NEW YEAR and AMBERSAIL ODYSSEY
Sydney then Canberra
What a wonderful start to 2009 – time spent with friends, then family and the weather was just beautiful.
We had a wonderful evening seeing the new year in with friends at the Lithuanian New Years Ball at Luna Lounge in Sydney. About 400 people danced the night away to the music of a Lithuanian folk group Sutaras and the DJ’s eclectic mix of music. It was a lovely culmination of a week of the Lithuanian Festival in Sydney. In the early hours of the morning our group made our way back to our friend’s place where everyone fully relaxed. Our hostess was the organiser of the ball so it was time to let our hair down. The men immediately shed their ‘formal wear’ for swimmers and cooled down in the pool whilst us females sipped champagne and enjoyed black bread with herring. Finally we retired for what remained of the night. In the morning we gradually joined the world of the living and enjoyed a leisurely late barbequed breakfast. Then it was time to say good by as we headed to hubby’s sisters place. We arrived just in time to head for the train into the city as we were heading for the Maritime Museum for the reception of a yacht from Lithuania.
The Ambersail is sailing to all continents on a millennium odyssey with a letter from the Lithuanian President calling on lithuanian communities scattered around the world to celebrate 1,000 years since the nation of Lithuania is first mentioned in historical chronicles
(http://www.1000odiseja.lt/index.php/pageid/632). Twelve crew man the yacht. Hard to imagine how they fit in the small confined space. It looked tiny moored in front of Circular Quay. It is hard to imagine sailing it around the world.
There was a wonderful celebration at the harbour – lots of live music provided by a great group “Sutaras”from Lithuania
singing and dancing by locals and a folk group from England.
As the day came to an end we drove back to Canberra with a beautiful sunset accompanying us part of the way.
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