Australian Citizenship

Gifts I got from the girls at work

Carl and I had our citizenship ceremony on Friday, I felt quite nervous sitting in the crowd waiting to find out if we'd have to stand at the front and read anything out aloud! It turned out that the pledge was read out in two group readings, the first swearing an oath under God and the second swearing an oath to Australia and its people.

The only time we went up the front was to have our photos taken with the Minister for Immigration and the Deputy Lord Major of Sydney. The photos will be posted to us so we'll have to wait to see how they came out! We of course took our own photos next to a picture of the Queen!

Next was sparkling wine and lamingtons, Anzac biscuits and mini pavlovas. I of course darted straight for the cakes while everyone else ran for the wine!

Gifts we got at the ceremony

Next stop was the Opera Kitchen for some fish and chips with salad with another glass of sparkling wine and a view of the Sydney Opera House and bridge, a cab ride to Glebe for coffee and cake, back home to get ready sharpish and onto the Australian Youth Hotel (AYH, not YHA, Alice :-) ) for drinks and pool in great company. What better way to celebrate our new nationality?

I've managed to sneak the words doonah, eggplant, zucchini and pants into my conversation this week instead of duvet, aubergine, courgette and trousers so I think I'm doing pretty well!