Sydney Festival

This weekend was great fun. We went to Paramatta with hubby's second cousin and his wife and visited many of the Sydney Festival events. We mainly went to the free ones and this week I might go into Sydney and see some of the paying plays and/or concerts.  It was great fun. The boys were childishly impressed with the Pyrophone Juggernaut  and had to go back twice. It had everything, metal, music, noise, and fire.  What more could you ask for? The big fire ball at the end was actually quite scary, and I think I wasn't the only one thinking of recent fires here in Australia, but of course it was totally safe.
















Before this we saw a very funny circus act played out like a reality TV show. It sort of had two levels and sometimes I think the adults had more fun than the kids. The ladies next to me were laughing so much they were crying and it is very contagious when someone laughs like that.
We also managed to get in two restaurant visits, well, three really, because we had a little nibble when we waited for I and M since they missed the ferry and had to take the train.

We had tapas for lunch in a Cuban cafe that was really cool, with lots of old photos from Cuba on the wall and a humidor where you could buy cigars.

Then we had some seriously good Thai food for dinner before going to the concert of Rokia Traore.

I live a very sheltered life and had therefore never heard of her, but now I am a huge fan. She had such an endearing way about her, while at the same time singing in a very powerful way at times. We were standing quite far away so the photo's are not very good. I will definitely go and see here again in concert where you can sit down, on chairs and not on the grass!

All this took place on Saturday and it was a great way to stay out of the house to avoid the jackhammer. Sunday was therefor spent at home, not budging since the construction workers don't work on Sundays.

Today is Monday and the first day of the rest of your life and all that rubbish, back on the wagon, back on the diet, and back to exercise 30 minutes a day.  It better be worth it!

As usual, feel free to comment and share. I would love to hear from you! Until next time!