Sydneysiders

The more time I spend here the more it reminds me of America. Sydney really seems to be a lot like New York minus about 5 million people. People from Sydney are called Sydneysiders. They are a lot nicer than New Yorkers. I always try to blend in when I'm traveling and tonight I got the ultimate compliment on that front - three people asked me for directions. I felt pretty cool even though I only helped one of them.

The differences between Australia and the States are fairly small. One noticeable one is that McDonald's are much nicer here. I'm using a one's free internet to post this blog right now. Right beside me is a McCafe. It's basically a McDonald's coffee house. The people are the other noticeable. Most of the people in this city are very young. People are also beautiful here. Most people are extremely fit. It is rare to see someone in bad shape, and most of the time those people are tourists. The people here are very trendy, but that could just go along with being in a big city. Jean shorts are really popular for guys. They aren't just any jean shorts though. They are tight jean shorts to match the tight jeans that everyone wears. The shorts kinda look like the bermuda shorts we sell to the girls in Belle Chasse for school uniforms. People also have really crazy haircuts. Some guys have a rat tail or skinny mullet. Some even have that on one side of their head. It is probably the sickest haircut I have ever seen.

Drinking and driving is a huge deal here. When they checked my ID to go into bars, they asked how much I had already had to drink that night. The legal limit is .05 and the lite beer bottles tell you how it compares to a regular alcoholic drink. The beer I have was .8 of a regular drink. There are posters all over trying to explain how much you can drink and how different drinks add up.

Staying in so many different hotels is starting to get to me. I have started to save the room number in my phone so that I know where I'm going. Since I left New Orleans I have stayed in NINE different places.