July 2006 - continuation part cinco

Sigh! We're still in July. Almost there!

July 28: So far, the car rental hasn't been scratched yet. That means, mama and I have been good with the driving. Today is the day we're returning the car. In the morning, we went to Leichhardt Marketplace to do some grocery shopping. When we went back to the car, there was a scratch at the back bumper!!! Aggh!!! How unlucky can you get. We tried to fix it up, sandpapered it, and sprayed it with paint hoping that they won't notice it. Well, when we got there, we were just getting off the car and someone had already called one of the agents. How much was the damage? Freakin $100 AUD!!! Oh well. At least nobody got hurt.

So now we're back to taking public transportation. We took the bus to go to the Botanical Gardens. It was a nice day (as you see in the picture). And bats!!! See the next picture. Those things hanging there...they're not fruits of a tree. They're all bats. Everywhere!!!

Walking around the gardens until we reached the Opera House - good exercise but tiring!!! We then took the ferry at Circular Quay towards Darling Harbour to rest and get something to eat!!! Did more walking til we reached the Queen Victoria Building. And finally, home sweet home. I think that maybe tito Franc lost weight from all the walking we did. Moving on...

July 29: Back at Paddy's for more shopping!!! Last minute shopping. That's pretty much all we did this day.

July 30: Almost end of the month. We decided to have a nice and relaxing Sunday, also the day before tito Franc goes home, and so we had a potluck with the Ortegas at 13 Macauley. Filled ourselves up, watched some TV, ate some strawberry cheesecake (mmmm!!!), went to church, then drove around Edgecliff, Double Bay, and Rose Bay to see the expensive houses with a view of the bay at night.

July 31: Back to reality. Back to work for me and time for tito Franc to go home. I think mama got bored the week I went back to work. At least she got to go out and take public transportation by herself. She went around the city, watched a movie, went to Chinatown, took the ferry to Watson's Bay with tita Emily (hmmm, I heard you had too much fun when you went there!). Next time, I'll treat you to Doyle's.

The End (of July, at least).