Kate (my roommate from my second India tour) has come to Australia, she is working in Melbourne but came to Sydney for a few days. I had 2 and a half days off work so I hopped on the train and made my way into the city where Kate was waiting for me at the train station. It was a great day so we headed to Bondi Beach.
It was so nice to see each other after so long...we spent the afternoon laying on the beach chatting and then walked the length of the beach.
Well the first day we did a lot of walking! First we started off trying to find a recommended breakfast spot - Fratelli Paradiso, it was a good place for breakfast if you ever find yourself in Sydney. Then we walked back around the harbour to see the bridge and Opera House.
Monty enjoyed the view.
Finding Kings Cross Station (yes I am in Sydney) we board the train to Bondi again. This time the weather was cloudy and very windy but we were not going to lay on the beach. After a picnic with a view we took the costal walk from Bondi to Bronte beach...I got a little blown away!
This is such a beautiful walk...we did detour off down on some rocks and walked around and ended up on Tamarama beach. Upon reaching Bronte beach we found signs saying beach closed...how can you close a beach???
Catching the bus back we had dinner at Darling Harbour before heading up the Sydney Tower Eye.
We got to look down on the city at night, the best view was of Hyde Park (yes I'm still in Sydney) and St Mary's Cathedral. Surprisingly you can't see the Opera House from up there, it is hiding behind some buildings. As Kate and I wanted to see the harbour at night we took a walk down to the Opera House. It was lovely to see it all lit up. Taking a nice stroll back chatting then suddenly Kate screams and grabs me to save herself...I thought there was a crocodile running towards her! Not to worry she had just spotted a possum!
She was afraid it was going to attack us. After doing over 37,000 steps our feet were aching and we were glad to rest them in bed.
The next day again was filled with a lot of walking...we joined the free walking tour (I would highly recommend this to everyone). We learnt about the city's short history and some interesting facts. Finishing the tour I took Kate for a relaxing surprise...Catmosphere. This is a cat cafe; we got a drink and biscuit and then got to play with cats for an hour...most of them slept.
Monty also got to join in the fun.
It was time to say goodbye to each other...until next time
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