Leave Heathrow for honeymoonArrive in BeijingTour of a Jade Factory, the Ming Tombs and Great Wall of ChinaTour of Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer PalaceArrive in Hong Kong on way to SydneyArrive in SydneyLunch at Guylian, Opera House tour and walks through Botanical Gardens and The RocksVisit our friend JakobExplore SydneyTrip to Featherdale Wildlife Park and Blue Mountains National ParkWild Australia Experience tour of Taronga ZooSpent time with our friend Jakob, meal at Aria restaurant then night-time photosArrive in Cairns then travel to Palm CoveSnorkelling in the Great Barrier ReefHelicopter ride over the Great Barrier ReefArrive in Brisbane on way to Cook IslandsArrive in Auckland on way to Cook IslandsRelax on Cook Islands at the Rumours of RomanceArrive in Auckland again on way homeArrive in Los Angeles on way homeHome again!
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May 19 2009, 10:00 AM
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After meeting at the Circular Quay station, we strolled around Sydney cove, under the Harbour Bridge and up to the Sydney Observatory where we had some nice views of the surrounding coves. From here we headed down to the famous Darling Harbour then on to the very relaxing Tumbalong Park (would've been even more relaxing without the school kids on field trips!). We were going to head in to the Chinese Garden of Friendship but decided in the end that our bellies were more important so headed back to Cockle Bay Wharf to hunt down somewhere nice to eat :)
If finding a Guylian cafe near our hotel was great, imagine our joy at finding a Lindt Chocolat cafe!! After the initial hassle of the counter woman throwing away our order, we had some very nice sandwiches then ordered ourselves some yummy desserts to take away with us. We strolled through the city centre to see the Sydney Tower before going to the relaxing Hyde Park and St Mary's Cathedral. There was a very pretty fountain there we took some photo's of then crossed the road to The Domain and Royal Botanical Gardens. You really could spend a whole day just walking and relaxing in this place - it is that vast (you can also get lost as we found!). We found a nice promenade in the rose garden where we could get out of the light rain to eat the VERY delicious cakes, then walked to the Sydney Opera House (where we viewed a very pretty rainbow in Farm Cove) and back to the hotel.
Bizarrely, it was an advert telling us how unhealthy pizzas are that made us decide we wanted one for dinner. Despite the rain we headed off out in to the city centre to try and find a pizza restaurant that did takeaway (e.g. Pizza Hut) but after 30 minutes walking could not find a place. Defeated we headed back to our hotel only to find out that the Italian on the ground floor would have delivered it to our room!! The very helpful manager not only took our order but delivered it himself to our room - very impressive! We pigged out on pizza then watched TV until it was time for Jakob to catch his train home.
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