We were asked to bring a side dish. After scouring the supermarket, I was able to find instant mashed potatoes that were in a bag in the canned vegetable section. It was definitely not where I expected to find them, but then again, I can't remember where they are in the US. I looked up and down the aisles and was unable to find any cranberry sauce.
After looking around the market, I met up with Nicole and we got ready for a Yoga class. We signed up with this studio for an introductory offer of 5 classes for $25. $5/class is not a bad deal at all! Unfortunately, we have to squeeze 5 classes in 10 days. Even though it was Nicole's first time, I dragged her to the most "gymnastic" style of yoga. I think she still had fun even though she says that she think she tore her hamstrings from trying to stretch. When we arrived back in the apartment, we were temporarily scared because David was home for work. It was only 1:45 PM!!! The three of us ended up going to the beach for a couple of hours before Nicole went home and David got on a conference call. During this time, I did some research on Melbourne for our trip in December.
On Wednesday (yesterday), I woke up in lots of pain. Apparently, I am not as limber as I used to be. All sorts of muscles were sore from yoga. After finalizing a tentative itinerary for Melbourne, I met up with Nicole and we hit the beach again. Since the sun is finally shining, we wanted to enjoy it since last week was so cloudy. It was very windy and after an hour or two, a big cloud came over the beach and it didn't go away. Afterwards, I headed into the city to meet up with this girl!
Chrissie was in Australia with her family visiting some family and exploring. It was the first time we had met up in a couple of years! It's crazy that we were finally able to do it in Australia! We met up in Chinatown and had dinner in the food court. Honestly, these food courts are pretty amazing. It's all Asian cuisines and every place has pictures for you to look at so that you know what you are ordering.
Australia's interesting fact of the day: Chinatown. The gated part of Chinatown is a street that is open with no car lanes, so it'a sll pedestrians walking through the middle of the street. While we were walking in this part of Chinatown, this is what I noticed. There are all these restaurants that have outdoor seating. Each of them have a hostess standing outside on the street. Any non-Asian person, they would instantly start talking to and trying to get them to eat at their restaurant. Even if the person was far away, they would start to get their attention and try to shove menus in front of them as soon as they were close enough. BUT they only did it to non-Asian people. They ignored every Asian person that walked through. Even though we were walking around with David, these ladies still ignored us. Maybe they realize that Asian people would never eat at an Asian restaurant that has to flag people down to fill their seats!
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