This next could have been combined with the other Sydney-Blogpost, but I decided against it, because the experience I had while staying with Thi’s family was completely different to my stay in Sydney’s centre.
So, he picked me up near the Fish market, because he drove his eldest (Kim) to work shortly before that (she works close to the fish market as an outside-advertisement designer if I remember correctly). He welcomed me warmly but due to his work we had to go home before going anywhere else. There he showed me around, but most importantly he showed me the guestroom where I was going to sleep. The bed was huge and the blanket extremely comfortable. I could have stayed in bed forever, but after only an hour or two, Thi took me to Bankstown. A place where many traditional Vietnamese restaurants were at. We ate some DELICIOUS Vietnamese food like every day after and I must admit the Vietnamese cuisine (at least the not spicy one) is good!!! After that I went back to their home and stayed there until his younger daughter (Katrina) came back home. She then took me to Burwood, a place with several Asian cuisines. I ate way too much there, but I could not just throw away these delicious foods. 🥲
The next day started off at lunchtime as well when Thi took me to Cabramatta (another Vietnamese city district). Along came two American acquaintances of his who were visiting family members that Thi knew. We dropped them off after eating and walking through the city district getting its history explained by Thi. But the most interesting thing I’ve learned or rather tasted is… sugar cane juice… interesting, yes, as sweet as you can imagine, but it does not lack on taste. It tasted good!
The day was the time I went outside the shortest but there after follows the one where I did the most.
It started at around 12pm, when Kim asked me if I wanted to come to an indoor picnic of hers and her friends. I only had 10 minutes before we left, but luckily I was already ready to go. We started in the Korean district where we not only bought some food for the picnic, but also got an iced chocolate/coffee for on the go. We took the train to her friend’s house. It was a girls-picnic of the church’s community that the family I stayed with was part of. It was a bonding exercise between them, but I did not feel unwelcome once! It was so much fun to play games with them, although some of these really tested my English skills… XD After that I went to a bee-themed birthday party. It was a party for Kim’s friend’s youngest son. It was so cute to see the children play in their garden! Besides that, they had an adorable dog, which I could have petted forever!!! Sadly I did not get to meet the actual birthday child, since he was already in bed when we arrived (it was his first birthday).
The last day was a Sunday (they go to church, and I decided to stick along). Their church service was so interesting, I loved how it interacted with everyone AND that they all ate lunch together afterwards. Since it was a pretty hot day, Katrina and Kim also took me with them to an ice-cream date with their church-friends. I, again, bought myself an iced chocolate. Fun fact about the types of iced chocolate I’ve tried in Sydney. They all were cocoa with ice cubes in them instead of ice cream, although I have to admit the first one had vanilla ice cream on top of it. Just like nothing that I have tasted before (except for in Japan, but that is not what we want to talk about right now XD).
The next day I was (AGAIN) on my way to the airport to fly to Launceston, to get to my next stop… in Tasmania. But I will tell you all about it in my next post! 😉