It seemed like a good idea at the time

Before today I’d only ever been to Sydney Airport, not the city itself. Last year I realised just how much I love travelling and so I planned this trip to Sydney.
When I looked at the flights the earlier flight was cheaper so I thought I’d take that. After all 5:45am isn’t that early. It’s not but when I factored in getting to the airport on time I realised I’d need to be up at 3:15am. It was after midnight by the time I went to bed so I’ve had very little sleep.
And how much I missed flying business class. I didn’t have enough room to get any sleep although I think I did doze a bit.
Going down the ramp to get on the plane I remembered how much I like travelling.

We made good time and got in early. Coming in low over the ocean was a bit disconcerting, I felt like we were too low.
I’m staying in the CBD, close to China Town. I’m in a one bedroom apartment with a balcony and it is lovely. I pottered around for a bit and then went and found the hop on hop off bus. I find them a good way to get an overview of the city. It should have taken 90 mins but the trip ended up taking about 2 1/2 hours. So I’ve seen the harbour bridge and the opera house.

I ended up with Taiwanese for tea, there was so much to choose from. I may not be in China Town but the only restaurant I saw, apart from pubs that wasn’t asain was a Spanish restaurant. I was tempted just because of the incongruity of it but with so much lovely Asian food around I decided against it.
Photos:
The Sydney Haroboir Bridge
Sydney Opera House
Sydney skyline
Sydney Harbour Bridge
View from my balcony at night
Marshmallow clouds as we approached Sydneyもっと詳しく