Young for Eternity

With work week no.3 behind me, the weekend was kicked off in the newly opened Custom House Bar. After working in several “Custom Houses”, I can confirm this one to have been my favourite! Live band, patio drinks and plenty of banter fresh from Australia’s victory in the World Cup over Croatia allowing them the path to the second round. When I finally left the pub, I met with my friends for another Karaoke session. Frank Butcher stayed at home this time, however I did sing about living in a Country House and provide backup shouting to a Lost Prophets number.

Having decided to boycott doing the Harbour bridge climb, we set out to simply take the footpath across and check out the views. With a sunny day they were great, and I’ve found myself falling for Sydney in a big way. The more I pound the pavement, the more I seem to find. Quaint craft markets, quiet historic streets with lively pubs and top quality restaurants everywhere you go. This time we went for Italian in the Rocks, in the restaurant district clustered around one end of the harbour bridge. The area is one of the coolest and most picturesque in Sydney so it would seem with at least 3 weddings out and about looking for rustic backdrops for which to be photographed against.

With some friends having a house party to celebrate a birthday, the evening time again saw plenty of food, drinks and fun and looked like setting the pace for slow Sunday. However we managed to get ourselves together and make our way out of the city to Macquarie Ice Rink for some skating. After a very shaky start, I finally managed to get it and was cruising along with all the finesse of Peter Crouch attempting an inverted scissor kick at the world cup finals.

With the England match firmly on my mind, I set my alarm for 12.55 and went to sleep. I awoke by chance at 5am, realising the match (a 1-0 Beckham free-kick) had finished hours ago and that I should’ve set my alarm for 00.55. No such blunders when the 3 Lions meet Portugal this Saturday in the quarter finals.