Day 3 in the Down Under, Sydney, Australia. We spent the time at Darling Harbor. The journey to get to the Harbor was kind of interesting and a little bit dramatic. After we left the lobby of one of the luxury hotels Sydney has to offer, we headed for the bus. An older woman with a cane, a man in a wheelchair, another old man moving slow and a young lady with a newborn inside one of the most biggest baby strollers I’ve ever seen all were boarding the bus and fighting over the seats. This exchange of heated words continued for many stops and created a traffic jam in front of the bus. Punches were almost thrown, but luckily it only came to yelling, but made for some great entertainment. We laughed hysterically all the way to the Harbor.

It was so beautiful and it was spring, so the weather was a little cold, then it got warm, then it got chilly again. We laughed some more about how many times we had to put on and take off our jackets. Darling Harbor is absolutely breathtaking. We lounged the whole day in the sun, walking around window shopping, having a snack and coffee at a cafe and walking around the marina. There were yachts that looked like the homes along the strand in Manhattan beach.

At one friends request, well an ultimatum really, we checked out the local brewery and had a drink, we then went for some sushi in an underground station where there are a lot of business people in suits. We felt a little under-dressed, but then we figured we were tourist, and they should understand. After sushi, which was the best we’ve ever had, we headed out to Sydney’s Wildlife Park. This place has some fantastic collections of creepy insects and a huge spider collection. I took a photo of me with snakes to give my friends the willy-nilly’s. The best part of the Wildlife Park was the Kangaroos and the Koalas. They are so cute. The weirdest creature we saw was the Wombats, they aren’t cute or cuddly. We figured wombats were a mixture of bull dog, mouse, hippo and pig. Pretty ugly. We even got to see a wallaby, a much cuter version of a kangaroo. The one we saw was sitting on his butt with his tail in between his legs. He was looking down at the ground like he was in trouble, like he did something wrong.

Afterwards we strolled to the other side of the Harbor where we came across many cute and overpriced restaurants and cafes, but fortunately, it was happy hour, so we ordered some house drinks and sat outside on these wicker chairs and toasted to our good fortune.

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