I give up on Vietnam. I've been out of there for a couple weeks now, I've been to Australia and New Zealand and back to Australia again. Customs officials don't know what to make of me. Let's not try to relive the past, but instead move forward with gusto.
Adelaide is a lovely city. Steamy hot this time of year and roaring good fun with lots of artsy things. The Fringe festival going on at the moment rivals Edinburgh for size and scope, so there's lots of good theatre, comedy, music, and the like. I myself am partial to the "Garden of Unearthly Delights," a nightly carnival that takes place in a dusty, enclosed park-cum-fairground that is generally filled to the brim with young irresponsible types getting drunk and checking out buskers. The trees are all strung with big colored lights that make the place feel like something out of the 1930s. On Friday night I had the good fortune to dance for hours in the otherworldly space while Ben Walsh (famous in musical circles... I was only there out of sheer luck) beat his mind out on a drum set.
I've found a house, plus four housemates to share the places. It's an older Victorian style place with thick sandstone walls that help take the edge off the summer days. Really quite beautiful. There's even a rose garden and claw foot bathtub.
Wine courses start in a week or so. Oh right, the wine glasses... I mean classes... That promise in a short year and a half to turn my casual wine snob self into a full blown, fully employable wine geek. I anticipate much suffering. But at least I'm enrolled in "Managerial and Financial Accounting" to keep my sanity.
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