Mood:
a-ok
So today we went on a day trip to Sydney. It's really not too far. Just a little over three hours. We had two goals with this trip. We wanted to knock out a few of the "touristy" things, so that next time we can hit the markets without being awed by our surroundings, and we wanted to see the start of the big yacht ract, from Sydney Harbor to Hobart. It's a big deal here, and tons of people showed up to watch the beginning of this four day race.
Kimberly and I at the Opera House. I kid you not, we have about 30 pictures of this building. It's the one that everyone thinks about when they hear "Sydney, Australia."
Here's the Harbor Bridge. It's the other MAJOR landmark. You can pay $200 and climb to the top of the arch for pictures. We didn't do that...
This guy was jammin'. He played really well. I'm not embarrassed to say that I bought his CD for $10.
This is an "overview picture" of "the Rocks." It's what's left of the first European (read: White folks) settlement in Australia. There's several trendy sort of tourist shops and museums in there. It's a really neat place. Small enough to walk through without consuming your whole day.
Here's just one of the harbor shots we took. There were boats EVERYWHERE as people were fighting to get close to the racers.
Not all of the spectators where on boats...
Some of the other stuff that we did: We took the harbor ferry to Manly Wharf, which is where we got most of these pictures. We were going to shop around and get lunch there, but right when we got off the boat, we were told that the ferry would not run between 1200p and 3:00p due to the race. It was 11:40a, so we literally just turned around and got back on the boat.
We ate lunch at Circular Quay (metro center, if you will) and then walked through the Rocks, and then around town a bit until we came to Darling Harbor. That's a nice place, too. We need to go back and spend more time there.
Then we road the ferry back to the Quay, walked up to get our car, and then drove home.
All in all, it was a nice day. We will certainly be back!
- Ryan -
