We decided today to rest after the hike and prepare for our departure on Wednesday. We talked about doing one more hike on Tuesday. We will make that decision then.
I received an email today from Uber Eats. A $30.00 credit on our first use. Nothing is free but we decided to try this. I placed an order at a local restaurant, The Gardens World Square. It was a total “let’s be lazy” day and this fit right in. Much like ordering a ride on Uber, I was able to track the making of our order, the pickup by the delivery boy, and his ride on his bicycle over to our apartment. Our order was slightly over $30 so it did cost us a few bucks. The food was made fresh, delivered warm, and here within 30 minutes. I had a chicken sandwich and Terri a salad.
This sandwich could have been two meals! The food was outstanding and made even better by the fact it was almost free.
Sunday was Australia Day. A celebration of the founding by the British. This great day is now plagued by the same kind of politics we find back home. The British “took” the land from the Aborigines and because of that, no celebration of this kind should take place. Instead of a great celebration, there is political strife.
The Chinese Lunar New Year was celebrated on the same day. There may be some of the same politics here but I am not aware of any.
Many businesses were closed today because of Australia Day. We did manage to find one that was open. The Lord Nelson Brewery.
We spent some time reading and talking in Hyde Park. Another beautiful day. Hard to believe we will have to return to snow.
We did talk a bit about the previous day hike. Our guides were all millennials. The millennials here in Sydney refer to their spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend as “partner”. Gender has become so toxic in western society that they do not dare use anything else. This is just another trend that we don’t understand and it will never be able to be satisfactorily explained to us. We generally keep our political views to ourselves unless asked.
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