Iter Facere

Leaving Sydney

Sunday, July 23
Sydney, 6:20 PM

We woke up today to a beautiful morning, no clouds, therefore no rain, and a perfect tempurature. We walked over to the Power Museum, discovering on the way the Spanish restaurant section of town. Drat, we missed it last night, eating at a Greek restaurant about a block short of this area. It was fine, although extremely busy and loud.

On the way to the museum, we stopped at the Haymarket, a large indoor market. Hundreds of stalls selling tourist stuff, cloths, wigs, bonsai, animals. We picked up a few clothes for the family.

The museum is a science and industry type museum. We walked through it, but neither of us was particularly interested because we both were impatient to get on the plane and go. I guess we both would rather just go than wait around, even in an interesting place.

After we exhausted the museum, we wandered back through the market, and then over to Hyde Park. It was a perfect day out, clear blue skies, and the cathedral was very dramatic looming over the park. Of course, I didn't have our camera, it was packed away.

We walked some more, back to the hotel and are now in the airport waiting for our flight. We discovered on the way here that our flight stops in Honolulu. I didn't know that until just now.

We should be boarding in about half an hour. Twenty five hours from now we'll be back in Philadelphia. We can't wait. We have enjoyed Australia, but we're ready to
be home.

posted by Jim @ 9:23 AM