Sydney

James's wife and daughter picked me up from the airport and we went for a waterfront walk, catch-up over delicious lunch, and visited an art gallery. They were in Sydney sorting out visas and I missed them in Brisbane.

I stayed in the guest room at Nadeem's Surry Hills apartment. The most central I've been in Sydney. We had a nice catch-up over a homemade brunch eaten out on his balcony after discovering the local cafes had massive queues.

I took the metro out to the end of line out west to see Julie, an old school/church friend/sister of an old friend and have a lovely time meeting her family and catching up over tapas.

I cooked dinner a couple of times for people which was nice.

I hung out with Ciara whom I hope will join me in London or Greece later in the year.

I saw Nikhil for the first time in probably five years and that was awesome. Hopefully he'll be visiting Europe in their summer this year too.

I met Jad from Beirut and we had a good chat about life in Sydney.Les mer