Wednesday, September 3rd~
This morning, I took off walking down George St. in Sydney. I thought I was heading to Darling Harbor, glimpsed the Sydney Opera House and realized I was at Circular Quay (pronounced “Key”). What a pleasant surprise! I was going to hop on a ferry to get to my intended destination, but a friendly ticket salesman recommended I check out Manly. It was $12 for the roundtrip, so I coughed up four extra bucks and got myself a daytripper pass- unlimited ferry, bus and train rides. An excellent investment. The ferry ride to Manly was great! I made friends (Loren and Byron from Cali) and had great views of the opera house and coast line. Some pleasant conversation led us to realize that all three of us were attending the same opera that evening. Plans were made to meet for dinner. When I got to Manly, a pleasant visitor’s info guy gave me a map and pointed me in the direction of the Corso. The Corso turned out to be a wide pedestrian mall, lined with palm trees and cafes, that ended at Manly Beach. Beautiful! Cerulean waters framed by pale yellow sand and unusual rocks (under which I was tempted to drink tea). I followed a path along the coastline to Shelly Beach, smaller than Manly Beach and tucked back in the trees, but no less beautiful. After a spell, I walked back to the wharf and recommenced my ferrying to get to Darling Harbor to meet Shir. We ate at the I’m Angus Steakhouse, and Shir taught me various Hebrew words and phrases. It was a lovely lunch, and she got to try kangaroo for the first time, which she really really enjoyed. I left her around mid-afternoon to go and get ready for the opera.
Dressed to the 9s (well, at least 7.5s), I arrived at my rendezvous uncharacteristically early for my dinner date with Loren and Byron, so I decided to have a glass of wine while I waited, the Deakin Brut if I’m not mistaken. Delightful. I was feeling decadent. I went and met the guys and we found a restaurant that wasn’t too astronomically expensive on the walk to the opera house. Dinner was lovely (butter chicken… mmm, curry), but man! They kill you on those drinks! I had two and they probably cost twice as much as my dinner! Oh well, city living. During dinner, the guys told me all about their recent trip to Thailand. Sounds like a really cool place to go. Some day. Afterwards, I headed off to the opera house and the guys went in search of ice cream. We never did catch up again, but it was nice meeting them.
Stay tuned for my review of the Sydney Opera House 2008 production of Mozart's Don Giovanni.
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