I mad it back to Australia! finally after a cancelled flight and a bit of rearranging then 32 hours of flying. My mom came back with me and we are in Sydney. Despite my mom's urging to stay at a hotel chain, I have talked her into a small inn a short train ride away from the harbor. It is not quite as convinient as a harbor hotel but I like the feel. It is not quite as glamorous but it is very Australian. I am unfortunately having phone problems so I tracked down an apple store to alleviate my problems. They couldn't help today but I have an appointment for tomorrow. While I dealt with the phone mom took a nap so that upon my return we were ready to head into the central business district. We took the light rain into the harbor for lunch at a lovely restaurant that overlooked the harbor. It was delicious. Then we explored the harbor a bit on foot.
We took the monorail around the harbor and into another part of the city. The monorail has been used for 25 years but is reaching the end. It will make it's last run in June.
After a short walk we made it to the botanical gardens. They were beautiful and so was the view of the bridge and the opera house. There were also some beautiful birds. This one was the best. I tried to talk to it in Sammy(the language of Abbie's bird) but I don't think he could understand my accent.
After a bit I started to feel the jet lag and mom was asking what animal a fallen leaf was, so we went back to the harbor for a smoothie on the way back to the hotel. After getting mom settled I brought her take away from the Asia restaurant across the street.
Following dinner mom probably continued to have fantastic adventures but I don't know what they are because I fell asleep.
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