Day 15 - 17 - Hostels and Heat

Thursday 12th October

This morning we went to Olympic Site where Adam as per usual went for a swim, Mike for a walk and myself for a run. On our return Adam and I picked up some shopping to make dinner for tonight, Fajitas, and then spent the rest of the day arranging things for Friday.
The temperature at this point was really starting to rocket and on Saturday would reach a sweltering 38 degrees, so staying in the house all day with the air conditioning on was a life saver.

After a good meal we retired in the evening fairly early, watching the recruit with Collin Farrell and Al Pacino. An alright film, but nothing special.

FRIDAY 13th OCTOBER

Went into town fairly early to sign up with some more agencies so that finding work after next week is as easy as possible. In the end it proved a bit of a pain but most places took CV's and details. We then wondered down from circular Quay to Central station, looking at some of the Hostels on route. One of them being absolutely shocking, so dirty and horrible I started to wonder what I had let myself in for. We then found the Alfred Park Hotel (hostel) which was incredibly well located, infinitely better in every way, and pretty cheap, and signed up for a week pretty much instantaneously upon arrival. This is the view from outside which looks pretty awesome.

I got a feeling its going to take a while to get use to living like this again. Just like being in halls at uni in some regards, but with the added non-privacy of sharing a room, should be interesting how long I last.

SATURDAY 14th OCTOBER

After moving in later that afternoon, Adam and I went to the local shops to get some food for the next couple of days. Trying to remember how to eat cheaply was high on the priority, and made exceedingly more difficult having to take in the exchange rate, weight conversion, and general comparison in price with the UK. Returning back to the hostel after sorting out a small issue of lack of a fridge in our room, we went swimming in the local pool (2 min walk in the park adjacent to the hostel). Afterwards we returned back, cooked dinner and then went down one of the local pubs (cricketer) where we met Steve and his house mates for a drink. Afterwards we went back to his place where we caught the end of Man U vs Wigan and the start of Liverpool vs Blackburn.