Saturday, November 29, 2008

Day 20 – 18 hours in Sydney, Australia.

We landed and took a cab into the city.
We shopped for souvenirs and gifts.
We took a cruise of the Sydney harbor.
We walked around The Rocks and the Harbor area.
We had dinner at Tetsuya’s, which seems to be consistently listed as one of the “ten best restaurants in the world.” (It was pretty good, and the best part is, the US dollar buys quite a bit more here than in the States right now.)
We went back to the hotel, packed, slept for a couple hours, then went to the airport.

Bacon? Yes, of course

The view of Sydney Harbor from our hotel room. It was right down there that Europeans first started settling Australia in the late 18th century. And it's true that most of those people were convicts, petty criminals and grifters from England. Aborigines have been in the area for between 40,000 and 60,000 years.

This, I'm told, is where the rich people in Sydney live.
Bridge and Opera House.
Another view of the opera house:

Our final free bottle of champagne (this one with a view of the Opera House in the background). Just tell everyone you're on your honeymoon when you travel...and, voila, free champagne!
Drinks before dinner.

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