The title says it all ! I love week ends here, because I get to explore Sydney a little bit more, and that’s fascinating. The Rocks is Sydney’s historic neighborhood, lots of fun houses, quite different from what you get in the CBD ! I even got to walk under Harbour Bridge.

And of course, I went to see the Opera House, I just can’t help it, I find it fascinating, de-lovely would be the right word to describe how it makes me feel. First thing that comes to my mind whenever I see it is actually Bernard and Bianca having diner there, wait, is it where they actually have diner, or is it in Sydney’s Tower, I can’t remember… Anyway, I do picture The Rescuers whenever I see the Opera House.

Then I took a ferry from Circular Quay back to Darling Harbour and that was W-O-A-W (that’s the best word I found). I guess you could say that I’m easily impressed, but still, it was amazing. I mean, and I’m probably going to sound like a teenager, but how cool is it that ferries are actually considered public transportation here ? Cooler than Paris’ smelly grumpy-people filled subway, that’s for sure. By far, best moment of the day.

Once in Darling Harbour - which reminds me of Finding Nemo - I went to Paddy’s Market (I feel like I’m writing a postcard here !), and that was a lot of fun. I finally found new shoes there (now it’s the Carrie Bradshaw side of me speaking), and that was highly appreciated. Not that I don’t like walking with my business shoes on, but well, I do actually, they make my feet hurt and smell - not cool (teenager mode again).

Then I went to the movies (back to postcard mode), because sightseeing is fun, but it had been too long since I last went to the movies, and yes, I’m a movie person. I couldn’t pick a movie though. I almost went to see Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day, since I love Frances McDormand, but, when I got in the movie theater, I saw a poster of Then She Found Me, and it had Colin Firth (I’m still not over Love Actually), Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, and Helen Hunt, well, I couldn’t resist. And I’m glad I didn’t. The movie had its ups and downs, but it sure had a point, and it felt good to just go to the movies. And Bette Midler is just too much for words.

So, as you can see, it was a pretty busy day ! Tomorrow I should be going to the beach, down in Bronte, I’m keeping famous Bondi for later, but it is now raining (what ? it actually rains in Sydney ? didn’t see that one coming…), so there may be a change of plans. But -and admire how I get to conclude on an Aussie typical touch- no worries mate, I’ll keep you posted anyway !

PS : I got some complains that my pictures were too small. Well, if you click on the Link menu you can actually go to my flickr page, where you’ll be able to watch the photos as a slideshow, as big as you want