We had a wonderful day today in a very "touristy" way. We started out in a cafe having a muffin and "flat white" which is a fluffy, steamy cup of coffee and milk kind of like a cappuchino. You can't really get a plain cup of coffee. But this is really good. I think maybe Gary described this in a previous post. We went to the incredible Sydney Opera House for a tour which was very interesting and awe-inspiring. This is an awesome feat of engineering. We went into the symphony hall where a few of the musicians were beginning to practice for tomorrow night's symphony which I really wish we could attend. The cost per ticket is over $200. We are going to pass on that. We purchased a set of pictures where they superimposed our images in front of various scenes of the opera house with a CD of pictures of the construction of the opera house. Pretty cool. We then went on to the Botanical Garden which was also beautiful. The day was gorgeous, as have almost all of the days we have been here. Gary said Melbourne was much more rainy and chilly. But we are getting closer to Spring here.
We walked on to the State Library of New South Wales which had a wonderful exhibition of one of the most famous governors of Australia, Lachlan Macquarie. Gary read a book called Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding by Robert Hughes so he was interested as well. Okay, end of history lesson. I was very interested and found the library quite amazing. It was a beautiful old building, very "stately" (no pun intended--okay, pun intended).
Signing off to skype with Krista and family...
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