G'day mate!

So I've been in Sydney now for 4 days. Time means nothin to me anymore by the way. I left Argentina Sept 30th, got in to sf on the 1st, hung out with my parents for the afternoon, got back on a plane that night, flew 15 hours, crossed time zones, (October 2nd, 2009 never happened in my life), and landed here in Sydney early in the morning on oct 3rd. Good news is that I happened to get seated to two very nice 20 year olds, one guy from Canada, and a girl from Morgan Hill. The girl, Chelsea ended up having a room booked in the hostel down the street from mine so we checked in and then braved the rain searching for a warmer coat for her. After a whole day of that I continued to fight the good fight of anti-jetlag and went back to my 8 person dorm to meet my roommates. Most were English, one was Irish and one was from North Carolina and had been living in Japan for the last few years. They were all really nice and after chatting for awhile we decided to get a few drinks at the bar in the basement of our hostel. (just so you know I was still wearing the same clothes that I'd been wearing on the plane and all day). Luckily my roommates were also casual dressers. After a few beers, Sai, the NC guy, dragged us all onto the dance floor where we danced until 2:30 am. Go me for beating jet lag! Then we all set our clocks back and went to bed knowing we would lose another hour of sleep. But one hour is nothing to me after my trip.
The next day, Chelsea and her roommate, Emily, came to meet up with me and my roommates for a self-guided tour to the opera house and around Sydney. Richard, our Irish counterpart, led the way and we took goofy tourist pictures, in between navigating our way through the rain and the city.
Chelsea then wanted to go out partying since she'd missed out on the night before. So after a little break at the hostel we rallied together again and proceeded to spend lots of money on drinks (it is ridiculously expensive here, I couldn't keep this up for a whole month), finding an outdoor salsa concert at Darling Harbor and then bar hopping until we stumbled upon a nice big bar that had an upstairs dance floor. The festivities lasted until early in the morning when we dragged ourselves back to the hostel.
Sunday we attempted to see Bondi beach but the weather refused to cooperate and so we ended up spending the afternoon at bondi in a cafe hiding from the pouring rain. Another very needed nap later back at the hostel and then back to the bar downstairs (have you noticed a pattern? Hey, drinking is what people do here in Australia). Yesterday, after moving rooms due to last minute decision to stay longer, I walked around Sydney again, but this time in the sun! When I get my photos uploaded you can see the difference between dismal gray to bright blue skies. Hmm, which one looks like a postcard?
Today Im reveling in the rare free wifi at mcdonalds down the street. It's crazy how none of these hostels have free Internet access! Later I'll meet up with Chelsea and hopefully try to get some plans in order to go up the coast next week.