Wednesday, December 21, 2005
We got up early at 6 am to wait for our shuttle this morning. I did not think we were ever going to make it to the airport. The shuttle picked us up, went to pick up another couple who had not even checked out of their hotel yet so we had to wait on them for about 15 minutes and then picked up a third couple. We finally made it and got to our gate. Once we got on our plane and were ready for take off a woman got sick and had to get off of the plane. They also had to search through all of the luggage to find hers. We ended up leaving almost 30 minutes late. We finally left and made it to Sydney, where Melody (a friend of ours from school) and her husband Anthony were waiting for us.
First, thank you to both of them for showing us around town and picking us up. We had a great day and it was nice to see a familiar face.
Our fist stop was to their house, which is a beautiful old house, where they both live and Melody also works. We then headed off to the Italian Forum for some lunch. Greg had an awesome Hawaiian pizza and I had some penne pasta. Next we went to Darling harbour where we picked up the monorail and rode it half way around the city. We then got off and walked through a shopping area which is very large. We got onto a ferry and rode that through the harbour back to Darling Harbour. It was amazing, the views of the Sydney Opera House and Bridges were spectacular, probably the best way to get pictures.
Walking back to the car we were able to see old ships, submarines, and even a replica of Captain cooks ship that had been moored in the harbour. Then we were off to Harbourside Mall so Anthony could buy a jersey of his favorite team.
Next we went down to Bondi Beach and Bondi Junction, this was the most beautiful beach, it is world renowned and I can definitely see why, white sands, blue water, lots of surfers and sun bathers. We also walked around some of the shops, mostly surfer shops and cafes but they also had a little market set up that we walked around as well. That was very fun and relaxing, we even got some french fries, oops I mean chips, to munch on.
We left there and went to a very large mall, 5 stories, that was cool. You know me and shopping. Then it was time for dinner. We went to Max Brenners, a restaurant where everything is chocolate, yummy yummy. Greg and I split a dome, a chocolate mousse cake with creme brulee in the center, very rich. Greg also had a suckao (milk over a burner that you put your own chocolate morsels in to get to your own consistency) and I had a hot chocolate with magic waffle balls (they aren't really magical according to the waitress). Wow was that a nutritious and delicious dinner.
After we left there Melody and Anthony brought us to our hotel. Thanks so much Trudy, we know what you like to do now(we will explain later). The hotel is in a very dodgy area. We got to our room to find that the air conditioning was making a horrific noise that made it sound like a cat was dying inside of it. We went and asked for another room. The other two rooms that they showed us were very small and I did not feel safe in them at all, they were in the back portion of the hotel that had a fire exit to the alley in it, I also was not feeling real good at this point. So, we stayed in the dying cat room. About 15 minutes later they called us and said they had another room we could look at. We went down to it, it was bigger than the one we were in but was in the front of the hotel, so you could hear everything going on on the street. We took it, we figured music and cars were much better to listen to than a dying cat. It is not the best room but it should work for now.
I lost my voice somewhere around dinner time, hopefully I will get it back. Didn't sleep too much, since I was up all night coughing.
Tami
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