The flight to Sydney was interesting, mostly because it was an overnight flight of about 11 hours, yet crossed only one timezone, making it more of a flying hotel than anything. It was pleasant flight, however: I saw Young Frankenstein, which I hadn't previously seen, then I had a Toohey's beer, then I slept. Which was nice.
My first few days in Sydney were an interesting experience, owing mostly to the locale in which my hostel was located. It seems as though Kings Cross is the party-district of Sydney, having a high concentration of hostels, pubs, nightclubs, and so on. As I'm not normally one for those sorts of places, during the course of my three days there I spent most of my time in other parts of the city. While my roommates were definitely partiers, I was fortunate I was only staying Monday through Thursday, as I missed the nights that tended to be loud well past 4am.
My very first night I decided to go see Ratatouille. Except for the part where I went into the wrong theater and didn't notice because my phone hadn't picked up the timezone change, I enjoyed it. Sometime, however, I'd like to see the first fifteen minutes of the movie. I also discovered that in Australia, movies are really expensive. I spent $15.50 to get in. Apparently the price gets cut in half on Tuesdays.
I also did quite a bit of walking. I enjoy exploring, and was delighted to find that, after purchasing a SIM card for my phone, it began to display the name of the community in which I currently was. That made it slightly easier to explore, as I could tell when I was getting near to a place I had previously been. I got lost at one point, but then I found myself again.
During the course of my walkings, I discovered a wonderful bookstore, where I have spent entirely too much money: Galaxy Books is a shop dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, and mystery novels. Worse still, the new Terry Pratchett book was released the week I arrived, and costs $55 in hardback. Thus far I have resisted the temptation, instead preferring many paperbacks to a single hardback.
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I think $15.50 AUD isn't that different in USD than the price of movies here. I just went to see Stardust (great film) and it was $10.50 at Horton Plaza... though, admittedly, that's Horton Plaza...
You hadn't seen Young Frankenstein!? Wow. That's a classic. Probably Mel Brooks' best work. I think Rob and I have seen it about 30 times. Maybe more. (Mind you I'm not sure I'd have sat down to see it QUITE that many times, but Rob puts it on whenever he can't think of anything else to watch.)
If you're still in Sydney, take a water taxi -- the concept alone is fabulous...
You write very well.
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