I arrive in Sydney and was a little bit worried about how or where I was going to meet up with Tanya, since I wasn't expecting to be completely off the grid with my wifi, we hadn't set any solid plans. The only thing we discussed was that she would most likely be meeting me at my gate, but when I got off the plane I didn't see her. I figured I should just proceed through to customs to see if she was waiting at baggage claim. Still no sign of Tanya, so my next step was to get out of the terminal and find the nearest wifi hotspot, which was at a coffee shop right outside. I finally checked my e-mail and facebook after only three days, and it was like I had gone missing for three weeks.
Most of the messages were from Tanya, her flight got delayed and then cancelled because of fog in San Francisco and she would be missing the connecting flight to Sydney, so she wouldn't be able to make it until the next morning =( I could tell that she had been in a bit of a panic, not hearing from me or being able to contact me, but she just so happened to be online when I finally connected, and was about to leave for the airport in Seattle for her second attempt to catch a flight to Sydney. She sent me all the information to the hotel that she booked, so I took the train into the city and checked in. I wasn't really feeling too in the mood to explore and figured that she was getting in the next morning and that we would want to see the major sights together anyway, so I took the delay as a sign that I should probably try to get in some studying that day.
Later that night, I went downstairs to a cafe to check on Tanya's status and what not. Bad news, another delay with her flight to Sydney, but now she was in LA, so she was on her way at least, but then another message that her flight was cancelled yet again! The earliest she would be getting to Sydney was 9pm on Monday night. UGH!
I had already made plans to meet up with a friend from AMDA that I hadn't seen since we graduated in 2008, so that was nice. Caitlin and I met up for coffee/tea at the cafe downstairs and it was really nice to catch up with an old friend and talk about our careers and what not before she had to go to work. I couldn't spend another day sitting in the hotel room, so I decided to take a walk down to the harbor the next day and do the solo tourist thing.
I ended up walking around the Royal Botanical Gardens and along the water till I reached the Sydney Opera House.
Despite the crazy wind, and the bad choice to wear a flowy dress, I decided to sit at the harbor for a while and take it all in. I love sitting and watching the water, thinking about life and the next adventure, whatever that may be. I guess I've always been one to wonder how far the sea could take me.
When it started getting too cold to hang out for much longer, I made my way back to the hotel. I went to the McDonalds on the corner to steal their internet to get an update on Tanya's status, and saw another bunch of messages and updates of more delays, luckily she was finally on a plane, but then the next message was that there were more delays on the plane, and that they were just sitting there waiting for another couple of hours and that she probably wouldn't arrive until about 10pm.
So I went back to the room, unsure of what time Tanya would actually be getting in and hoping that she would make it that night. On the way back, I decided to pick up a couple bottles of wine, some chocolate, strawberries, and some breakfast, thinking she (and I) would need at least one of those when she finally arrived. At about 11pm, I started getting pretty sleepy, and still unsure of whether she would be getting in that night or in the morning, I just told myself I would stay up until at least midnight. About 15min later, I heard a knock on the door, and Tanya was finally here =) Thus our adventure began.
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