Raw photos batch 6 - Sydney
Posted in Photography, Sydney on Jan 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Pretty much the final batch of photos, the Opera House, Zoo, and Surry Hills. Click here for the link to Shutterfly.
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Homeward bound
Posted in Food and Drink, Logistics, Sydney on Jan 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
As I write this, it’s 11:10AM in Sydney. In an hour, the shuttle service will arrive to take me to the airport, where I’ll hang around for a couple of hours before getting on the flight to Sydney. It’s been a great trip (except for the getting sick part), but it’s time to start getting [...]
The last evening in Sydney
Posted in Food and Drink, Sightseeing, Sydney, Walks on Jan 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
And finally, we arrived at the last night. Not sadly, it’s time to go home. But I wanted the last night to be a time of reflection before getting back to the chaos. When I toured Europe alone for a similar length of time in 1993, I spent most of the final [...]
Taronga Zoo
Posted in Sightseeing, Sydney on Jan 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
I’m not a big zoo fan. I’ve never been to the Brookfield Zoo in suburban Chicago, and I’ve only been to the Lincoln Park Zoo a couple of times. I keep meaning to go to the San Diego Zoo, but something always comes up. But it’s impossible to go to Australia, and not go to [...]
Sydney Opera House
Posted in Sightseeing, Sydney on Jan 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
I overslept this morning, but fortunately the sunlight woke me up at 8:20am. Today was going to be a very busy day, and I couldn’t afford to start late!
The first stop of the day was the Sydney Opera House. I had purchased a ticket for the tour for the first Sunday of the vacation, but [...]
Darlinghurst and a tavola
Posted in Food and Drink, Sydney on Jan 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, when I was leaving the emergency room, I walked out to the street to hail a cab. I looked around, and thought “hey, that looks like a nice neighborhood.” At the time, I didn’t quite realize that I was in the Darlinghurst neighborhood, and I certainly didn’t realize that last [...]
Why I love Hilton
Posted in Logistics, Sydney on Jan 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
I love Hilton. I started to love Hilton when they bought out the Promus holdings back in 2000, which added Hampton Inn, Homewood Suites, and Embassy Suites to the chain. Before that, I didn’t really have much opportunity to stay at Hilton properties.
Right after the purchase, they had a promo where if you made 4 [...]
Returning to Sydney
Posted in Sightseeing, Sydney on Jan 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
The saddest thing about wasting Monday night at the Ayers Rock Resort is that I could really use one more day in Sydney. As it is, my flight leaves at 10:55am Tuesday, and with the time change I will get to my hotel room at about 5pm. I will have essentially 43 hours left on [...]
Raw photos batch 2
Posted in Melbourne, Photography, Sydney on Jan 12th, 2008 1 Comment »
The first dozen photos are from the last day and a half in Sydney. The other hundred and forty odd photos are from Melbourne and environs.
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Flying to Melbourne
Posted in Air Travel, Melbourne, Sydney on Jan 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
I ended up being just really tired during the morning on Wednesday, and never made it to Darlinghurst. I just wandered around some of the area east of the hotel, including Hyde Park, stopped and got some Indian curry chicken and chick peas for lunch, and then changed and hung out in the Executive [...]
