As weird as that sounds, there are some words we just use differently. Here are a quick few:
bell pepper (US) = capsicum (Australian)
romaine lettuce = cos
arugula = rocket
Yup...looking at menus...I had no idea what those things were until I asked a native Australian. Feeling pretty foreign for an English speaking country.
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Labor Day and Daylight Savings
Just a quick note that Labor Day here was this past Monday October 6th and Daylight Savings was this past Sunday October 5th. We sprung forward one hour because remember... we are on the other side of the equator and it's Spring.
Greetings from Sydney
G'day mate! This is my first post in a looong time. So much has changed. This is also my first post from the other side of the equator. Yup, no more food blogs from SoCal. Now it's food from Australia (generally)...and many other things I'm learning out here.
Today is the first day that I have internet connection here at my new location. Yay! It took approximately 2.5 weeks since calling the internet company for internet to actually be hooked up. Yes, they work slow down here. So I've been patiently/impatiently waiting for internet service. Technically, they just installed service into the building (not all the way to our unit). Luckily someone I know is a network engineer and found the already connected lines that run into the unit. Network engineer told the guy that came to do the install to punch a line to the correct location that runs to our unit. So it's all done.
Puppy dog was also imported with us. After working at the shelter and seeing so many abandoned animals, there was no way I was going to leave our dog behind. Well....even if I hadn't worked at the shelter, we would've imported the dog. We took on the responsibility to take care of her for life. She's our family! More on the process later...boy was it a pain.
Anyway, I hope to be posting more things about everything that's different (and not) around here. So far I'm figuring out which stores equate to what in the states. *Sigh* I don't really know if I'm getting a good deal...and I like to get good deals!
Hopefully more to come soon!
Today is the first day that I have internet connection here at my new location. Yay! It took approximately 2.5 weeks since calling the internet company for internet to actually be hooked up. Yes, they work slow down here. So I've been patiently/impatiently waiting for internet service. Technically, they just installed service into the building (not all the way to our unit). Luckily someone I know is a network engineer and found the already connected lines that run into the unit. Network engineer told the guy that came to do the install to punch a line to the correct location that runs to our unit. So it's all done.
Puppy dog was also imported with us. After working at the shelter and seeing so many abandoned animals, there was no way I was going to leave our dog behind. Well....even if I hadn't worked at the shelter, we would've imported the dog. We took on the responsibility to take care of her for life. She's our family! More on the process later...boy was it a pain.
Anyway, I hope to be posting more things about everything that's different (and not) around here. So far I'm figuring out which stores equate to what in the states. *Sigh* I don't really know if I'm getting a good deal...and I like to get good deals!
Hopefully more to come soon!
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