Sydney day 4.

This morning I woke up around 5AM thinking the city was on fire. Or maybe at least the building next of our hotel. Outside was nothing but a orange-red glow, I could only just see the building directly opposite ours. Later it appeared to be a dust storm. While the storm was still going we walked towards the Opera House nevertheless. The orange glow had turned in to a brown-beige haze.

EDIT:
This is a photo from the news showing what I saw at 5AM:



Sydney Harbour bridge in a dust storm.

The Sydney Opera House in a dust storm...

You can imagine it was a bit disappointing. But then we came across a Guylian store which had lots of delicious things for us to try... After spending nearly two hours in there, the storm had gone and we could actually make the photos we came for!

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Sydney Opera House.

I always thought the roof was metal but it is actually tiled. Very pretty from close by.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge.

They actually take tours of people over the top of the bridge. You should not be afraid of heights!

Remains of the dust storm.

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Me in front of the Sydney Opera House.

We walked back to the hotel to pick up our bags and waited in the lobby for a cab to take us to the airport.

It was party-time at the airport. Due to the dust storm flights had been cancelled and re-routed. Our flight was delayed by only 3-4 hours. But we met our friend Gianna, who had come back from Japan and her story was a LOT worse. We flew back on the same plane which was funny.

It was great to be back in Adelaide again.

Thankfully we did not arrive too late; 11PM. But we had to take a taxi home. Unfortunately all other 150 people coming off our flight also wanted a taxi so we had to line up and wait.

The four days we spent in Sydney were absolutely wonderful. I now find it the nicest city in Australia. Very nice, friendly and social people. Even though there are 5 million of them. Transportation is civilized and the city looks clean. people live here, I like that.

Sydney day 3.

This was last night. It's the office accross from our hotel room.

We walked in to town hunting down breakfast. There was a big waterfall fountain.

I had baked beans on toast. Very yummy. Oh, the toasted ham/cheese croissant was also very nice.

After that we took the bus down to Bronte beach to meet friends.

The friends were delayed and we waited in the park infront of the beach.

Kelly, Sanna and Miranda.

Bronte beach.

Back in town.

I saw a miner bird.

And an Ibis.

We took a break in town.

And then we visited the Sydney aquarium, which was a little dissapointing except for my chat with the sea turtle. I loved the sea turtle :-) He kept hanging around. I think he was looking at me.

It started to get dark when we emerged from the aquarium. We walkeed for an hour trying to find a pizzeria. Eventually we found a very nice one too but we were exhausted from all the walking we did. My feet are swearing at me.

I had a bath when we came home. Just to remember how it was. Well, I didn't fit length wise, lots of me stuck out of the water and got cold and my book got wet. I think thaat was enough bath tub action for the next 10 years.

Sydney day 2.

We left the house around 9 in the morning to have some breakfast and then leisurely walk towards the Sydney Tower where we were going to meet a friend of Nicole whom she knows for 16 years but had never met before called "Rabbit".

It was Monday morning but the city was so lively, it was fantastic. People were hanging out ever where.

We sat down on Martin Place.

We also went to the post office there.

There are many different "old" buildings that make the city look awesome. Little ones like this one...

But also big guys like this one.

Sydney also has the biggest Apple store I have ever seen. Three floors!

We proceeded to walk towards the Sydney Tower and reached St. James park. There was a giant chess board, just like we have in A'dam.

St. Mary's cathedral.

St. Vincent in front of St. Mary's cathedral.

That is the Sydney Tower where we were going to have lunch. Going up with the elevator takes about 5 minutes.

The view was rather spectacular. The tables and chairs inside the restaurant were placed on a revolving floor. It made one rotation per hour.

The views.





St. Mary's cathedral from high above.



Afterwards we walked in to town a bit more and had a drink. Rabbit is a really nice guy, great company. We had a lot of laughs.

It's all fun and games...

And more laughs.

This is out hotel room. It's very nice.

I am incredibly impressed with the bathroom. It's the best hotel bathroom I have ever been in. It has a bath that looks clean. A shower with a shower head that I can actually stand under PLUS it comes off the wall. And the sink... I WANT one of these when I'm grown up... Fantastic design. I like to be able to stick my head under the tap.

After a little rest we went to Wagamama close by.

I had not eaten Chicken Katsu Curry for at least 5 months. I like. No, I love :-)