We flew in on Saturday morning at 9:30am with Bill and Colette. There is also Cerner training going on and so we were also meeting Jeff and Julie. We stayed at the Harbourview Hotel in North Sydney and paid extra to get a 12th floor room so we would not be rattled to death by the commuter train that goes under the hotel. We had a great view of he harbour.
We dropped our bags at the hotel and walked across the Harbour Bridge to the oldest part of town called The Rocks. The market was going on and we found a sandwich
Back out to the Quay to people watch and take a few pictures of the Opera House before a walk to the Kirribilli Hotel, which was established in 1937, for a quick drink.
Bill had a groupon coupon for a dinner cruise that night. What he failed to read was the fine print that said this terrific 3 hour cruise was a stand up dinner cruise around the harbour to watch the lights. All 6 of us lined up with 700 (this is not a typo!) of our closest Asian friends and boarded the boat. The first 100 or less people took the only seats available on the perimeter of the boat, the rest of us stood. We immediately went to the buffet line and had our pick of pasta with tomato sauce, pasta with cream sauce, salad, bread, and chicken thighs. Then we found a very tiny tall bar table and tried to get the six of us around it. Sigh.....anyway, the lights being flashed on all the buildings, the cruise ship and the Opera House made it all worth it. Amazing!!
Afterwards we walked to the Russell Wine bar and had coffee and a huge chocolate brownie before making our way over the Harbour Bridge and back to the hotel.
Walking 22,000 steps equalling around 11 miles......and they seem to be all uphill! :)
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