Well, we went out exploring yesterday after posting. We walked down to

Darling Harbour, through

Tumbalong Park and then along the

waterfront – our destination was the Sydney Opera House but we discovered that the walking path was blocked by construction so we backtracked a little and crossed the harbour by way of the

Pyrmont Bridge (a walking and monorail bridge)

Once on the other side of the harbour, the rain started. We took shelter for a while during the worst of the storm and then decided to walk through town. That was interesting – it was lunch time and everyone was rushing (so no photo ops). Add to that umbrellas everywhere and it was a challenge just to manouevre through the crowds. My first impression of people in Sydney – they’re friendly but always in a hurry. After a while, we decided to head to the grocery store which the receptionist had recommended. What she forgot to mention was that it was down an escalator (and the only advertising for it was part way down the escalator). We finally found it after John asked someone in a wine lounge and she sent us in the right direction. Food seems to cost a little more than at home (however, since we were in the middle of the city, that might be the location). We found some fantastic large prawns and salad makings and headed back to the condo, with the thought that we would go out again after eating.

Once we got back, we crashed – I set the alarm clock to wake us up in an hour and a half and then made dinner. As soon as dinner was over, we sat down to find the weather on tv and that was the last we knew until 9:30 p.m. when we woke up again and decided it must be bedtime. To my surprise, I slept through until 6:30 a.m. and am now ready to explore again (and to find real coffee – there’s only instant here at the condo and no coffee maker).

More photos are in the photo category (on the right side bar) under Australia.

Temperature yesterday: 18 C with rain showers