I'm Going Where?!: Namaste (the light that shines within in me shines also in you)

Today was a pretty laid back day, but great nonetheless!

I finally finished A Town Like Alice yesterday, so I spent this morning finishing my book report. Around 1, Lianne and I left for Bondi Beach to go to the Bondi markets and to take a Hatha yoga class! When we got to Central, we saw that the train was leaving in 3 minutes, so we RAN to the platform and got on just in time! Quite some time passed. Station after station. Twenty minutes later, I began to think that we might've gotten on the wrong train. I waited a couple more stops, and then decided to ask. There was a woman with a stroller, so I decided she was safe to ask. People with babies tend to be pretty nice, right? She was! She said that we were on the right track, but going in the wrong direction! She told us to get off in two stops (at Hurstville!) and go in the opposite direction. So... we ended up seeing a lot of the Sydney suburbs! There was a lot of graffiti, and the tracks reminded me of those of the commuter rail to Providence. By the time we actually got to Bondi Beach, we had travelled for two hours! That said, it did take us even longer the first time we tried to get there!

In Bondi, we rushed over to the Bondi Beach Markets, and they were adorable, as all the outdoor markets in Sydney are! I got a couple goodies for some people at home, and really enjoyed browsing. All of the clothing stalls had some beautiful pieces, and I wish I could've brought them all home! The fashion here is really, really nice. We only had a few minutes there because we had to go to the other side of the beach to get to the Bondi Icebergs. The complex was so nice! There was a pool that was filled with seawater as the waves flowed into it, a gym, and a sauna. There was a platform overlooking the ocean where we set up our mats and did our practice. The instructor was great, even though he said he was new! It turned out to be more of a vinyasa-based class than I was expecting, which I'm happy with! I love vinyasa yoga! As we went through our downward dogs and warriors, the waves crashed into the rocks below us.

After yoga, we walked along the beach and then browsed some of the shops along Bondi Road. On our way back to the apartment (it really only took about 45 minutes...), we saw a woman on the train with HUGE hair and decided that it was big because it was full of secrets (Mean Girls, anyone?). There was also a hippie Australian couple that struck up a conversation with a Brit who recently moved here. They asked about his tattoos and how he was liking Australia so far. The guy of the couple had also recently moved here, and the girl was Aussie-born. People here really are quite friendly, and I'm not really looking forward to the frank, bustling people in Miami and Boston. We headed back to the apartment to catch the finals of The Voice Australia, and the show was great! I don't know who I want to win because they're all so talented!!