I'm still alive!!

So, I know I've been a bit of a delinquent blogger this week. But I can't even apologize. It's been a crazy week, with the time change and starting a new project. Everything's going well though, and I'm super happy. The team is great, the client is great, the topic is great ... work is going to be a lot of fun (and possibly a lot of work). I also didn't have very much interesting to write about last week - it was a week full of work and sleep (or not sleeping and laying in bed, looking at the ceiling, wishing I were sleeping as the case may have been). Last night I slept 13 hour though so hopefully things are better next week!!!

This afternoon I walked through the Royal Botanical Gardens and had a lovely picnic overlooking the harbour. (The harbour has over 300 km of coastline!!) The Gardens are terrific - there is a sign when you come in saying "Please walk on the grass, eat in the garden, and smell the roses." This sign made me very happy!

It was a beautiful day and this is really a beautiful city. I walked around the Opera House and under the bridge. Then I stopped by a really fancy food court in the mall near my hotel and bought some soup dumplings (I can only find these in Australia!!!) to take home with me. After a bit of relaxing I went to the hotel gym (I was the only one there - extreme luxury) and now I'm getting ready for bed.

Here are a few pictures from today - but I will have to save the rest and dribble them out to you over the course of the week, because it's not too likely I'll be doing much interesting on a Tuesday night!! (PS I wasn't even trying to take good pictures, everything looked so nice it was impossible not to!

Picnic spot, view of the skyline:

Picnic spot, turned 90 degrees, view of the harbour:

View of the skyline:

Opera House and bridge: