'you had me at chai'. that was on a sign that i read in sydney today, i think it may have been in the window of t2, the tea lovers paradise. once i worked it out, it made me smile. we ventured into the city this morning rugged up against the cold, rain and wind. after a successful shopping trip (i bought a poncho) and a yummy lunch (i had a veggie burger) we are now back indoors at my aunt louie's house and funnily enough, i am sipping a chai latte! despite the weather i've had a lovely time in sydney so far. on sunday afternoon di, my mum's cousin, picked me up from the airport and we went to her daughter amber's house. amber has two beautiful kids, three year old isla and one year old hamish. it was almost a year ago exactly that i was back here and had a visit so it was really good to see how much they had grown and to catch up with amber. that night we went back to di's and had delicious homemade minestrone soup (the best i've ever tasted) and toasted fresh bread for dinner while watching dancing with the stars. the next day after a nice sleep in and an egg on toast (a double yolk egg in fact!) we headed to the shops in macquaire where i bought some highly exciting last minute things for my trip like socks and a luggage tag. that afternoon we visited di's two sons nick and chris and their families. nick had recently transferred some old home movies from vhs onto his mac and he showed me some that we were in. one was of amber's thirteenth birthday at di's house. there i was jumping around in pink pyjamas trying to be the centre of attention, probably around the age of five or six. my brother matt was also in it and he was so cute. the second video was when di and the kids were visiting us in noosa one year and we went to pick out a tiny border collie puppy who was become our much loved and much missed family dog tilly. it was so gorgeous seeing all these black and white puppies running around and knowing that it was tilly as a puppy, so much so that it bought tears to my eyes! in one shot matt was knocked over by three puppies as they tried to lick his face, again so cute. i'm going to try and get nick to send my the videos and when he does i'll be sure to post the highlights on here. after seeing nick, his wife julie and their two boys tom and will, we headed over to bondi to see chris and anita and their baby romany. the last time that i was here she was still in anita's tummy so it was lovely to get to see her. she is so adorable. blonde hair, blue eyes, big smile. it felt very spoilt getting to see two babies in two days. after all of our visits were over di dropped me at louie and geoff's place in neutral bay over looking sydney harbour. we had a delicious roast pork for dinner followed by homemade apple pie and cream. so good. my cousin glen was also there and it's always good to see him. after a good nights sleep i was ready for some more shopping and so that is what we achieved today! i didn't spend nearly as much as i could have, there are so many cool shops here! we went into the new westfield which is amazing. i spent some time in zara and tried on some of the gorgeous clothes but sadly didn't buy anything. anyway, i think that is enough of an update on my last few days, i hope it wasn't too boring! i can't believe i'm getting on a big jet plane in the morning. i wish i was going to be away for longer and that i was seeing some more of the states while i'm there. i think i'll go again, hopefully with matt. he's told me i have to do something extreme while i'm there. i don't think so. i am going to have an amazing time though, with amazing people. i can't wait! i will try to blog a little bit while i'm gone but don't be surprised if a disappear for a while. when i was in fiji i wrote down a few things about each day so will try to do the same for l.a. so that i don't forget anything when i return to the land of oz!
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