Due to the polar vortex (hey, we kinda had enough of you 5 years ago!) miles had today and tomorrow off school, and I am working from home. John was on a business trip to Atlanta but should be back soon, in time to experience more than enough of the…

John and I set the alarm because we’ve gotten used to sleeping through the wake up call of sunrise before 6am, so that we’d be sure to fit in a swim and run before our flight. Here’s John before his run to tamarama. We then got cleaned up and packed…

On Friday, our last full day in Sydney, we had some different things to do. Colette, Rory and granny and grandad went to the beach at clovelly and had the usual great time I headed to Barangaroo in the CBD / downtown area to meet the Australia office of SW.…

On Thursday we did a usual swim in the morning / early afternoon (a bit later than usual in order to fully rest after the long walk at Manly!), then in the late afternoon John and I met Colette and Colman in the near west suburb of Marrickville for bahn…

On Wednesday, we did the usual swim / run / coffee hang around stuff in the morning, then John and I went to Manly in the afternoon, while Liam and Kat got tickets to La Boheme at the opera house, and miles, granny and grandad hung out around here then…

Kathleen and Cyril came over on Tuesday to help us start off 2019 on a good note. We had a lovely time visiting with them and enjoying some fish and chips on our back porch. Then topped it off with Kathleen’s delicious cupcakes and Christmas cake! Some people enjoyed siestas…

I’m aiming to swim every day while here, and so those around here have heard me refer to my swim streak. Most mornings I’ve gone swimming in clovelly beach, which is an inlet about 350 meters long. By 6am there are quite a few people swimming laps of the inlet…

The school where colette works has a really amazing view of the harbour and bridge, which is the epicenter of the Sydney new years eve fireworks, and they allow staff and friends to picnic and watch the fireworks from the grounds. this was our second time spending NYE there and…

Colman’s friend Gordon is a share owner of a wooden sailing shop built in 1952 and we were very lucky to be invited out on a trip on the harbor during the day in New Year’s Eve. It was a Colman + 3 situation and the lucky winners were me,…

keeping this brief since i have plans to go out on the harbour in a boat in a few minutes! we went to friends andrew and jacinta yesterday for an amazing lunch and a swim in their pool, then into the city to see the opera house, walk across the…