There’s been a lull in posting recently and it’s partly due to a last minute trip to Australia. It’s not very common to go to Sydney on a whim of course, but that’s not what we intended to do. Our plan was Hong Kong – James’ aunt lives there and his cousin in Korea was going to be visiting her, and suggested that we come as well. Since we can fly on standby for fairly cheap we decided it would be a good idea.
As can happen sometimes when you fly standby, though, the flight was full and we weren’t going anywhere. Since we were already in the airport, with our summer clothes, and the vacation time booked, we decided to ask at the ticketing counter if there were any other flights with open seats leaving that day for somewhere warm, and our options were Honolulu and Sydney.
We had a great time – visited the Opera House, the NSW Art Gallery (which is fabulous and free), the Australian Museum, and the Manly Aquarium. We took a daytrip to Cronulla Beach for surfing lessons (and both of us managed to get up several times) and a ferry around the harbour, walked around the Botanical Gardens for hours, and found excellent coffee and a vegan buffet in Newtown.
We also had a stupid stupid experience with the accommodations. In short, never ever book a hotel at the airport thing, or without seeing the room if you can help it. Formule 1 hotels suck a big carton of balls; it was like a dingy hostel but without the fun, unless you think dead cockroaches and giant grasshoppers are fun. We moved to Frisco Hotel and I would highly recommend it, as well as the attached pub and restaurant.
Back to the daily grind now…
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