Train ride to Katoomba

Once the bus dropped us off at Katoomba (a 10 minute ride, max), we decided it would be too late to eat when we got back to Sydney. Erik turned his phone on (which had been off most of the day because his battery) and he turned on his hotspot for me. I texted the parentals who had made a reservation at a Brazilian steakhouse at 7pm. We were never going to make it back by then so I told them as much. It would take 3 hours to ride back. They decided to go without us, good call! I bet the food they ate was amazing. I can't wait to hear all about their days adventures.

Well, now we needed to eat somewhere. There was a fish and chips place open just a few hundred feet away. It was drizzling outside so we gave it a shot.

I ordered fish and chips and a hot chocolate. Erik ordered a double cheeseburger with chips with a mango soda thing. Oh my goodness. The food came out and it was not warm. It was scalding! I hated it and I loved it all at the same time. Loved it because it warmed my insides but hated it because I couldn't eat it as it was burning my mouth. The fish was HUGE, the burger was HUGE. We easily could have shared one order of chips (fries for my American friends 😜). It was all very good. I'll say it was my second favorite fish and chips ever. Number one being in London.

It was raining even more when we finished so we got the umbrella out and headed for the train station. There was a 25 minute wait for the train so we sat in the waiting room where it was much warmer than outside. We stayed in there until about 5 min prior to boarding and then headed outside. To my surprise, about 5 or 6 cockatoos were hanging around the tracks. I wish we had cockatoos hanging out in AZ as if they were like pigeons.

We decided we might want one more day in Sydney. We originally thought Sydney would be too much for us but it reminds us of London and we kind of want to explore some more and maybe check out the zoo and the museums and maybe see Rent at the Opera House. We extended our AirBnb for a whopping $65 for one more night and then ordered up our RV for the 14th.Read more