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9/8/2010. Martin place. Fun place that feels like NYC. Lots of beautiful buildings and beautiful stores. People are very well dressed. Everyone has an iPhone. Old barracks where they kept prisoners brought from England in the 1800's. Church. Old and beautiful inside. Hyde park. Just a pretty park with statues. Cockatoo island. Ok, Cockatoo island. (Sigh). This one island in the middle of the harbor. Creepy creepy creepy. Island completely empty. And people actually pay to camp there! Felt like Shutter Island. Spent an hour there because the ferry only came every hour. Thanks, travel guide. The Rocks. Amazing pastries. Paddy's market. Lots of cheap souvenirs and fruits and vegetables. Capitol theatre. Went there to see how much tickets were. Told to come back in a couple of hours and wait in line to try to get cheap tickets. Then subway and Coles. Then rest then dress up to go out again.
Theater. Didnt make it. Then wondered around downtown forever. What a beautiful city. Australian Hotel restaurant at the Rocks: Fernando's
Kangaroo Pizza - marinated kangaroo in native pepper with roasted capsicum and native berries. Fancy
shoes. Wonderful pizza. Super expensive, but worth it. Then walked back down to Circular Quay for the last time to see the Opera house at night.
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| Martin Place |
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| Martin Place (taken night before) |
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| Barracks |
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| St. Mary's Cathedral |
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| Hyde Park |
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| Cockatoo Island |
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| Cockatoo Island |
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| Waiting for ferry at Cockatoo Island |
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| Lemon pastry. Yum! |
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| Kangaroo Pizza!! |
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| Good Bye Sydney. |
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9/9/2010. Airplane from Sydney to Auckland. Busy airports and duty-free shops around the whole terminal. Not really a duty-free store, more like the whole terminal was a duty free area. Watched A-team on plane. Wonderful airline and great food. Debacle at rental car company. Europcar now has 2 strikes. Right side steering wheel, left side driving, scary! GPS works perfectly. Hurray! Check in at hotel. Not as nice as Sydney's, but not bad. Walk around small downown. Indian food (Delicious!!!). Crazy architure in city. Empty. Queen street fun. Early closing time.
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| Downtown Auckland |
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| Downtown Auckland |
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| Downtown Auckland |
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| Auckland waterfront |
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| Auckland waterfront |
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| View from waterfront of downtown |
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| Queen Street |
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| Downtown Auckland |
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| Beautiful sunset |
And we just HAD to take a picture of the Kangaroo pizza?!!! I think I am going to go barf now.
ReplyDeleteSo was the kangaroo pizza any good? Did it taste like chicken?
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