January 22, 2006
Warming Up
Here, its 43C and we're waiting for the cool change tonight after a couple of warm evenings (overnight temperayures of 20+). This is what gives all your childhood memories of summer that unreal feeling as life in this heat slows down to a just-getting-by-pace. There are people who get into their airconditioned-cars and travel to air-conditioned-offices and for whom life just goes on as normal but for the rest of us, its a nice excuse to do nothing at all but sweat.
The two dutchmen are coping OK considering and getting into the swing of things by taking long naps. The expression "heat wave" has not yet been mentioned in the papers. I don't think it qualifies yet.
We were going to spend today at the Docklands looking at the VOLVO Ocean Race yachts but with the 43C decided against it. Wisely as it happens as the yachts have been hampered by a lack of wind and only one had limped into Port Melbourne by yesterday. We also had tickets to see Antony and the Johnsons the other night but couldn't quite face the small enclosed space in the heat so chickened out of that as well. Obviously we still have some acclimatising to do!
As for the weirdness of being here? We'll get around to that later. Maybe. Just like all the things I had in my head to say about leaving Amsterdam organising the matching what-its-like-to-be-back-in-Melbourne bits and pieces may prove too much for me!
Posted by Faith