Umm today began a bit... slowly. We are all hung-over. We rouse ourselves and collectively decide that what we need is some serious, greasy food. 
Pears and muesli are not going to cut it this morning. We decide to head over to Darling Harbour, the closest place we figured we could get a burger (or in my case, nachos - I've been craving them since we arrived). We shuffle around Cockle Bay Wharf past the Sydney Aquarium and many restaurants and bars along the water. Darling Harbour is pretty amazing. The best way I can describe it is like Navy Pier meets Sea World with a little Las Vegas thrown in as well. It's quite a spectacle and there are a million things to see and do. We walk all around looking for a suitable lunch spot that's not too expensive but where we can also get our required burgers and nachos. Finally, Jeff eyes a place with both and we pull up chairs outside. Melissa has already explained this to me, but in Australia there are no tortilla chips. Not in the supermarkets, not in the restaurants, nowhere. They don't exist here. Are you kidding? She told me the closest thing you can get to an authentic tortilla chip are plain Doritos, which you can find in some grocery stores. Anyway, I ordered my nachos, hoping they would contain something better than Doritos, 
but lo and behold, they come, and not only are they Doritos, they are Cool Ranch Doritos. I'm serious. No matter, I was starving and Doritos are still good. I ate the whole plate. We enjoy the sun (my shoulders enjoyed it a bit too much where I missed a spot of suncreen, dammit) and watch a skywriter spell out "Happy 80__". We figure the poor guy must have had too much to drink last night and was mixing up the numbers. In the end, we conclude it was the 80th birthday of someone named Fred but we'll never really know.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Happy 8002!
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Anne - I can't tell you how fun it has been to read your blog. I have to say that you sure have done a lot of site seeing in the two short weeks you've been there -- "Good on ya!" Hopefully you've heard this saying by now, but it basically means, "Good for you" but in a nice way. Sounds like you are getting around just great and totally talking advantage of the sites and everything the city has to offer. I forgot to mention how dreadfully $$$$$$$ Sydney is. It took me a year to dig out and I lived a pretty normal life there, not clubbing every other night like my roomate and no car. The exchange rate was a HUGE thorn in my side -- about half of the US$ but I don't know what it is now. Hopefully it's better for you guys. One thing I missed sooo much when I moved back was my view of the harbor and the opera house from my balcony -- the best view I'll ever have in my lifetime. Enjoy every second of it. There was nothing like waking up to the fog horns in the harbor and seeing the ferries lit up at night going to and from Manly -- pure magic! Look forward to reading a few days worth of updates in another week or so. Take care, Mollie
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