May Madness-a month of visitors

This has been a great month full of visitors!!

Earlier this month my mate Jess from my study abroad trip came to visit. She spent the weekend here with me in Sydney. Saturday night Erica came over in the rain storm and we all hung out, watched TV and had a girls night in. Sunday we woke up and went to the markets. Then it was Darling Harbors 21st birthday celebration so we went there for fireworks and concerts. Wes Carr, Australian Idol winner, performed so that was really cool. Still a bit jetlagged, we headed back for an early night. We hung out Monday before Jess headed to the Central coast to stay with our TA rachel.

Wednesday of that week I caugh up with my old flatmate Dave. His sister works for MTV here and got us in to the filming of The LAIR. A show that films performances... We saw De La Soul and some other famour faces. I ran into Jay from "The City" and I was like "how was new york!!" haha a little starstruck to say the least.

Friday I got a call from Jess seeing if I wanted to go to the Central Coast for the weekend. I got very excited for a little weekend getaway. I met Rachael and Jess along with Nick, the head of our study abroad program, in the city. We had a great dinner by the water and then we drove back to Rachaels. I had a great weekend there and spending time with jess. We met up in Milan last summer and always joke about our reunion in other countries. Saturday we went to the beach town and walked around and went to another beach for sunset. Saturday night we cooked a great dinner in and watched a movie with Rachael and her fam.
It was sad to see jess go but we are looking forward to another amazing reunion.

I am no longer working for Tiaki but as soon as I returned from my travels, I have been freelancing and teaching a few classes for Vclub again. Thank goodness:-)
About a week and a half ago, Mike came to Sydney! We saw eachother 4 months ago in Fiji but this time, he came to Australia. The day he got in, we did the bondi tour and went to Watsons bay. We had lunch on the water and took a nap before heading out for my birthday celebration. It was so great having all of my friends together. I have made so many Australian mates and even had my American friends there that it was just so wonderful:-)
The next day we went down into the city and did the opera house and bridge area. I was able to show mike my favorite spot and I gave him a tour of the Ivy all after we got lunch in Darling Harbor. Later, while enjoying a drink at Opera bar, we met up with my friend that is visiting his girlfriend who is studying abroad and had a drink. We went home early and stayed in and watched a movie. Saturday we did the bondi to coogee coast walk and had a great Linner in Coogee. Came back to my place and we were both exhausted. Mike stayed asleep and I went to babysit. Kept it low key cause we had a 530am wake up call for our Wine Tour in the Hunter Valley. What a great, beautiful day of trying wine, tasting cheese, eating fudge, and being with one another. A really fun trip! Hung out that evening cause monday was another early wake up for Surfer's Paradise in the Gold Coast. Its just a small cool town that had great clubs! Miggy and his group were going to be there so Ali decided to come down as well. Despite a few mishaps, it was a great time. Ali came to our hotel and we all drank a bit and then went to a club where we got our dance on. Something us Streimer sisters love to do;-) The next day we just walked around town before Ali went back to Byron Bay. That night Mike and I ate habachi (Mmm) and went to a club called Bedroom. Basically like the club "Bed" in New York. Weather was pretty horrible but the next day we did a tour in the rainforest. Another amazing landscape of Australia. I was really happy that Mike got to see another part of Oz. From there, we headed to the airport for our trip back to sydney.
Thursday we had a late start and went into the city to check out the Star City Casino. We went up to the sky tower and had a drink in 360. The center point of Sydney that is a revolving restaurant. From there we had dinner at Pancakes on the Rocks because well.... its amazing! Then we met up with MIGGY!!!! It was soooo great seeing him! I could not believe he was in Sydney. A bunch of Study Abroad people came out and Mike knew some guys from home so it turned into a really fun night!!
Friday was another late start but a great one at that! We went to the Wildlife World where Mike got to see the Koala's, Kangaroo's and other native animals. For some reason, I get really excited for people when they see the animals hehe. From there we walked around the Harbor, got him some souvenirs and sat for a nice dinner on the water to watch the fireworks. That night we met up with Erica at Establishment, another Merivale bar. We ended up running in to two of my great friends Christine and Hayley and then my mate Ben too. Turned into a great evening despite miserable weather.
Saturday we just hung out and went to Erica's to BBQ. We needed a low key day... we headed out into The Cross at night and went to a place where I ended up seeing heaps of my guys friends. Mike got to meet some of my closest and I think it was nice to put the names to the faces. Sunday was an amazing last full day! We went to the Bondi Markets and then headed to the Sydney Cricket Ground for the SWANS AFL game. It was an unbelievably gorgeous day and the Swans won!!! I could follow the game and was actually really into it. Later that afternoon, we got our last order of wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce (yes, ive had more in the past week and a half then my entire life!) and went up to one of my spots in Bondi where we watched the Sunset. It was perfect. Headed home to pack and caught up with Eli over a few drinks at the RSL. Our sunday night place. Then Mike and I went to Icebergs. A place that I thought was going to be overated but yet again, they have proven me wrong. UNREAL food!!! We took it slow and started off with a glass of wine over the water( the restaurant is on the opposite side of the beach and is all glass windows), then sat down and enjoyed our last evening with one another. A very pricey meal, (Thanks mom and steve!!!) but when Mike said it was the best meal he thinks he ever had, I knew it was worth it!!! Mmm
Today we woke up, hung out and headed to the airport. It was a sad goodbye but the first one where we knew when we would be seeing one another...It was a great trip and im so happy he got to see my life here.

This week is a busy one. Getting ready to move out, ali will be here and then friday, im going to THAILAND!!!! I am SO excited but even more so because I will be seeing one of my great friends from Uni! WARNE!!!!!! ahhh I can not believe I will be seeing her. She has been so great with keeping me posted on info and has opened her door to me. SO great!! I can not believe how fast time is going by. Its unreal...

ill be home before you know it... please shoot me an email update!!!

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