Not exactly a Walkabout but close....

Greetings from Sydney! Arrived safe and sound yesterday. Angela and Stephen were kind enough to keep me busy and the jet lag at bay. We headed down to the nearest beach to them and then took a lovely 7km (or so) walk along the coast. We passed about 5 different beaches all unique. Some were more designed for kids, some were for swimmers while others were more for the surfers (can you guess which one I liked better?) We even had to walk through a cemetery at one point (pics to follow soon). So my first day didn't have the typical "walkabout" that you hear of people doing in Australia but a 'walk around' instead.
It is great to be traveling again and seems strange to be in a different country but one that they speak the same language. There are still some things that take getting use to, mainly the cars and buses driving on the wrong side of the street and also when you pass someone while walking you do it on the left. I am trying to get into the groove of it and not embarrass Angela and Stephen by being the stupid American tourist. Though, I do think that the woman yesterday has me beat. As we were walking along the coast yesterday we came across a man sleeping in his tent it obviously looked like it was his home. There were a bunch of tourist staring at him and taking pictures and one American woman said very loudly, "It's an Aborigine" which it wasn't. It was just a homeless man sleeping on the beach. I kept apologizing to them for the rest of the day and tried to assure them that not all Americans or that stupid... or loud.
I am happy to report that Jet lag didn't seem to take its toll on me. Though sure that the company of Angela and Stephen and the few beers we had a great pub in Sydney had a lot to do with it. As Angela said that the pub had more of the local flavor of what Australia and Australians do than the Swedish backpackers (though still looking forward to meeting them as well.)
It appears that Hamish the cyclone is bearing down on the middle part of the country so we are in for some bad weather. Just makes the day overcast but still great for walking around the city. Which I am off to do now!