Over the weekend, we took Michael's cousin, Lizzie, to some local parks: Centennial Park, Ku-ring-gai Chase, and Blue Mountains. We had a fun time hiking and enjoying the weather, and seeing local wildlife (mostly birds, lizards, and snakes).
Back when we were in Vermont over the [American] summer, we had stopped at the Yellow Deli in Rutland, VT. Coincidentally, or maybe not (since they're part of the same community), we discovered our waitress there's mother was very close to a woman who works at the Yellow Deli in Katoomba here. The waitress wrote us a note to bring to her, whenever we made it up that way again. While we were in the Blue Mountains this weekend, I brought the note and gave it to the woman, and she thanked me and said that it was "pretty special", since she hadn't seen them since the girl (waitress) was a baby. I suppose time and distance are all relative.
Speaking of which, I can't believe it's already almost time for us to go back to the states again. We will have gone back to the US a record number of times this year (three for me and four for Michael), partially because we already had planned to move back by now and kind of committed to attending some special events. I'm sure after this it will be well into next year, at least, before we go back again. The cost of travelling back and forth adds up, as do our airline miles, but we never regret spending that money.
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