It's a Small World

How incredible is it when a couple from our church are in Sydney the same time as us???  We discovered this just before we/and they left, so decided we'd spend one afternoon and evening together.  They had a rental car so picked us up at our hotel and we drove out to the zoo/animal park.  He did very well driving on the "wrong" side of the road and they had their phone for a GPS.  Saw all kinds of neat animals at the zoo, but especially liked the koala bears...even got our pictures with one.

We went to Manly, where they were staying and explored around there then went to a beachfront café and had fish and chips.  One was made with a New Zealand fish, the other an Australian fish.  Both tasted really good.  Our friends had calamari and he had deep fried soft-shelled crab.  He said it was "good...a bit crunchy".

Instead of driving back to Sydney we used our Opal cards (fare cards for the transit system) and took the ferry back to Sydney.  My battery died in my camera so I was very thankful that my friend took some really neat pictures.  The harbour is so beautiful and we had the perfect night to see it!!

Sydney

We didn't do a lot of "touristy" things in Sydney, but we did get to see the opera house, both in daylight and at night.  There are also some really lovely parks in Sydney as well as some neat old buildings.

What a Trip!

I haven't dropped off the face of the earth...just been on an incredible journey.  Flew down to Sydney, Australia where we stayed for 4 days, boarded a cruise ship and sailed the South Pacific and visited some islands, then to Honolulu, Victoria and on to Vancouver.  Unfortunately when we got to Vancouver I couldn't talk....think my voice didn't want the vacation to end.  I also ended up with a really bad cold so had a hard time getting things done.  Finally got the pictures into the computer so I will post an overview of our trip over the next few days.