2 wonderful weeks
6 Comments Published by Tom Gara on Saturday, December 31 at Saturday, December 31, 2005.
Man, that was some fine 14 days of pleasure.
Being back home was like going to an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant when you are starving hungry, only you can just keep eating and never feel full. The more sunshine, raw Aussie heat, ocean, driving vast distances and quality times I had, the more I realised that my appetite for being home was far greater than the amount I could consume in two weeks.
And although the food metaphor above was mainly symbolic, I really enjoyed getting to chow down on some intensely good Asian food, great wine, meat pies, fish and chips and all the other great produce that makes Australian eating a singular experience (just ask Jingwei about the our democratic open-society Prawns).
The whole thing is being finished off in stye as well. Yesterday was my last day in Adelaide, and I was treated to the hottest day of the year, peaking out at 42 degrees and staying at around 38 degrees until 2am when I went to bed. Glorious Aussie heat as well, sun with a bite to it, sun that heats up parked cars into pizza ovens, makes bitumen roads go soft and runny, and heats up everywhere, except for the most vigilantly air conditioned supermarkets and shopping malls.
It was a Zen day. Slept in until about 10, woke up and lazed about the house watching the cricket (until Australia put South Africa out of their misery and finished the game around mid-day), went to the beach and stayed submerged in the water as long as humanly possible, made my way into the city for an incredible feast of Chinese food (all the classics, the highlight being an incredible salt and pepper squid) and finished the evening off in the outdoor garden of a great pub, drinking pint glasses of icy cold blended fruit cocktails. The day felt so complete and perfect that I was ready to dissapear, Obi Wan Kenobi style, and become one with The Force.
So now, after a 3:30am wake up to catch a 6am flight, I am in Sydney. Its nice and warm, without being aggressively hot like Adelaide was yesterday, I am guessing around 32 degrees, with a cool breeze. I am planning on bumming around the city today, catching up with some of the worlds finest people, eating some more Asian food (Sydney does it even better than Adelaide...) and then finish off my two weeks of bliss by watching the fireworks in Sydney harbour and hailing in the New Year.
Here to life as it is meant to be lived - and may everyone out there rock the house for New Years eve - the most over-rated of evenings, but still one to be done properly. Cheers!
Being back home was like going to an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant when you are starving hungry, only you can just keep eating and never feel full. The more sunshine, raw Aussie heat, ocean, driving vast distances and quality times I had, the more I realised that my appetite for being home was far greater than the amount I could consume in two weeks.
And although the food metaphor above was mainly symbolic, I really enjoyed getting to chow down on some intensely good Asian food, great wine, meat pies, fish and chips and all the other great produce that makes Australian eating a singular experience (just ask Jingwei about the our democratic open-society Prawns).
The whole thing is being finished off in stye as well. Yesterday was my last day in Adelaide, and I was treated to the hottest day of the year, peaking out at 42 degrees and staying at around 38 degrees until 2am when I went to bed. Glorious Aussie heat as well, sun with a bite to it, sun that heats up parked cars into pizza ovens, makes bitumen roads go soft and runny, and heats up everywhere, except for the most vigilantly air conditioned supermarkets and shopping malls.
It was a Zen day. Slept in until about 10, woke up and lazed about the house watching the cricket (until Australia put South Africa out of their misery and finished the game around mid-day), went to the beach and stayed submerged in the water as long as humanly possible, made my way into the city for an incredible feast of Chinese food (all the classics, the highlight being an incredible salt and pepper squid) and finished the evening off in the outdoor garden of a great pub, drinking pint glasses of icy cold blended fruit cocktails. The day felt so complete and perfect that I was ready to dissapear, Obi Wan Kenobi style, and become one with The Force.
So now, after a 3:30am wake up to catch a 6am flight, I am in Sydney. Its nice and warm, without being aggressively hot like Adelaide was yesterday, I am guessing around 32 degrees, with a cool breeze. I am planning on bumming around the city today, catching up with some of the worlds finest people, eating some more Asian food (Sydney does it even better than Adelaide...) and then finish off my two weeks of bliss by watching the fireworks in Sydney harbour and hailing in the New Year.
Here to life as it is meant to be lived - and may everyone out there rock the house for New Years eve - the most over-rated of evenings, but still one to be done properly. Cheers!
Babe whats your phone number so I can call you tonight????
I could never be as far away from home as you were, unless I was in Australia.
Happy new year Tom :), I am still laughing from reading your entry - by far the most relaxing I have came across lately. Hope you regained powers for Rotterdam and see you soon. mo
Shame i missed you - but i'll be in Europe soon - so hope to catch up with you then...
Did you fall off the face of the earth ?
Hi Tom,
Somehow I stumbled across your blog looking for cheap air fares to Egypt. I jotted down your email addy from one of your posts, so just wanted to give you heads-up that you will be getting ligit email from an addy at parkcompany.com... Thought you might be able to share some things on Cairo... - Heidi