saturday night had mexican food with my sister and nelson. then off to the most random activity in sydney - the dog races. apparently the insider tips are - pick the dogs starting from the outside gates, the dogs that jump and bark at the rabbit and for short races, ones with big muscles on their hind haunches. my sister won $26 on one race using these tips. i did not. but we all had fun. then to leichardt, little italy, for gelato on the winnings.
old family friend dan collected me sunday morning and off we went for a full day of reconnecting. started by having late breakfast with his mother, sister and her twin 5 year old sons in castlecrag. his mother has always been incredibly kind to me and was lovely to see her. hadn't seen his sister in years - she is a gorgeous person. her twins informed the table that they did not like the american, in no uncertain terms. after i showed them how to open the water bottle, impressions were changing but certainly not b.f.f.s.
then went to see old friend fiona, her husband simon and their little girl, alice, who likes to growl. she is eight months.
we scooted back over the bridge in time for rain and a juice in woolahra and then picked up american friend nelson and does what any good australian does on a sunday afternoon, and went to the pub. The Royal at Five Ways in Paddington. Dan explained Rugby League to Nelson. We then had a slight cricket lesson - basically at the moment, my impression is that there are things called wickets, stumps, over/unders and ducks and games can last for 5 days.
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