Day 4-6

Day four was spent all day on the road. Mel has now mastered driving on the opposite side of the road and opposite side of the car!  The drive reminded me of driving from LA to SF, very dry, with random trees along the way, sometimes hilly and sometimes flat.  The only difference is instead of seeing deer crossing, you see kangaroo crossing, and we saw several dead kangaroos.  :(. When we finally completed the 9 hour drive, we arrived and Sarah's house. Mel and Max met Sarah in Greece two and a half years ago, right after the tour I met them on. Sarah, as most Australians I've met, is super nice, and graciously welcomed  me (a stranger into her house).  Her parents are so hospitable, making sure our beds are made, that we have chance to do laundry, and constantly double checking that we don't need anything else, food, tea, etc.  Sarah's birthday was the day we arrived, day four, so she had a small party in h backyard where we were able to meet all her friends.  Her birthday is an all weekend celebration, ending Sunday night with dinner and clubs in, Sydney's Darling Harbor area.   Side note: Sarah's mom spent the evenings trying to convince all three of us that A) 4 days I not long enough in Sydney, and B) we should just move here for a year, because thats about how long it takes to see everything, and it is good learn about other peoples culture.  I told her several times I would love to live in a different country, and will hopefully, even for a year, live in another country, because the way other countries live fascinates me. 
Day five, was full of nature.  Sarah took us to a local spot for breakfast, one of my favorite things is to live like the locals. After that we took the rental car back, Mel has never been so happy to be a passenger, however by the end of the trip she had mastered driving on the opposite side of the road. Sarah then took us  up to the Blue Mountains. Ive heard thy are beautiful, however the weather has not been on our side, rainy, overcast, and windy since we have arrived. So by the time we got up the mountain it was foggy, and we couldn't see anything, but we drove up there so we at least wandered around the forest a bit. That night we spent the night at Dani's house, Sarah's best mate, who also met Max and Mel two years ago on their vacation in Europe, Greece to be exact.  We had a proper Aussie BBQ, with ribs, steak, chicken, sausage, the works. It was great.  
Day six, we took the bus into Sydney and spent the day wandering around, seeing all the sights. We went shopping, and saw the Harbour Bridge, Opera House, and Darling Harbour. Not too much to report, the city reminds me alot of NYC, jute a busy city. We are staying the evening at a hotel in Darling Harbour, going out to celebrate Sarah's birthday with dinner and a night out on the town Sydney Style. The weather today was yet again crappy, so we are hoping tomorrow is better so we can go over to Bondi Beach. At the moment I am sitting I am sitting in the hotel lobby watching it pour outside, and they are stating that this is the worst weather/summer weather, they have had in over 50 years. 

Bye for now <3