Perfect Weekend

Morgan and I finally had a chance to be tourists now that the weekend has arrived. After a rather exhausting week of travel and work, we decided that we would take it easy and just walk around Sydney Harbour. Of course, I ended up with far too many pictures of the Opera House, but as you will see above -- it is rather amazing. This picture was taken from the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which we walked across.

Also taken from the bridge, the Opera House with Downtown Sydney in the back ground. As we were walking, Morgan and I kept counting our blessings, that we were able to do this before 350,000 young people were trying to do it at the same time. Crazy -- just crazy!

It's autumn in Sydney, which is a bit odd. Yes, the leaves are falling and people are breaking out their autumn (and it is autumn, they will laugh at you if you say Fall) clothes. It also means there are a ton of street festivals and weddings -- my goodness, there are lots of weddings. But no, this happy couple was not a part of the wedding but a 1970's dance festival that was taking place later in the day. Morgan and I both thought it best to pass on this opportunity.




Speaking of street festivals, we ran across this chap who was quite entertaining -- throwing knives, juggling chainsaws, climbing on top of people and here, riding a bike on a pole while "swallowing" a sword -- which happened to be a balloon. Even with all this, he managed to make a pass at several women in the crowd. Very talented -- very talented indeed.







Back to the Opera House. The whole design is based on a sphere -- Morgan, of course, knew exactly how this worked and didn't quite explain it to me in terms I could understand, so I will just share with you that it is made out of tiny tiles, seen here.

So to bring this happy little photo show to an end, I leave you with a picture of Morgan and I in front of the Opera House and another of downtown Sydney.

























And now, at the request of many, we will leave you with the Australian word of the day: "Schooner" -- is a mug of beer. (We learned this today at one of Australia's oldest brewery, the Lord Nelson -- a perfect way to end a day of walking . . . for hours and hours and hours) Until next time. . . G'Day!