Sydney day 2 and 3

I got it (actually I got a lot of them, but I thought I would spare you the series for now.) The view from our room of the opera house with the sunrise. Totally killer. Jim really loved the fact that #1 I was up at this time and #2 I was letting the light into the room and #3 I kept talking about how great it was. He finally got up. He he he.

Day 2 was a gsk sponsored tour of the city sights.
First stop the Opera House. We got an awesome tour.

Jim and I out front of the opera house.
(Even though this picture is of the brigde across the bay.)

Opera house in all it's glory.

Jim in front of one of the sails.

The inside of the sails are concrete sections individually formed and placed. It is amazing.
I will blog one day all about the opera house when I have more time. It was amazing.

Then we toured around the neighborhoods and stopped at Bondi (pronouced Bond-eye) beach for lunch.

Day 3 was our full day adventure. We started with Sandboarding, which wasn't as adventurous as we expected because you just sat on your but and went down the mountain of sand. Jim and I raced up and down the mountain as fast as we could to get as many chances at it as possible.

But we did go against our guides warnings and try a little standing up.

Also at the beach were some random camels. So we touched them and got our pictures taken with them. They were actually softer than I expected.

Did they put the concrete pyramids in the background to make them feel more at home?

Then off to a winery/brewery for bbq lunch. It was the best meal we have had so far.

Then off to the dolphin watching cruise. The sights from the bay were beautiful.

We are having a great time. Usually too tired for any nightlife. I know, we feel like losers. Although, last night we made it to the pub across the street to watch a big rugby game. This is the second one I have watched. I think I love rugby. It is fast paced and hard hitting. I think they play in the park in Honolulu. I am going to have to go watch one day.
Hopefully I can find a power converter for my camera today. My battery is low and I forgot about converting the voltage when I bought the adapter for the prongs. Annoying.
So I'll post again when I can.
Peace!
MEA

1st Day in Sydney

I am so stoked. One thing I was really hoping for in Sydney was that we would have a view of the opera house from our room. Voila! This is our view. How awesome it that! The sun rises right behind it. I will try to get a picture of that before I leave.

Al dropping me off at the airport.

Ready for my 10 hour flight! Which put me into Sydney at about 8pm their time (and 1am my time).

Jim (my brother) arrived early Thursday. He was happy to see that I registered him as "Jimmy", which he hasn't allowed people to call him since he hit Jr. High. He He He.

First thing we did was stand in line for our Maui Jim sunglasses.

Then took a little walk around our neighborhood.

Then to a garden in the city where I laid in some flowers and Jim made elephant ears.

(Both of us wearing our new glasses, of course.)

I thought these were pretty.

Then we went on the gsk pub crawl. They took us to 3 bars to try 3 of the local beers. This was at the first bar, where the beer was as good as the views.

Lee (a co-worker and friend) and I.

Then back to a reception at the hotel where they had these animals we could touch and take pictures of. The Croc was about 3 feet long and felt so cool. The handlers said he would get up to 1 ton in adulthood. Crazy!

Peace! MEA

Back to Waikiki

Thought this was a very cute door mat to come home to.

Plus it totally matches the pot my plant is in.

Look how well it all goes together. Nice!

Close up of the plant. Isn't it pretty?

Finally stained the bed. I am really into dark wood right now.

Since the bed is so high and you kinda have to scooch off of it, I needed really low profile drawer pulls that wouldn't scratch me. I think I did a pretty good job. I even had to center and drill the holes for the pulls. After three hours, a couple calls to my dad, and a small emotional breakdown I think I did a pretty good job.

The look pulled together.

A birthday present from my mom and Henry.

Close up of my new bed spread. I absolutely love it.

It is a pale tourquoise blue with this type of stitching all over.

I bought some really soft totally white sheets to go with it. They are so crisp and clean.

It's great.

OK, that is all I've done so far. I'll keep you posted.

Peace! MEA