Sydney Opera House
We have come to Sydney for a mini-holiday, and so far we absolutely LOVE it! It is only a 1.5 hour flight from Brisbane, so we left after work on Wednesday and arrived at our hotel just before 10pm (Sydney is one hour ahead of Brisbane, even though it is to the west...very hard for us to get used to). We spent our first day here at the Taronga Zoo and exploring the harbour areas. It is also St Patrick's Day and, Sydney having a very strong UK influence, every pub is full to the spilling point. We had a Guiness in a pub in The Rocks suburb around 2pm and saw a few people who clearly were not on the first drink, but probably should have been on their last drink. It is a really fun atmosphere.
We have lots planned for the next couple of days so we are really hoping the weather holds. It does feel like fall here, the air is crisp and cool, and just a little over cast (relatively speaking of course, as it is 25C and still shorts weather). This is the coolest weather we have had since we left Calgary in August, so it feels nice to get away from high humidity. We are sure some Aussie's think it is cool, but we are pretty good with it.
The next few days will be full of walking and seeing the sights, it will be hard to leave and go back to work on Tuesday. Lucky for us it is only 90 minutes to fly here, we are already planning our next trip!
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