Brrr! It's cold down under

The biggest reason we moved Down Under (if you go to the touristy sections of Sydney like Paddy's Markets, The Rocks where you can buy cheesy stuff like boomarangs, Dijiredoos and tee-shirts that go G'day mate! you can also buy a world map upside down whcih shows Austraia on top!) was for the weather.

The lady-wife was sick and tired of the Chicago weather and after the birth of our little one, Octavio we wanted to move to some warmer clime.

The average maximum temperature for Sydney is 20 deg C (70 F).
Please check out
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT003030

The number of cloudy and rainy days can be counted in the fingers of your hand!! Yet, in spite of this great weather, the minute the temperature falls say to 18/19 deg C (65F) ; the lady wife goes, " You can't let Octavio pay outside as it's too cold!!!

I got the same advice from my mom-in-law and thank god she's returned back home as I couldn't really argue with her.

Ok, Ok, In Mariana's defence Octavio has a cold which he hasn't gotten rid off for a month. But this is due to the fact he goes to day-care. Once your kid starts day-care until the age of three, he's going to fall sick.

That's part of life.

I remember back in Chi-town I'd take the baby for a run in the baby jogger. Once it started getting cold (fall season), I'd get some objection from the lady-wife about why I couldn't take the baby out.

Then as if to clinch her argument, she one day finally said, "You can't take the baby out as it's dark!!!" 'DARK!, I shouted back, it gets dark everyday in Chicago.'

Thank heavens, she can't say that here. It's light until 8pm (now that summer's begun).

And for the next assigment we're going to ask for Saudi Arabia!