Wednesday, August 10, 2005

It's A Long Way to the Shop, If You Wanna Sausage Roll

Well, the first night in our apartment was absolutely frigid. Being an old brick building, this place is going to be fantastic when the temperature climbs, but for now it is a meat locker. Hopefully, some furniture and TLC will warm it up. Sleeping on an inflatable (but increasingly deflated) camping mattress that reeked of processed plastic didn't help matters any.

Bronte itself is quaint, we picked one of several cafés this morning to give us our fix of Flat Whites (Latte) and Long Blacks (Espresso and water - closest you'll get to a cuppa joe). There is a 2-for-1 meal scheme at a café tonight that we're likely to hit up.

Other than the beach, cafés and bus stop, there is not much else to this little nook of coastline. The stores and market are up the road a few blocks, with the main shopping to be down in neighboring Bondi Junction or in the CBD (Central Business District).

I am currently on the 378 bus, my lifeline to school each morning, about an hour door-to-door. Living in paradise does has its' costs, but we'll get a much better exchange rate when it becomes beach weather - just as you are coming to stay!

Got some pictures of the flat to show you, but all of our computer gear is buried under a month's worth of dirty laundry. Judging by the festering sock fumes index, it might be a few days before a rescue attempt can be made.

posted by ncawthon at 9:00 AM