March 30 - Australia: Sydney, New South Wales

This morning, we went for a run along the Harbour.  Jon had to run 20 miles today, but he decided to run the first two miles with me (at my snails pace).  It was a really nice morning for a run, though.  We ran all the way to the Opera House, and then around it.  The weird thing is that I thought there was a long mural on the north side of the Opera House.  But I couldn't find it.  Such a drag.  Jon and I split at the Opera House and I ran back to the apartment.

After showering and stretching, I got dressed and headed out to the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Sydney Harbour Bridge

I took the subway to Circular Quay (pronounced "Key") to walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge.  The Bridge was about 15 minutes from the subway stop, through some touristy area with street performers and the like.  Although it was cloudy, there were TONS of tourists out there.  Of course, this is Easter Weekend so why shouldn't they be?

Sydney Harbour Bridge and Circular Quay Area

I found the entrance to the bridge, which was through a pylon on the southern side of the bridge.  It was a windy walk, and the cloud cover meant the pictures were a bit shady but it was still a nice walk.  I walked all the way across the bridge, and then turned around and walked back.  One of the eastern pylons had an observation tower and an exhibit about the building of the bridge.  Interesting fact about Sydney Harbour Bridge: it was built without any support from the water.  The partially-made bridge was kept aloft by cables for the entire 20 years it was being built.  Pretty cool.

Sydney Harbour - View from the Bridge

The walk to view from the pylon took a few hours.  I headed back to the subway and to the long walk to the apartment.  Back there, I found Jon recovering on the couch from his run.  We spent the rest of the evening packing up our backpacks and the big box with the cooler and the wine.  It's going to be a heavy one, but hopefully we won't have any problems checking in on the plane to LA tomorrow.

We had big plans for Mexican for dinner.  We've been craving Mexican for months, and the guy who ran our hotel here was Mexican.  So he recommended a great restaurant where we could go.  Unfortunately, it was super far away and a pretty costly taxi ride.  We decided instead to stay in Kings Cross to find a place down the street.  "India Down Under" was the place we chose, and we were quite happy with it.  Very authentic and yummy Indian Food.