I Should Have Just Stayed Home - Day Twelve

The next day I was still feeling awful...it wasn't much fun. Jackie and Conor wanted to check out Bondi Beach and some more sights in Sydney. Then they were going to catch a plane in the evening and head back to Melbourne. Now the confusing thing was, what was I going to do?!? I didn't want to inconvenience Bernard by getting him to drive me back into the city the next morning. So, he proposed I stay with his brother who lives really close to the airport. Fine by me, but that meant I needed to go along with them for the day and haul all my stuff to the brother's house after we dropped off Jackie and Conor.


So here's Bondi Beach. I didn't go near the water (or hardly the beach for that matter). I took a few pictures, bought a smoothie and lied down while everyone did their own thing.






Now I know this shirt is ridiculous, haha, but I wanted to try and get rid of my farmer tan. Didn't really work...


After Bondi we went up close to the Opera House.




Then we went to the gardens nearby, where I fell asleep on the grass while the three amigos adventured off on their own. Jackie took this garden shot.


Strangely enough, I found this laminated card thingy near where I slept. I suspect it was left over from the night before. It's kinda odd as it is, but if you look in the top right corner there's a picture of some guy floating in the window who I assume is "James". Maybe you should call the number and find out.

Another little story: I moved around a bit to try and stay in the sun. At one spot I looked over and saw a guy by me. He was just lying there with his hand down his pants, for like 30 mins. I'm glad I wasn't closer.


Aslan?!?


Yay Bernard! (And it's pronounced Bern-erd, not Ber-Nard...I had difficulty with that)

So we dropped the lovely couple off at the airport and said our goodbyes. It was great seeing Jackie and Conor again and I'm grateful for their putting up with me!

Bernard then told me it didn't seem like a good idea to stay with his brother...so that meant driving back all the way to his place, unpacking my stuff again, and driving to the airport in the morning the next day again. Shucks, I kinda wish we had made that decision earlier so I could have just slept all day, but oh well, that's the way life works when you're away from home!

And I am incredibly thankful to Bernard and his family for all the hospitality they provided us! Seriously, it made the trip to Sydney soooo good!

That night I was thankful when Bernard's parents gave me some pills. Boy did they help...I had a great night's sleep.

End of Day Twelve.