Sayonara Sydney!

We have spent these last couple of days in Sydney making sure we've done and seen all that we had planned. I almost panicked on Friday when I realized that we had just one day left! Yikes! Can it really be possible that we have been over here for 5 weeks??!! We did a LOT in those 5 weeks between New Zealand and Australia. During these last days we packed in even more because not only did we still have a couple of sightseeing things to accomplish, but we had to do some mundane things before we got on ship as well. You know, the important things like get my nails done (because they charge an arm and a leg on ship!), buy a new suitcase (don't ask), get the t-shirts, etc.

We did this kind of backwards from our normal mode of operation, but we took the walking tour of Sydney. Our guide explained to us about the Coat of Arms of Australia which has a kangaroo on one side and an emu on the other.

The Aussies picked these two because they can't move backward. This signifies the country moving forward. Awesome and heartwarming thought. BUT it also seems that the Aussies are the only country that don't mind eating what's on their Coat of Arms! Speaking of which.........Bruce and Russ finally got their kangaroo.

Looks pretty innocent, right? Actually, I tried it. It was fine, just like a kind of steak. So, try kangaroo......Check.

On our walk we encountered this guy. I'm pretty friendly, tried to start up a conversation with him. He wasn't having it!

But here was a more friendly mate! The story says that if you throw a coin in the water and then rub the pig's nose it would assure good fortune. Well, I wasn't going to bypass that! I guess a lot of people feel the same. Look how shiny his nose is!

And I thought this was cool. In Melbourne we had all that street art in the alleyways. Look what this alley holds for us!

Different, huh? And they had recordings of birds playing. They even had it timed so that you heard the sounds of the morning birds in the morning and the evening birds at their appropriate time.

We moved to our last AirBnB of the trip which was close to Darling Harbour. 

Just a fun area with a mall, restaurants and the Maritime Museum.

The very last thing we did in Sydney was a light display on the shades of the Opera House at night. It is a display that depicts the aboriginal beginnings.

It was beautiful and amazing. Know what it reminded me of? When you go to Fiesta TX, the last thing at night are the fireworks. Kind of a "send you off" type of presentation. I felt like that about this light show. It was our last hurrah and I'm glad we did it on the last night.

Not done yet though! Our adventures continue as we boarded the Explorer of the Seas on Sunday and began our 23 day cruise home. We stood out on the deck and took our last selfies with the Opera House

and the Bridge

as we bid Sydney adieu!