Yesterday after we checked in and took a peek at the rooftop pool(!), we walked around The Rocks, the district our hotel is in, then ate some food from a street fair (yay for safe street food!). Here is the view from the roof:
The Central Business District (CBD)
The Rocks
The Harbor Bridge
Circular Quay
After that, we walked through Circular Quay and over to the Opera House. After a quick look around there, we walked through the Royal Botanical Gardens. I had told the kids we were going to a park and they were very upset to find out that there wasn't a playground. K even said, "This isn't a park! This is just a garden!" It's funny how we distinguish things differently.
C took this picture of the Opera House up close.
This parrot was just hanging out in the garden!
We did ultimately find this rock thing that was clearly meant for climbing on and stopped to play. The kids called it "rock village" and it wound up being a favorite part of their day.
After the garden, we stopped at McDonald's for a McFloat on the way back home. Before heading back up to our room, we strolled through a street market less than a block from the hotel where we visited with a guy selling puzzles and bought K a headband that might actually keep her hair out of her face!
It is interesting to note that today is the first day of Summer here in Australia. It starts tonight, actually. So our family is having a crazy seasonal experience, going from fall to spring, spring to summer, and when we head back to Shanghai, summer to winter! Wild!
Maybe even a little more wild is this summertime pipe/succulent Christmas tree we passed in our walking around today (picture courtesy of C):
Happy Holidays!!!
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