Had a burger for lunch today. My first good burger in a while. Hungry
Jack's isn't cutting it. Unless otherwise specified, the burgers here come
with "beetroot", or beets for you uncultured Americans. In fact, at
McDonald's they serve a McOz, which is like a Big Mac but with beetroot and
egg. Also tried ginger beer. Tastes like Windex.

Spent the larger part of yesterday afternoon trying to figure out why they
charge $2.41 for floss and $6.77 for laundry detergent at the supermarket if
there are no pennies here. I asked the cashier. He smiled and said that he
had never really thought about it.

Met my first American tourist yesterday. There are almost no Americans
here, probably because they can't get working visas like us Canadians can.
I've met about six people from Vancouver, one from Edmonton, and one from
Toronto. Tons of Canadians. Sometimes it feels like I never left home. This
neighborhood is all tourists, mostly from Canada, England, Germany, and
Holland. I need to get out of King's Cross, not only so I can avoid seeing
homeless Aborigines shooting up heroin on the sidewalk on my way to
breakfast, but also to meet some real Australians. I'm keeping my eyes and
ears open for a place.

Tonight I plan to sit on my butt and do nothing.

Until next time,

Jeff