A fun-packed first week

Amazing! I have already been back in Sydney for more than a week; time does fly when you are having fun!

And I have had fun even though it was with very mixed feelings that I left Sweden and my elderly mother. To think that it was only two years ago that she was with us here in Sydney.

The fun started last weekend which was Father's Day, and only son came out to our neck of the woods for the weekend and took us out on Sunday for a pub lunch which we all enjoyed.

Then it was starting up painting class again with a workshop on Thursday. Great to see the girls again!

Friday we went to a cocktail party at the CruisingYacht Club of Sydney in Rushcutters Bay for hubby's school reunion. It was mainly white-haired men in dark suits reminiscing about old teachers and school in general.

There were a few speeches of course and lovely nibbles and drinks. However, what really became abundantly clear was that schools here in Australia judge their success on their sports results and less, much less, on academic results. In fact, not once were academic results mentioned but everyone seemed to remember who made that winning goal in 198....something!

On Saturday we went to the Sydney Country Music Festival held in Bella Vista.  Since we have not been to music festivals for ages we didn't think to bring something to sit on so we had to wander around and sometimes sit down on tree roots, when our legs started to tremble.

We also came back regularly to the bar where there were seats and cold beer!!! and a Brazilian barbecue. The temperature got up to over +30°C so much beer was needed. Don't worry, it was low-alcohol beer since this was a family affair. In fact during the concert the security guards circulated in the audience and asked to see what was in their picnic baskets (checking for alcohol) What cheek, I thought at first, but I guess they don't want people to be drunk and disorderly or drive home under the influence.

My clear favorites were Justin Frew and the Wolverines and Chelsea Basham from WA but we also liked a few of the other female singers but I can't remember their names.

Oh, let's not forget, Saturday was also the day that Australia went to the ballots and hubby was able to vote for the first time in over 35 years.

The results started coming in when we were driving back from the festival and Australia now has a right-wing government. Hmmm, let's see how that works out.