First off, sorry that it has taken me so long to write another post. When we first moved in we didn't have internet for awhile and then I had two papers and a midterm at school that I had to do. Since it has been at least a month, I will just fill y'all in on the highlights!
Avi and I moved into our Bondi apartment on August 11th. The next day was Avi's birthday so we went out for dinner at Katzys, which was pretty good, and we had a delicious cake from Glicks. The next two weekends we went out to parties with Evian Gutman and started to meet lots of new people. The first weekend in Bondi we got invited out for dinner by one Rabbi (Yehudah Straiton) and then we tried out Central Synagogue for the first time and we get invited to the Rabbi's for lunch (Rabbi Levi Wolff from New Jersey). Everyone was so welcoming and we had a great time and met a lot of new and very nice people.
A couple weeks later we went to Central Synagogue for a young adults Shabbat dinner where we got to hear two Olympians, Steve Solomon (no relation) and Jessica Fox, talk about their experience. Steve Solomon is a runner and he had a crazy story about getting to the Olympics, he is only 17 years old and he spoke magnificently; it was crazy. Jessica Fox won a silver medal in slalom canoeing and Avi and I each got to hold it, I even wore it around my neck (it was so heavy!).
Last week was Rosh Hashanah. We were invited out for dinner on the first night to Rabbi Aron Moss', the Rabbi of Nefesh Synagogue, which was also very nice and very delicious. The next night we were invited out again to the Harkhams (we also ate at their house the first or second week we arrived), which was also great.
This weekend was extremely fun, especially since I am finally on break from school and able to relax a bit. On Friday night I made Shabbat dinner and Avi and I just relaxed at home. On Saturday we went to shul and then had a quick lunch before going out to the beach. It was actually pretty windy so we left after about an hour, but it was still nice to get out. Saturday night we went out for a new friend's birthday party. We met a lot of really nice new people and one of them was even nice enough to give us a ride home. Today we took a beautiful walk from Bondi Beach to Coogee Beach. It took about 2 hours in total and there was so many amazing views on the way (see facebook pictures for details). Afterwards we stopped at Bondi Junction (the big shopping mall here) and we bought a brand new TV, which we are obviously very excited about.
Other than that we saw a kite festival on the beach a few weeks ago, which was really cool. When we first moved in there was a race from the city to the beach, called City2Surf, where about 70,000 people ran and we went to see the end of the race. It was awesome and crazy to see that many people. Since it has been so long I think I've forgotten a lot of things I should be including but I promise to try to keep up to date more often now that I have more time and internet. We are doing great and we love it here, although we would love it even more if y'all came to visit. Hope to hear from everyone soon!
Cheers!
