After a couple of weeks with an amazing workshop journey in Australia and a stop over in Singpore I’m back. so…get prepared for several photo-posts :)
After two never ending flights with the Singapore Airlines…which by the way has the best service ever…we arrived in Sydney in our wonderful apartment right at the Harbour Bridge.We had a wonderful view outside our balcony on the 14th floor
Below the apartment was Luna Park – an amusement park built in 1935 – such an amazing and fun entrance
The first day I was on my own and went with the ferry to Circular Quay where the wonderful opera house is. There is a really great system in System on using the Ferry boats- I enjoyed it so much- it is like having minivactions in a minivacation – lol . The opera was really quite something. I have to say the architecture fully reveals and grabs you when you see it in person.
From there I made my way to the beautiful Botanical Garden and saw soon the cute Flying Foxes …just hanging around in the trees
They are the largest bats in the world, totally harmless and pretty loud – LOL. It is a sound you never forget. Also something you won’t forget is the sight of a huge gigantic spider in a huge gigantic spider web…also just hanging out… (you will read the word huge throughout my posts about Australia probably quite often…everything is BIGGER in Australia)
You have to know that I have a little issue with spiders…funny enough the big one didn’t bug me that much…it is more those mean little ones that you don’t see and can’t keep your eye on that freak me out :) . And the warning to not lean against bushes didn’t help me much in the not freak part :)
I checked out the main shopping street – George Street – , The Rocks and went to the Museum of Contemporary Art which had amazing Mixed Media Installations and had a fab time in very nice weather . I had some daily observations:
everyday is casual friday in Australia :), they do not give out forks with the french fries, some of their plug ins have pull out handles- such a great idea!!!, it does actually rain a lot in the fall of aussie, burger king is hungry jack, there are fun markets in sydney, umbrellas are cheaper than in London, Sydney is not as much fun when it rains, it seems to be hip to rent a rolls royce for a wedding, women’s certain apparal has totally different sizes when in Europe or the US and is even different by brand, shopping malls close early at 5pm, men really love to wear flip flops here :), No Australian seems to actually wear UGGs, if they say winter collection is in…it is sandals and T-Shirts, The money is see-through, they eat stuff that looks like a mixture of pancakes and English Muffins
The second day in Sydney my husband and I went to several fun markets and had a really good time.
I will post next about junkyards and workshops and over experiences in Australia :)
Peg Hewitt
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Wow, those girls created amazing canvases!!! All so beautiful!
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sylvia
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amazing amazing amazing Nat! I’m so thrilled for you, it looks like you had a fantastic time!
can’t wait to see the next round of photos (honest!!)
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Sue Clarke
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Love the photos (especially the ones at the workshops)…great smiles on your face Nat!
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Martha Richardson
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I want to go to the junk yard!!! Great travelogue…the Travel channel might have to get a hold of you!!
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Linda64
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Great pictures and that junk yard looks like a real fun place for treasure digging… Hugs
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rachel carlson
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such a great recap. thanks for sharing.
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