We took the Bondi Explorer to get to Bondi Beach. Mom likes us to take this bus because we get to see and learn more about the sights around the city. She gives the kids a quiz after and the one with the most points gets a prize 🙂 On the route, we passed several residential areas and i found the houses really interesting…. each having its own unique beauty and look
This is however our favorite chocolate shop while we were in Sydney! We discovered it on the way to Nick’s Seafood in Cockle Bay Wharf ( June 16, 2009 ) !
Heart chocolate!!
Heart2Heart’s favorite white chocolate truffle!!!!!!
Oh my gosh, this is where we all went wild! Lindt Macarons!
Oops! Delice! 🙂
ICE CREAM!!!
Of course Heart2Heart’s favorite is the White chocolate ( without the chocolate sauce )
some materials taken from their website: Lindt Australia
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Geraldine took me back home and before saying goodbye she showed me this chocolate shop at the Strand. Haigh’s is an Australian brand. Geraldine of course bought chocolate and brought a recipe to go with it so she could try out a new baked product 🙂
I noticed several chocolate shops around Australia, I wish I had taken photos of all of them.
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We took the train from the city to Chatswood. Beautiful place!! Geraldine toured me around her area and it was a nice and cozy town. Everything is nearby where she lived. The kids school, the police station, the mall, the train station, the church – everything is all one or two blocks away only so you can just walk around easily. Geraldine told me she did this on purpose to make it easier for all of them to adjust. Maybe later on move further from the commercial area and be closer to more greens. Thanks Geraldine for sharing with me your home…I really wanted to get a feel of how it is to live in Australia:-)
This is the area where she lives
Their beautiful home
and I get to meet Francis, her husband. Geraldine has all good things to say about her husband…she is so lucky!
Francis told me that he is busy training for the Iron Man to be held here in the Philippines in August. So he swims, bikes and runs everyday!
I did not get to meet the kids because they were all in school- these are old photos of the kids – they are much bigger now
I liked this photo of Geraldine’s brother, Rico Yan…
This is their cozy living room
and home office
and dining table
with a nice patio view
Kitchen
This is a very important part of Geraldine’s house because this is where she does all her cooking and baking. She told me she is grateful we had cooking classes in Assumption 🙂 because now she is applying all the cooking lessons we had in highscool. She prepares all the meals of the family!! Watch out, Geraldine might be the next Martha Stewart with all the baking and cooking she does now 🙂 And next time, I want to try your homemade tapa!
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Geraldine took me to the Filipino store there in her area! I was so happy to see it! I guess when you live abroad, this is the closest to being home 🙂 so they are very very valuable over there!
Chichiria! Very important to have this! 🙂
including chicharon 🙂
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I met up with a highschool friend who I have not seen in a long long time, Geraldine! Geraldine migrated to Australia 6 months ago with her husband and three kids. She was planning to come over to the city, but I told her I wanted to see where she lived, so I invited myself over to her side of town 🙂
She insisted that she picked me up and so we took the train for around 30 minutes. She took me to a new restaurant that just opened in the mall near her place. Thanks Geraldine for a great lunch and most especially it was so nice to see you!!! You are as beautiful as you were in highschool … and now without the glasses 🙂
The menu was not the usual korean menu with so many many items in the list. It was a simple menu and we noticed that the bibimbap section was the one with the most choice so we decided to order that. Bibimbap is the Korean’s version of fried rice
This was their water pitcher which they place on the table – I like it because 99% of the time I just drink water, so I like it that they take serving water seriously 🙂
Geraldine had the Bibimbap with fish roe
I had the one with beef
The waiter came over to help us mix it- we were not mixing it 🙂 It was very good, we enjoyed!
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The kids are into skateboarding/longboarding nowadays that even in Australia they went to a skatepark! Papa was patient enough to take them. It is around 30 minutes from the city center of Sydney. I wish they had something like this in our country so the kids can enjoy in a controlled environment. I get worried about safety in the streets
website : Monster Skate Park
Including here a video which Jaime made. We always stress the importance of wearing their helmets for protection
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Of course when in Australia, we have to eat steak! We went to Steersons by the Harbour.
I noticed that in most restaurants in Sydney, you need to put your own salt and pepper on the dishes or else there won’t be any taste. So make sure to have a taste first and then add your own seasonings to your liking.
Blue Cheese souffle with Pancetta with Caramelized Pears and Rocket – YUMMY! obviously it is heart2heart’s dish
I noticed that Rocket and Parmesan is a popular side dish in Australia – I see it in almost all menus
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Just to show you how much the family loves Japanese food, we actually ate Japanese food in Sydney! We asked the concierge to recommend one and he brought us here.
I got mad at my family for always wanting to eat Asian food in Australia! 🙂 We had Chinese, Thai and now Japanese. Well, I can’t complain because we enjoyed all!
website: Azuma
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