Last Night in Australia

Weird. Just a weird feeling no longer being in Australia, having said all the goodbyes last night, and having caught the plane to New Zealand this morning. I got to do a lot of interesting and fun things in Australia. The surfing with James, riding the motorcyle with Russel, Lidys cooking, and out on the town with Crystal to just name a few things.
Even though Russel is my.... 4th cousin, and so James and Crystal are my... 5th cousins, I still felt like a close part of the family. All the amazing things I got to do, I think hanging out with the family, doing the things with them, or just sitting around having a beer together while talking politics, or about BIG BROTHER (again, going to have to keep up with it over the internet... i got addicted. couldn't help myself).
Ah, but enough gushy stuff.
Cooked dinner for the family. Beef Stroganoff (probably not spelled right, but hey, everyone knows what i'm talking about.) with bread, sweet peas and crystal made a greek salad. We were lacking a little red wine, but i still think it turned out very well. I mean, we all pretty muched stuffed ourselves to exploding, so that's always a good sign for the chef! :-) Though we still found some space for the fresh strawberries and cream we had for dessert. Some of Crystals home made peanut brittle crushed on top really added to it.
And of course, we said our goodbyes for a good half hour or so. Oh man, went to leave, and found we still had a million more things to talk about, and tried to cram it all in. Finally was able to get into the car, but mostly because i resolved to return in a few years.
Crystal and I went out last night to hit up a few nightclubs and have that bourbon and coke. The first few places we hit were a little slow, not too many people around, and for us, the majority of the entertainment was probably going to come from watching the drunk people. I mean, that's the whole reason i go to parties is to watch drunk people do unbelievable stupid and yet hilariuos things.
Something we noticed, i swear we left one bar, walked a block or two to another bar, and the same song that had been playing at the last bar was blaring at this one as well. It could have even been in the exact same spot. How weird is that? lol. It was a good song though.
We went to go jive on the live music at... ricks? maybe? And we showed up just in time to catch the last 20 seconds of the band. oh man, we had great timing that night!
But the Press Club was the place to be that night. Good atmosphere, a lot of people but not too many. Could still have a decent conversation if you wanted to or just relax on the comfy sofa thingys and enjoy the music.
So me and crystal got to unwind, share a few drinks and just spend some time together catching up and getting to know each other and tell some funny stories about our various family members. Our two families are pretty different, but we also have a lot in common. Probably why i had such a good time.
We ment to be in around 1am, and we got pretty close, i think we made it back around 2. Just time gets away from ya when you're having fun. But despite the late hour we were still able to get to the airport with enough time for me to make my plane. Though i hope Crystal has learned to stop saying things like "we're home free from here" or "We're through the worst of it" and the like. Cause when you say that, we always go around a corner and BAM! Nothing but bumper to bumper traffic! lol

Goooooooooooooooooooooooood Times!