Ahmed and Raheela both left for work by 7.30am, Raheela had showed me yesterday how to use their washing machine and the dryer so we got a couple of loads done. We got showers then headed into the city around 11.00am. We got the bus into the city and got there just before midday. Ahmed had said if we were around the front of his building to let him know and he'd try to come for coffee. He came and met us, we sat outside the opera house having coffee and got a few...

Raheela naughtily threw a sickie to get today off work. It's not easy getting any time off during term time if you're a teacher. Yet again we were slow to get going out of bed. When we did get going though we got out in the car and saw some more sights of the city we haven't seen yet. It's great having someone to show us around, you really get to see all the best bits. We had some late breakfast/lunch at an Israeli place where the food was amazing but we all ate ...

Raheela was back to work today but Ahmed has taken a couple of days off to spend with us. Raheela was up and out early as she's a teacher at an all boys high school a little drive away from their flat. The rest of us got up late and didn't go out until the afternoon again. We drove to one of the beaches on the coast and had a walk towards Bondi beach. We stopped quite often along the way and chatted. James and Ahmed have so much to catch up on. We saw quite a few...

We all got up pretty late this morning, Ahmed and Raheela both have the day off as it's a bank holiday Monday in honour of the queen's birthday. If you ask me this is highly unfair and should be implemented in the UK as soon as possible. We all sat about chatting again before deciding we really should be doing something more constructive. Ahmed and Raheela nipped to the shop to get some sandwiches as we're all starving. We ate the sandwiches and by this point it ...