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    Breakfast on our enclosed balcony at the Meriton Suites — Sydney, NSW.
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    Sydney: Lazy Day

    April 28, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F

    For the first time since arriving in Australia last December, we well and truly slept in!

    Breakfast was on our enclosed balcony … with Sydney spread out 53 floors below and all around us. In the light of day, we could see Darling Harbour … which we wandered around in 2017 after going to the aquarium to escape the rain. Haven’t been there yet on this trip, but we will rectify that oversight tomorrow.

    By late-morning, we were ready to set out on an errands-run.

    Heading to the Strand Arcade on George Street, our first stop was at Strand Hatters where Mui got a duplicate receipt printed out for our Akubra hats. Although we have shipped them back home, we’re hoping that we can still get the VAT on that purchase refunded.

    A few more errands, And then we went to the Coles at the World Center to pick up some breakfast fixings for the next couple of days. That’s when we noticed that the long line of people spilling outside of Venchi Australia last night was no more. In fact, the place was totally deserted. Hey, can you say gelato for lunch?

    After R&R at the apartment, we left again around 5:00p to walk to Alberto’s Lounge for dinner. A small, cozy place … tucked into a residential neighborhood … the entrance so hidden that it warrants a sign pointing to Alberto’s on the door of the adjacent apartment building. The place has the atmosphere of a speakeasy … the walls decorated with posters of Italian films from a bygone era. Delicious food!

    Alberto’s is not far from the ANZAC Memorial in Hyde Park. I wanted to grab some nighttime shots, so we detoured there on our way back to the Meriton … a refreshing and pleasant walk to wrap up our lazy day in the city.    Read more