Beach Girl

This blog post is for Mags and Mands – I hope you’re reading it!! Anyways, after living in Long Beach for three and a half years, I could probably count the number of times I went to the beach on one hand. It just wasn’t my thing and I always seemed to be busy with something else. However, I’ve been in Australia for a short time and I’d have to say that the beach is one of my favorite’s so far. We woke up Sunday morning to beautiful weather and a desire to go out and explore Sydney. We headed out to Bondi Beach – a huge tourist beach, but I guess you could still consider us tourists at this point of our trip. We have to take a train and a bus to get there, probably a thirty-minute trip one way. The train station is really close though, about 7 minutes walk, just past our school. The beach was so beautiful, bright blue water and pretty houses all along the edges. It was filled with hundreds of people – like I said a very popular place. It was so nice to relax and enjoy the day. The water although comparing in looks to a beach in Hawaii was the exact opposite in temperature – it was freezing!! But we continued to walk along the beach and gasp every times the waves crashed in. The shops along the street were so cute as well, it was such a little beach town with vendors and food stands lining the streets. We ended up eating at this place that faced the water, I’m finding that the food just isn’t the same here but I’m trying to deal with it. Although I know we’d like to find some other local beaches, Bondi is a great place and I’m sure we’ll be back soon.