Sydney Day 4?? It's going by too fast!!

G'day all!

What a day I have had!! I guess I will start off where I left off last night..

Once we were done at the internet cafe, we went through an unplanned trip to Chinatown at night (my directional skills weren't at their best haha!) It was good to see, but we got out quickly and got back to where we were supposed to be heading.

Went to the Rocks for some dinner.. very very good!! Then headed back to the hotel for the evening.

Went to bed after reading some of Twilight (you will all be happy to know that I am officially hooked and am in LOVE with Edward.. I hate myself for even writing that! haha).

Woke up this morning super excited because of SURFING!!

We made our way out to Bondi Beach, got into our wet suits and put on enough sunscreen to last 5 days. We got to use that zinc stuff you see lifeguards wearing but it was flesh colored so it looked more like stage makeup than sunscreen!

After meeting our instructor Lawrence (another cute Aussie of course!), we grabbed our surf boards and headed to the beach!!

We practiced a few times on the shore then headed for the ocean. The first few times I just "rode the wave" on my stomach just so I could know what it felt like. Then we practiced getting up on shore.. I was a little nervous cuz I was already falling over, and I wasn't even in water yet!!

We headed out for the ocean and I made sure to stay by the instructor. He would hold the board for you while you got on and push you into the wave so all you really had to do was stand! I got a little spoiled and only paddled into a wave maybe five times.

So I'm sure you all are interested in how I did.. you'll have to wait! First I will tell you about my near death experiences. The first occurred when another surfer ran into me with their board (not sure who's fault it was haha!) Then I almost ran into the same surfer, so trying to stop myself I did a nose dive, got thrown off my board, did a somersault in the water, hold onto my heaed making sure the board didn't hit it, until I finally came up.. What an experience! Then my last near death experience happened when Lawrence, the instructor, decided to push my board straight for another surfer.. who I ran into..

And now for the results!! I got up numerous times, however, I only rode 2 waves all the way in. But it was SOOOO much fun! I'm officially hooked!!

After surfing we headed back to the mainland and I showered up and headed to go souvigner (sp??) shopping. I was unsuccessful but I have so many more opportunities.

After I get off here we will be headed to Jerry Springer: The Opera.. I will give you the details on that tomorrow!!

Alright.. gotta sign off now! My minutes are running out as we speak!

Until tomorrow!!