Life In Walton's World

It's been a long week. I had a fantastic lay in this morning, so I finally feel like typing up my daily blogging which I kept in a notebook in Sydney. It was a good week, but exhausting. Here it is. =]

Life In Firsts
Some people are too nice. Today has been long and fantastic. Getting up in excitement at 7am really was just the start of it. The Napier to Auckland flight was just one of many firsts today. My first ever domestic flight. I was seated in an exit row, next to Mrs. C. She swapped seats with Vicky. We then had a wait at Auckland. We boarded our Auckland to Sydney flight, and I was seated in an exit row, next to Mrs. C. She swapped seats with Steph. Food came around, but of course Mr. W. had not thought to specify we needed one vegetarian and one gluten free meal in our group, so I passed on eating. Then Steph insisted I take her ice cream. Just too nice, but she did end up getting ice cream as someone didn't want their own.
Landing in Sydney we hit another first. My first time overseas without family. We went through customs surprisingly fast. Finding transport to the hotel was a bit of a fiasco, but we made it. Then there was #1. He was very attractive. Yes, just for fun, we are keeping count of the good looking guys we see. We are up to #7. #1 and #7 are top so far.
Also in today was the first theatre trip of the week. We saw Savage River. It was in a small, intimate theatre, and it was absolutely amazing. Setting a high standard for the rest of the week.

Life In Sore Feet
My feet ache. Wearing high heels all day wasn't such a bad idea. Walking maybe 20km in them was the bad idea. But hey, what's some sore feet in exchange for another great day? It has to be said, Sydney Opera House is amazing. This morning we took the "essential tour." The whole building is amazing. We heard part of a rehearsal of an orchestra in the concert hall. It has fantastic purple seats, and the sound was amazing. The fantastic coloured seats continue throughout the theatres. Pink in the drama theatre, and orange for the opera theatre, if I remember rightly. We returned to these orange seats in the evening for the opening night performance of Aida. It was a very high-tech and stunning show, but we were all very tired so getting back to the hotel was a relief.
Between these opera house trips we went to the outlet stores. This wasn't so impressive. We had lunch, which was good. Then shopped, not so good. The place was being renovated so there wasn't much around. We went back to George St. and shopped our way back to the hotel. I'm very keen to buy new converse but they would set me back AUS$90 and I'm not sure I want to splash out that much.

Life In A Minor Key
So far today we have had tours of AFTRS and Fox Studios, and shopped. AFTRS (Australian Film, Television and Radio School) was really interesting. Of course, the behind-the-scenes film world is not my calling, but AFTRS looks like it would be great fun, if that's what you want to study. After that tour we spent a long time walking around trying to find the entrance to Fox. When we were finally in it was pretty cool to see the spaces where films such as the Matrix and Moulin Rouge were filmed and where sets like the elephant had been.
Shopping was a little more successful today, although I didn't buy much, and no clothes. I bought Bodyshop things, chocolate for mum, and some Aussie souvenier things. I got Abe's stuffed toy - a platypus. I still want more, so hopefully Paddy's market will give me some good buys.
Tonight we have another show, but for now there is time to kill relaxing before we get ready for that.
Turns out we were seeing a musical called Poor Boy and turns out it was fantastic. I absolutely loved the show. The songs were beautiful, and some of the actors had great voices. The set was a fantastic design, and well used. The whole thing was brilliant, with a strange but interesting story. Top recommendation for that performance.

Life In Not Knowing
hWe just came back from the final play of our trip, The City. And not knowing... I just don't know what to think about it. I'm too tired for it. The play was modern, and strange, as modern things are. I'm starting to grasp the concept, but it sure was strange.
KAll the plays the week have been fantastic. The whole week has been good. I'm tired now, so not really up for the blogging. Perhaps I'll be more capable when I type this up tomorrow or on Saturday.

So, that was most of the week. Then friday... another long day. It was made up of flying and everyone being so insanely tired that playing with Pokemon/beyblade things in the airport was very amusing. As much as we were having fun on the trip, I think we all needed the break getting home meant. Of course, I had an extra day of exhaustion to go before I could rest. I had to work yesterday, and it was a bit shitty. I was almost falling asleep all day. Luckily it was quiet, so I was able to leave at 3pm and then spend time with Abe until he had work at 8pm. Had a fun time hanging out, and he was very pleased with his platypus. The platypus I figure is now nearly back in Auckland, as he is with Abe, and Abe is spending a week up there to do some work for his mum.
Today is definitely a day for relaxation. Time for lunch. =]