :-) Few days ago, the temperature went up to 24 C. You have to understand that July here is the equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere, so I am delighted with their version of January weather!

On Saturday, we went to several showings of apartments for rent. Actually, we saw seven apartments and were very disappointed with the selection. The apartments were either expensive and small ($450 per week) or cheap and disgusting. It looks like we might have to start looking away from downtown. It would be acceptable to find a place on the train line (their version of subway) as the trains run frequently.

People that we met in this past week have been so friendly. They are so easy going. We have already gone to Bondi Beach. You can still see surfers there, trying to catch a wave. Amazing. Surfing in the winter!

Right now, our main focus is finding a place to move into as we don't want to stay in temporary housing for too long. Carla has started school today and will be pretty busy with that for the next 3.5 months. Once we're settled in, I can start focusing my energy on finding a job.

One last thing. The sky here is amazing. On a clear day (which we've had quite a few in the last week) the sky is HUGE and is so blue. I cannot show it to you in pictures, you have to see it!