my city of Sydney ....

When he was host of a Tonight show on TV in Sydney in the 1960s, one of Tommy Leonetti's claims to fame was the recording of a song called "My City of Sydney" (a tribute song in the vein of "(I Left My Heart in) San Francisco" by Tony Bennett). As I sat down to write today's blog (yes, dear reader, I have been remiss this week, with nothing on the page since last Sunday, well Monday - apologies I will try to do better) back home in Sydney for the first time in more than two months, it is the song title that came immediately to mind as the title.

I'm writing towards the end of the day (7.30pm Sydney time), although it still feels like the middle of the afternoon (as it would be if I was still in Kochi and operating on Indian time at 2.00pm, 5 and 1/2 hours behind, with summer time in operation here). In fact it feels a little more like much earlier in the day, as I managed to sleep in until 1.30pm, so I haven't been awake for long at all. It's been great to see Kerry (who's sleeping now, ahead of night duty tonight and tomorrow night), Fiona (who has already locked on to the Hershey bars I brought for her) and Luke (albeit briefly as he has worked at Taste of Tuscany last night and again tonight).