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 It was quite pretty and peaceful as I woke up around 5:30 AM and peered out our fourth floor hotel window at the Strand Hotel across the street and the sparsely lit city beyond. It was Saturday. Maybe the city sleeps late on Saturdays. I turned on the TV just to see what Australia programming looked like and was surprised to see this! |
 It was another beautiful sunny day as we walked across the street to the Metro to see what we could find for breakfast. At the entrance, we spotted this and this good boy taking advantage of the Metro's thoughtfulness. |
 I ended up with a sandwich and some cheap milk (AU$1.90 is just US$1.26) while Mei-O stuck with fruit. We both also had some of that baguette we bought for dinner last night. It would be enough to get us going. |
 It was around 9:30 when we hopped on the Big Bus tour bus. We were headed to the Opera House, something everyone who goes to Sydney must see. Off we went, this time on the Blue route which would take us past the Paddington Markets and through fancy sections of town (0:21) near the already bustling very popular Bondi Beach. |
 We ended up getting off the bus so Teresa could check out this church. I waited outside, watching Sydney go by, as Mei-O and Teresa went inside for a while where they encountered this. |
 We hopped on the bus again, getting off at the Sydney Opera House stop. (It wasn't right at the Opera House, it was a little bit uphill and a short walk away.) Once we got to the plaza, there was also a great view of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, two of Sydney's iconic attractions at once. |
 On a lower level boardwalk below the Opera House, there are numerous restaurants. But before heading down there to get lunch, we'd first walk around the various levels of the Opera House, climbing up quite a few stairs to get up to the highest level. (You had to join a tour to actually get in. There were several tours available, but we passed on them.) I never knew the exterior was covered in an intricate pattern of tiles made of some special material to be able to bear Sydney's strong sun year after year. |
 We eventually made it downstairs and after finding a table (not an easy task), we all managed to find something from one of the many stalls (as far as the eye can see in both directions) that were selling all sorts of items, including stuff like this that Mei-O had. Next Top |
