a rainy day

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Our beautiful, warm, sunny day was followed by a cold, windy and rainy day. We decided to don our rain gear and make the most of it, since it was our last full day in Sydney before the cruise. We headed over to an indoor market place we had heard about that opens on Sundays and walked around the stalls of vendors selling their wares. Once we had a bit of people overload, we headed out to Darling Harbour, on suggestion of the Australian couple we met the night before. On the way there, we got caught up in quite the wind and rain storm, so we stopped in a Starbucks on the harbor to warm ourselves up with a coffee and some lunch. The view was great and we were warm and dry, so we stayed for a bit and took some time to catch up on emails and the blog. Actually, this was the last day we had time, and a reliable enough internet connection, to update.  The weather cleared up a bit after we hung out so we decided to bundle up again and head out to the outside of the maritime museum. They had several military vessels on display, as well as some other boats, so we took some time looking at those. We then made our way across the Darling Harbour bridge, with quite a bit of wind attempting to push us in the opposite direction, and then walked along the harbor. Once we had enough of the windy and cold weather, we made our way back to the timeshare to pack up our suitcases before dinner. Around dinner time, we consulted Yelp yet again and found a highly rated sushi restaurant in the neighborhood next to Surry Hills and made our way to it, stopping again at a bottle shop on the way. The sushi restaurant, like the Thai place, was small and family-owned. We both ordered miso soup and I enjoyed a wonderful teriyaki salmon while Tim indulged in a plate of sushi. Everything was very tasty and fresh! After dinner we walked around the neighborhood again before heading back to the timeshare to relax.