Mostly packed (Jacob is currently running around packing and re packing the panniers). We have our friend Sam coming with us for a week and he is making me very jealous that he's not carrying anywhere near the quantity of stuff that we are taking, though in saying that he is taking it all on his back. I've got to say fully loaded riding felt very different to how I thought it would feel, almost comfortable it a very very slow way!
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| Jacob, wearing his new rad sunglasses from bunnings, and our panniers all ready!! |
We have also roped in two mates to come up with us for the first day and even though I don't think they are going to continue for long with us (they have work and such, suckers), it's lovely to take a little piece of our life in Sydney a little bit further with us.
We have had such a lovely last week with a South American dinner, ceviche with hogau, guacomole, aribos and homemade cheese all made by two girls from work, with our work colleagues on wednesday where my beautiful friend Francis presented me a scarf that she knitted and dyed herself. I'll post a photo later as it is packed deep in the pannier for luck (and cold nights). Our cutest friend Maya made us some inspiring friendship bracelets in the form of acronyms. Some goodbyes were said and promises of meeting them in South America later in life and our first section of our life was all but closed.
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| Maya's bracelet! |
Jake enjoyed his week a little bit more than I did as he was able to fully relax with no work or study. He took it a little far on friday whilst I was studying not returning home til 7 am but apparently had an incredibly enjoyable night with his uncle Peter. Last night was the goodbye night and we had a small bbq at the beach for our friends then went to one of our favourite couples home for some cheap asian food and lots of wine.
Today was family goodbye which is expecially hard for me since my darling sister Camille is moving to London in 2 weeks and this is possibly the last time I'll see her until I get over to England. Just thinking about it now brings tears to my eyes with an insane craving to scream at her 'YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED' until she agrees not to go and promptly packs herself into one of my panniers.
In a nutshell:
Nervous. Scared. Excited.
Averill
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