Well, we woke up to a grey and lacklustre day, but all the same we stuck to our guns and trained it in to the City. As we arrived at Circular Quay, a gentle rain fell and I somehow felt deprived that my long-awaited day at the Opera House was going to be grey and wet. But.......
Fifteen minutes later the clouds disappeared and revealed a beautiful, hot day. We walked round the Opera House which was every bit as glorious as I hoped it would be. We were able to walk right round Jorn Utzon's masterpiece in blazing sunshine, and went into the foyer to see what was on, and buy a couple of bits and bobs. Regretfully there was nothing on that took our fancy. Wayne certainly was lucky seeing Bryan Adams on her last night in Sydney 18 months back.
We headed into town to look for lunch which didn't take too long, we found a nice little cheap and cheerful cafe with portions so huge we were unable to do it justice. This properly did me in and I had to resort, much to Wayne's amusement, to having an hour-long nap on the grass at the far end of Circular Quay. We went on to have delicious ice creams before going for a meander around the bridge area and then, on our way to Darling Harbour to meet Rebecca, Wayne finally succumbed and got herself a decent hat ready for tomorrow's trip to Melbourne and the Rolex Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. Are we hoping too much that the lead sponsor will be giving out freebies?
An early tea at the Blackbird cafe was nice, save the fact that it was soooooo hot in the window where we ate. We left the cafe and headed back to the shop where Wayne bought her hat, with a mission to replace my much loved and lamented hat with one similar to hers. This failed miserably as the shop was closed. Phew, a close call but my beloved titfer lives to fight another day!
Home on the train and everyone's tired, Rebecca takes a photo of me apparently asleep and slaps it on Facebook with no regard or the fact that I was looking down to check that my already short legs had to got any shorter with all the day's walking......
And so back to base, and another round of packing ready for tomorrow's trip to Melbourne. An early night beckons I think as we have an early start, so no extended waffling today I'm pleased to say!
Next stop - Albert Park and hopefully another season-starting win for JB? As long as Webber doesn't break the habit of a lifetime and scores a decent result in his home GP.......
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