Mighty Fine Day

I arose reasonably early this morning and made it into the gym for a standard cardio workout. It was nothing to rave about, but it felt good to get in there a bit early and get it out of the way. I got home, had lunch, and then decided to head into Sydney and meet my partner after work. She works on the North Shore so I got the chance to take the train over the harbour bridge and meet her there after work had finished.

We had decided that we would walk back across the Harbour Bridge to the central city and meet up with my partner's cousin. There is a festival on this month in Hyde Park (in the central city) where they have set up a large number of stalls selling Asian food, and we thought that it might be nice to meet after a nice walk and have dinner there.

The walk from the shore is very nice. We walked around some quite stunning suburbs with nice old terraced houses, most of which have been done up and look very flash. Rents are high, of course, and the view of the bridge, and back to the city is stunning. The walk across the bridge is nice too, although I was pestered by a single fly for more or less the entire trip. I only managed to lose it when we got into the city. You haven't experienced flys if you haven't been to Australia.

The city was extremely busy with the all of the offices emptying out of workers and the footpaths were crowded. It was nice to in and amongst it, normally at that time of day I am at home recovering form the days exertions, but being in town in the action was very stimulating. I enjoyed the walk, and the three of us met at the park as the sun was setting, filling the sky with a wonderful pinkish hue.

The stalls were very good, and we recognised a number of restaurants that we have been too. We had some salt and pepper squid, and my partner had a selection of dim sums which we shared. My partner's cousin also had a Thai pie that we all tried. Most unusual - a red chicken curry pie. It was surprsingly good, however I don't think that I will be making a change to my normal diet to include them as they tasted like they had a fair bit of fat in them. So all in all it was a good day. It is the official weigh in tomorrow, so check back to see how I get on.