Today the plan is to make it over across Darling Harbour to
the fish markets. According to the concierge who has been helping me with my
itinerary for the weekend, they can be interesting early in the morning as they
are setting-up for the day and having their auction for the restaurants. I also
want to walk across the Harbour Bride to Manning and climb the bridge pylon.
There is a museum there that has info about the building of the bridge which
Andrew recommended as an interesting stop.
So far, he has not steered me wrong, his recommendation for
yesterday, the walk through the botanical gardens, visiting the opera house,
and walking around the point was really a great itinerary.
I could not have asked for better weather for it either! The
temperatures yesterday were in the low-to-mid seventies and the sun shone all
day. There was a pleasant breeze blowing off the ocean as I was walking, not
really a wind to make the walk bothersome, but a nice, cooling breeze. It was
quite nice!
The one thing that I did decide that I should have done is
grabbed a hat from somewhere! I was so sunburned by the time that I returned to
the hotel that it was obvious I had made the omission. I stopped into a couple
places looking for a hat with a brim yesterday afternoon to try and minimize
the damage. Looking in the mirror over the desk, it is obvious I got sun, but
it doesn’t look too bad. And it is not bad enough to actually hurt, so perhaps
I got that hat soon enough after-all.
One of the highlights of yesterday’s walkabout (from a humor
standpoint) was learning that it is universal! I was on the ferry from Circular
Quay to Darling Harbour.
“Are we there yet?” Came the plaintive cry from the boy,
bored with the journey. And then to his parents’ negative response: “Well, when
are we gonna get there?”
I looked over in the direction of the comments. The family
was sitting a couple rows away from me; they were all dressed for a Saturday
outing. The father, mother, daughter, and three sons; something struck me as
somewhat familiar about them. I still can’t put my finger on it!
Wherever you are today I hope that you’re eager to get where
you’re going and enjoying the journey!
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