Sushi to go
There's a lot of sushi here, although not quite as much as in Auckland. But here they've turned it into a snack food, which I think is genius and I'm not sure why the US hasn't caught on yet (or maybe it has, but I haven't seen it yet). Every little sushi place here has part of their storefront facing the street, and the sushi lined up in hand rolls so you can see it as you walk by. Instead of cutting the roll up into six pieces and serving it with chopsticks, they just give you the whole roll (for the backpacker friendly price of $2.20) with a little plastic fish full of soy sauce, and you can happily eat it as you continue walking down the street. For those who aren't into raw fish, they've branched out to things like chicken teriaki rolls, which are funny looking but extremely popular apparently.
Trams
What a great public transportation system. Except that when you're in a tram safety zone, which is usally about a two foot strip in the middle of the road with a fence on on one side, where you have to wait until there aren't any cars and make a dash to the sidewalk. It's actually kind of scary.
Indecisive weather gods
They call it four seasons in a day here, and it actually happens. The general advice is to keep a sweater, sunglasses, and an umbrella with you at all times. The sudden changes of weather are particularly fun since I usually spend all day out of the hostel. The fact that it's sunny and beautiful when I walk about the door at 10:00 doesn't mean that it won't be pouring rain at 10:30 when I'm exactly halfway to the city center. Most of the time when it rains I can see a sunny patch of sky not too far away, but that doesn't make me any less wet.
Money
The coins here has kangaroos on them!
There's a lot of sushi here, although not quite as much as in Auckland. But here they've turned it into a snack food, which I think is genius and I'm not sure why the US hasn't caught on yet (or maybe it has, but I haven't seen it yet). Every little sushi place here has part of their storefront facing the street, and the sushi lined up in hand rolls so you can see it as you walk by. Instead of cutting the roll up into six pieces and serving it with chopsticks, they just give you the whole roll (for the backpacker friendly price of $2.20) with a little plastic fish full of soy sauce, and you can happily eat it as you continue walking down the street. For those who aren't into raw fish, they've branched out to things like chicken teriaki rolls, which are funny looking but extremely popular apparently.
Trams
What a great public transportation system. Except that when you're in a tram safety zone, which is usally about a two foot strip in the middle of the road with a fence on on one side, where you have to wait until there aren't any cars and make a dash to the sidewalk. It's actually kind of scary.
Indecisive weather gods
They call it four seasons in a day here, and it actually happens. The general advice is to keep a sweater, sunglasses, and an umbrella with you at all times. The sudden changes of weather are particularly fun since I usually spend all day out of the hostel. The fact that it's sunny and beautiful when I walk about the door at 10:00 doesn't mean that it won't be pouring rain at 10:30 when I'm exactly halfway to the city center. Most of the time when it rains I can see a sunny patch of sky not too far away, but that doesn't make me any less wet.
Money
The coins here has kangaroos on them!
3 comments:
Annie, I just got through reading your whole blog. Fan-freekin-tastic! I am so proud of you and envious too. I just started blogging in April about my writing, but your globe treking takes the cake. BTW, what kind of cake was it? *G*
Your cousin,
Frances
http://frances-writes.blogspot.com/
It sounds like you're having a BAERY awesome time.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
p.s. I took a practice LSAT test today (Ill explain later) and I aced it! Law school here I come (/just kidding - i actually have no idea what Im doing with my life - so I guess nothings changed since you left! haha)
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