Big 2.0

Waking up we knew it was going to be a great day because our two year anniversary had finally arrived. Seems like we have been waiting forever to say we’ve officially been dating for two years but then at the same time it just seems like a month ago that we did start dating. Time really does fly by when you’re enjoying someone’s company. We had originally planned to conquer the Sydney Harbour Bridge climb as our big anniversary celebration, but we didn’t want to pack everything into one week and not enjoy it since we had just gotten back from Fiji the night before. We had better plans of just having a relaxing evening together and finally cook our own dinner after a week of eating island food! Any guesses of what we made?... REAL CHICKEN PARMESEAN! Uncle Russell would be proud because it was seriously the best chicken parmesean that we have ever made. We actually didn’t have class today since our one night class wasn’t scheduled to meet today and we weren’t complaining. That meant we had the whole day to do whatever we wanted and we decided that going to the Botanical Gardens with our charged camera this time would be a good start. The sky wasn’t looking too clear as we left but we weren’t going to let a little bit of rain ruin our day, especially since we’re both a fan of it. That might have changed though when we were waiting for the free shuttle bus to come by this bus stop that is supposed to come every 15 minutes. We saw it pull away from the stop as we were turning the corner but we weren’t quick enough to flag it down. Right when we arrived at Hype Park the sprinkles started to come down and we knew that we better seek shelter before we got drenched. We scoped out a nice gazebo to have our lunch, but obviously a group of school kids on a field trip scoped out the same gazebo. Our lunch went from quiet and romantic to loud and chaotic in a matter of seconds. A man next to us had come for peace and quiet as well as we made small talk about the circumstances. Thankfully the rain let up and we quickly left the gazebo to look for a better place to enjoy our day together. We were able to get some really good pictures this time around!

The Tree of Life.

Our next stop was Hyde Park to finally get pictures of that as well. First we made a pit stop in St. Mary’s Cathedral to get some nice pictures of the beautiful cathedral but with the no photography rule we did the best we could.

We later made a stop at the NSW Art Museum which turned out to be a litte more interesting than we thought. Everywhere you looked there were massive paintings! Riley even had to run away from these guys! ;)

The free shuttle bus stopped running at 3:30 so we made sure to hop back on it to get to the markets to pick up some fresh eggs to make our dinner. We were so sad when we rounded the corner to see the doors of the markets closed. Come to find out, the markets are only open Wednesday – Sunday. However, we still needed to get eggs and we refused to pay $6 a dozen at Coles for them but luckily for us there was a Chinese store across the markets that was open and had eggs for a reasonable price. We were all set to make dinner and were happy to make dinner slowly for once. We are usually always in a rush to make dinner either because we have plans that night or because we are beyond starving. It was still a complicated dinner thougth because it is hard to make chicken parmesan in a small area! I let Riley do the cooking since he didn’t mind cooking me dinner anyways. I was able to relax in the meantime, but dinner was soon completed and it looked delicious! Our dinner was almost a three course meal since we had an entre of chicken parm with spaghetti as well as a side of mashed potatoes and garlic bread! MMMMMM! It was so good! For desert we baked a cake. Simply put, it was just as delicious. After dinner, we talked and relaxed together in peace and quiet.