Taking Sydney by "Storm"

Abie and I have done the super tour of Sydney, Australia, spending two nights in a hostel downtown- an adventure in itself and then one day 8am- 8pm of adventures. It was pouring rain when we left Auckland so we were pleased to find Sydney a bit warmer and sunny for our whole visit. We started our tour day with a latte from Starbucks around the corner of our hostel at 7am and then walked the 20 minutes to the Marriots where we were originally going to stay. We had to look the part of the high class travelers we are :) We were picked up in a nice car and given a private morning tour with Daniel, an Italian man who immigrated from Italy as a child, all over the city with as many photo stops as we wanted. I will include photos on the blog when we get to Cairns. We then were dropped off at the harbour for a luncheon cruise on a sailing ship that included an amazing seafood buffett and tea & cakes for dessert which we took on the deck under the beautiful sun and sails. It was amazing. The city/harbor is really beautiful. We then disembarked at the bridge and began our climb to the top, after an hour of suiting up. It really wasn't as difficult as I feared and we made it to the top where we experienced an amazing view and sunset. We completed the climb down with our head lamps on. I think the scariest part was walking over the freeway and under the train on a narrow catwalk that shook with the passing of a train. I just looked ahead at Abie in front of me and not down! We met Emma, an English young woman who has agreed to exchange visits with Abie, her coming to CA and Abie going to England sometime in the future. Well, we are at the airport waiting for our flight to Cairns, the last destination on our trip. We are having a great time together and definately recommend a trip down under to you all.