I started my day with the salad left from the night before, you know low budget... but I have to admit salad and garlic bread are not that bad to start into the day. After this healthy breakfast I walked towards Daling Harbour past Haymarket the Chinese Garden, the Aquarium and so on. Pretty but fairly touristy. I enjoyed a lovely coffee and an ice cream sitting in the sun and watching the boats and the school kids. Then it was already time to go back to the hostal to pick up the luggage and make my way to the bus station. The Greyhound bus from Sydney to Canberra took a bit over 3 hours and was surprisingly cheap, only 26 Dollars. The trip was so quiet, that I fell asleep inmediately and could not really apreciate the landscape we were driving through, but I reckon it was basically bushland, and I will be seing a lot more of it. I arrived around 4.30 pm at the bus stop in Canberra and walked to the YHA hostal. Unfortunately I had to learn there that they were already full, that's for not booking in advance. They advised me to try the Civic Pub, where they also had rooms. I arrived there thanks to the help of a nice Canberra citizen as once again I prooved that orientation is not among my best skills. The room to share with other 3 wasn't really the nicest, a decorator would suffer from a heart attack about the interior design, but what can you expect for 25 $. After I got settled in I went for a walk around the center of Canberra. I have to admit, my first impression was that this city wasn't really worth a stay as it didn't seem to be a very lively place. Also being a European and not used to planned cities it gave the impression to me of not really being in a city as all the houses are low, the streets spacious and a lot of trees all around. I quickly returned to the Pub and had a great steak with salad (self grilled) for just 5 $. Having already experienced the openess and friendlyness of the Australians I wasn't surprised how easy it was to get into conversation with 3 real Aussie guys Ashley, John and Simon but I didn't expect to have such a blast. After having some drinks together we played pool, and although I'm probably the worst pool player ever, they were friendly enough to not kick me out. Probably one of the reasons also was that they could make me drop my pants. Supposedly there is this tradition, when there are still 7 balls left on the table from one color, and none but the black one from the other, the loosing party has to drop their pants and run around the table. I think they just made that up, but what can you do, one has to follow the tradition.....
Here is a picture of the "Aussie dudes". I really had a fantastic time and it really made me apreciate Canberra. Thanks guys.
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