Yet another wonderful day exploring Sydney!

It's 6:41pm on Wednesday...

I didn't write about yesterday because I didn't really do anything super great. I kind of hung out, finished my book, ate 2 fabulous meals (pad thai and a stracchieta--which is a flatbread/pizza--at one of the best Bakeries in Sydney according to Marika) and spent some time in the park. But there was one more awesome thing to point out...they had what they call a "blood moon" here! Basically is was some type of rare eclipse that turns the moon red! It was amazing! I tried to take a picture...but that definitely didn't work. It took about 1 and a half hours last night, so I kept getting up and looking at the window.

Today I woke up decided that I wanted to follow another one of Marika's suggestions by going to Palm Beach. Palm beach is way north of Sydney, and is apparently where all of the British tourists go because there's an Australian Soap Opera that is famous in England and is filmed there. The bus ride is about 1 hour and 40 minutes, but I definitely didn't mind because I was able to see so much of the coast and North Sydney on the ride. The beach was beautiful, of course! But it was different than the Southern beaches in that the sand was a darker color. I could also tell that this area was more upper class than Bondi or Coogee. I put my feet in the water (and some of my pants on accident) and then decided to ride back and stop at some of the towns along the way. I bought the bus ticket and then asked if it would be all right if I got off at some of the stops, but then got back on the same bus back to Central station. Nope. That's not how it works in Sydney. Next plan...

I got off at Central Station and decided I want to go East through the Surry Hills area, past Moore Park where the rugby and cricket stadiums are and maybe I'd end up in Randwick. Randwick is the area I passed on the bus back from Coogee beach the other day. Well after walking up a couple of hills and through a couple of miles (not exaggerating) of Centennial Park, I climbed another hill and found Randwick! This was about 2 and 1/2 hours later. So it was about 4pm and I hadn't ate since 10am and that was a muffin. I finally decided on some Doner and then maybe dessert! For those of you that don't know, Doner is basically lamb that is slowly cooked on a long metal rod and then placed in a gyro-style wrap with veggies. Sounds weird and looks gross, but is absolutely amazing! Just ask my brother! Anyway, this was still good but not near as good as I remember the Doner in Paris to be. It was kind of salty. So I had already decided that I would have to take the bus back, but I really wanted one of the miniature desserts I kept seeing all over the city. The place was called "The Sweet Spot" and every single thing looked amazing! I had to have the gal working come onto my side of the counter and tell me what everything was. I ended up having what she called a "Banofee" because it was a banana, cream and toffee tart. WOW! I actually took a picture...you'll see it! It was so amazing I wish I could send one to all of you!

Here are the pictures from today:

Palm Beach and Eastern Walk

-Lisa