We flew into Sydney on Wednesday and were picked up at the airport by a fleet of Harley Davidson Motorcycles! We put on our leather jackets and helmets, hopped on the back of the bike and were off for an official first tour of Sydney. Now, to be honest, I really don’t like motorcycles… but it was amazing!!! We went all over the city- through kings cross, over Harbor Bridge and past the Sydney Opera house on our way to the place where we would be staying for the next couple of days. It was evening time, so while we were on the bikes, with the wind in our face, we could look over the city and watch the sun setting. It was amazing!When we arrive at where we would be staying, I was amazed. We are in very nice beach front apartments on Manly Beach… supposedly the best beach in Sydney. The apartment is a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom with a nice kitchen, laundry, large living/dining room and a beautiful porch. We are so close to the ocean you can practically feel when the waves crash! Quite a change from our 8 bed hostels.
Thursday was mainly spent on the beach. The beach is gorgeous. The water was pretty warm, but the waves were big… great for surfing. The beach was crawling with surfers, and it was very entertaining to watch them. The weather was perfect, about 85 with a slight breeze. It was so nice to just lay out and relax for a bit.. Once we thought we were starting to burn, we went and did a bit of window shopping along the beachfront stores. I didn’t find anything too special… but I did find a slushy which made my day J (As if it wasn’t good enough already). That night we went and explored the bar scene a bit, and had a good time dancing, but I was exhausted from the sun so called it a night by about 1:00.
Friday we had a free day to explore Sydney. Tami and I woke up early and caught a 8:30 ferry to Sydney. The ferry ride was really nice. As we came around the harbor we had a wonderful view of the city line and the Sydney opera house. We walked around the harbor for a bit, exploring little sections of the city like the Rocks, but we soon realized that this is not what we wanted to be doing. So, we hopped on a bus and took it across the city to Bondi Beach, another gorgeous beach. We were much happier there. We did some beachside shopping (where I found a beach towel), a little bit of ice cream eating (which makes everything better) and then found ourselves a nice spot on the beach where we spent most of the afternoon soaking in the sun, waves and goodness. We had a nice dinner of chicken pesto pasta at a sea side café and then worked our way back across town for our symphony at the Sydney Opera house. Now, we hadn’t exactly worked out the public transportation yet, and the bus was taking forever to get there because of all the traffic, so we decided to get off and take the subway instead… it would be faster. Well, we ended up getting off and the wrong stop, and then frantically running almost a mile in our dresses with our back packs on our back and our towels in our hands through the crowded streets in order to make the symphony on time. When we arrived we were dripping sweat… but we made it on time! The symphony was really cool to watch, and it was just really neat to be in the opera house. After the symphony we took the ferry ride back to Manly, and the city was just lit up. It was beautiful. What a great day!
Thursday was mainly spent on the beach. The beach is gorgeous. The water was pretty warm, but the waves were big… great for surfing. The beach was crawling with surfers, and it was very entertaining to watch them. The weather was perfect, about 85 with a slight breeze. It was so nice to just lay out and relax for a bit.. Once we thought we were starting to burn, we went and did a bit of window shopping along the beachfront stores. I didn’t find anything too special… but I did find a slushy which made my day J (As if it wasn’t good enough already). That night we went and explored the bar scene a bit, and had a good time dancing, but I was exhausted from the sun so called it a night by about 1:00.
Friday we had a free day to explore Sydney. Tami and I woke up early and caught a 8:30 ferry to Sydney. The ferry ride was really nice. As we came around the harbor we had a wonderful view of the city line and the Sydney opera house. We walked around the harbor for a bit, exploring little sections of the city like the Rocks, but we soon realized that this is not what we wanted to be doing. So, we hopped on a bus and took it across the city to Bondi Beach, another gorgeous beach. We were much happier there. We did some beachside shopping (where I found a beach towel), a little bit of ice cream eating (which makes everything better) and then found ourselves a nice spot on the beach where we spent most of the afternoon soaking in the sun, waves and goodness. We had a nice dinner of chicken pesto pasta at a sea side café and then worked our way back across town for our symphony at the Sydney Opera house. Now, we hadn’t exactly worked out the public transportation yet, and the bus was taking forever to get there because of all the traffic, so we decided to get off and take the subway instead… it would be faster. Well, we ended up getting off and the wrong stop, and then frantically running almost a mile in our dresses with our back packs on our back and our towels in our hands through the crowded streets in order to make the symphony on time. When we arrived we were dripping sweat… but we made it on time! The symphony was really cool to watch, and it was just really neat to be in the opera house. After the symphony we took the ferry ride back to Manly, and the city was just lit up. It was beautiful. What a great day!
5 comments:
Now this sounds like quite a change and more like most people think of "vacations". The photos again are spectacular!What makes it even better is all the blowing snow and bad weather we are having now in the midwest. I've been on line almost all day getting my MSN up and running again. That is a long story-you know me and computers. Love MOM
Julie-kins....
Such an amazing story....to arrive and see the city on a Harley! And the beach life sounds so fun. Glad you made the symphony! Our tickets for last Sat. Symphone at the OC actually got cancelled. They closed down the Overture Center all weekend due to snow. Truly a REAL winter here, but today is beautiful, so I think I'll go ski at Tyrol. Keep sharing your story for I am loving it!
Aunt Kathi
Awesome pics Julie!!! It sounds like you are actually relaxing and enjoying being on vacation!!! I love the story of the wrong subway stop, if that's not a classic traveling horror story I don't know what is!!! HAHA! I kicked the boy out of my life, more on that at a later date, but there may be a new one... Have fun!! I can't wait to see you... Only 84 days to go!!!!
Love, Barb
A slushie you say? Would it have been blue by chance?
-pl
Well written article.
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