Well a whole 8 nights in Sydney, yippeee!!!
We arrived all ok from NZ with 2 litres of Woodstock! The view from the plane was amazing, all over the harbour, think we must have come in a different way before!
We got to the hotel in Glebe, dumped the bags & went out for dinner & drinks.
Stayed at the Haven Inn as a cheap hotel with pool (supposedly heated!, room was nice with a strange balcony with a window for all to jump through!
Glebe area was really nice, quite bohemian/studenty & only a short walk to the city.
Walked into town on Friday & managed to book our trip for China & sort all our flight dates out which was brilliant so no more stuff to do for the rest of the week! Wandered around & went to the rocks for drinks & saw the same barman from 4 years ago! He remembered you Suzanne!(not really) In the evening we went for dinner in Glebe at a place called Thai On Wok.
It was a great buzzy BYO Thai cafe & it was busy & I mean really busy every night. All meals were about $10, bonus so we seemed to eat there every night with Jay always having the same Thai herbs with chilli & stir fried veg & bottle of red wine!!
Saturday morning it was Anzac day, we walked down through Sydney fish market & saw all of the cheap lobster & oysters, yum yum! We met U.Mike & A.Lori at their hotel, late due to the parade we couldn't cross the road, infact this seemed to be no excuse as we seemed to be late each time we met up with them! Oh well we all laughed about it! We had a great day soaking up Sydney, we walked around the Rocks Markets & then round Circular Quay then got the ferry over to Manly, had a sarnie & a wander then came back to CQ & U.Mike suggested going to Neutral Bay as none of us had been there. So we all got on the ferry, A,Lori was happy because the seats were more comfy! It was so funny because there was nothing there to look at so we just stayed on & went all the way back to CQ, so we had a nice boat ride!!! In the evening we all went for dinner, Chris joined us & we went to a lovely Italian restaurant called Bambini . We had a lovely meal & gorgeous wine & Jay tried rabbit for the first time & liked it.
Sunday we met up with U.Mike (we were late again!)& walked around Circular Quay to Woolloomolloo, past Russel Crowes penthouse & yacht (he invited us up for drinks but we were too busy!) to the place me & Jay used to go with Suzanne for beers (micro brewery)we had a drink & then A.Lori & Chris met us & we went for lunch. After lunch we went with Chris to Harry's Cafe De Wheels as he hadn't seen the famous pie floaters!
We then had a few more beers in Kings Cross & had a really good catch up, well the boys talked sport most of the time to be fair!! (only joking!) We hope Chris comes over soon so we can show him round. It wasn't long enough this visit! He sends his love to you all back home! We dropped him off for his train to the airport & then went back to Glebe for you guessed it 'Thai on Wok' again!
Monday we went on the bus to Coogee but the weather was too windy to sit out so we hopped on the bus back to town & enjoyed a few pints in Darling Harbour & then 'Thai on Wok' for dinner but alas it was closed, so we had to get super cheap $5 Thai instad & ate it on our balcony!! Managed to buy some 2nd hand L.Planet books for the rest of our trip at a bargain price from this little 2nd hand book shop in Glebe!
Tuesday we met A.Lori & U.Mike for a farewell lunch at the Hilton lush fig tart! It was really relaxed & we had a nice chat before saying a tearful goodbye.
Wandered around for the rest of the day, bought maps for the rest of our trip, walked through 'The Rocks' to D.Harbour for a few & then got the bus back & went for 'Thai on Wok'!!!
Wednesday we got up, had brekkie then headed out on our long North Shore harbour walk. We walked from Glebe over the harbour bridge to North Sydney then picked up the trail all the way to the last bridge before Manly. We stopped for a late lunch at Balmoral beach which was nice. Got the boat back to C.Quay from Manly & it was pouring with rain, there was a big rainbow over the harbour ahhhhhh!
Got the bus back from C.Quay to Glebe, showered then went for dinner at the pub over the road for steak & lamb shanks! Tried our best to drink some bourbon in the room!
Thursday it rained all day, met Zoe & Nick at lunch time after we had dodgy haircuts!
Wandered around the Paddy's markets with them, introduced them to Char Sui buns & then went to Darling harbour, wandered back to Glebe & went for, you guessed it 'Thai on Wok'!
Friday had lunch in the pub opposite after we'd walked around for a bit, got the shuttle bus to the airport & left for Singapore to meet Jules, yey it's great being met at the airport by someone you know! Remaining Bourbon travelled with us in a plastic bottle!
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