Day two, we go on a motorcoach tour of the city. Got the general lay of the land. Stopped at a park and took some pics, saw hundreds (yes HUNDREDS) of multi-million $ homes including Russell Crowe's $40 million apartment, shopping centers, historic buildings, and PEOPLE EVERYWHERE! 4 million of em in Sydney proper.
Queen Victoria shopping mall:
Darling Harbour:
Made our way eventually to Bondi (Bond-eye) Beach, the most famous beach in Oz. It was overcast so I didn't see any nekkid ladies but the beach was ripe with saggy old blokes in Speedos. Blecchhh!!!
People kept taking my picture and pointing. I assumed it was because I'm a hot tub sales professional of international reknown. Turns out I had just forgotten to zip up my shorts that day. No worries. I was just "Hanging Ten" in surfer lingo. Well, maybe not ten...
No, I'm not performing a mammygram on Ol' Meanness:
After Bondi Beach, we loaded all 400 on a big boat for a lunch cruise around the harbor. The beer and wine commenced to flow and we enjoyed a baked free-range chicken kaboob, rocket and wilted spinach salad, and a dessert that I can't remember except that it was good!
We got to know Kim & Mike, the HS dealers from Myrtle Beach, SC. This was their first trip and they really enjoyed themselves. They had the whitest teeth I'd ever seen on living people. It hurt my eyes to stare at them very long. We enjoyed them as well and hope to go visit them someday:
I looked out the window and saw that we were racing some guy across the harbor. His dinghy ran like a scalded dolphin and he thoroughly kicked our bums!
Here's another view of the OH from the water:
That night was Valentines' and we had reservations at Wolfie's Grille, an exclusive steak restaurant right under the SHB. It was outdoor dining and they had a rose and chocolate truffles for my Love at the table. She had a king prawn salad while I had 9 oysters OTHS. That was followed with the lobster au gratin for Sweetie while I enjoyed a steak. That and 3 beers and then the check arrived:
$245 Goat-Smelling Dollars!!!!!!
It was a miscommunication between the travel agency and the restaurant that we had booked the table for 4 HOURS! Now, I don't want to sit anywhere for 4 hours, much less with my wife. The manager knocked off $25 and did what he could, but I had a talk with the travel agency the next morning and let them know I was not pleased. I still got loving that night because my wife felt sorry for me. That's the best kind as far as I'm concerned.
The SHB at night. It was stunning and I'm sorry the pictures don't do it justice:
The next day was our walkabout from Bronte Beach to Bondi. It was a blast!
To be continued...
