Catching up

Friday was a busy travel day; so no blogging then.  We got up and made the 3.5hr. drive to Aukland by way of Hamilton Garden.  We didn't have much time there (20-30 minutes); but it was good to stretch our legs during the drive and before the 4 hour flight to Sydney.  By the time we got to our hotel last night, we were very tired and just went to bed after looking at the poppies on the Opera House from the hotel balcony.

Saturday morning - we had a lovely breakfast then headed to the Circular Quay (pronounced "key") then to the Sydney Opera House for a tour.  It was lovely!

Then we used the hop-on-hop-off bus to tour Sydney & Bondi Beach.  That was a great deal of fun as well and an easy way to see the sights.

Finally, we got hungry and, thanks to the passes that we have, we went to Hard Rock Cafe Sydney for a late lunch.  It was a lot of fun looking at all the memorabilia, etc. and eating our lunch overlooking the water. I was loving all the AC/DC stuff as they are Aussies.  :)

This afternoon, we are doing some computer work, then tonight we plan to walk along the harbor to see it at night.  Another thing we have been doing is looking at the Aussie newspapers and reversing the election questions we keep getting to get a feel for how people here see our election results.  Some of it is quite interesting!