The rain is hammering down in the am and we need to be out of the rental by 11am. We are just out on time. The cleaner pulls up bang on 11. Initially not sure of our plans but the weather decides for us. It's misty, murky and cloudy and not a lot of scenery to be seen so we decide to head to Sydney. Again, the sun shone when we needed it too and we feel a bit smug as we see all the tour buses heading in the opposite direction to 'not' see the sights of the Blue Mountains. Sat Nav is set and declares will be at The Rocks (Sydney) by 12.40 :)
Only 40 minutes in, Rob in need of a coffee so we stop off at the McCafe for a cup much to the delight of the kids. Rob has been suffering wifi withdrawal symptoms since we got to the Blue Mountains and the face book/email junky needs his fix! The kids are so excited to be in McDonalds or Maccas as they like to call it so we indulge in some cakes and an extra shot in the coffees for the grownups. It's a bit sad how much we've seen of Ronald this holiday but the free wifi is a bonus as most of the hotels have charged about 5 dollars an hour. We eventually start nearing Sydney after 1pm. I am doing things the old fashioned way and looking at a minuscule map in the guidebook. Saint Sat Nav finally blots her copy book by completely losing the plot and bringing us over the harbour Bridge when we didn't need to but it's quite cool to see it anyway. It just went crazy, spinning the map around and jumping our position from street to street. Sky is cloudy but it's dry.
We navigate the old fashioned way and back we go over the bridge and make our own way until the satnav starts to behave itself. Finding somewhere to park is interesting. We duck in to one place and it's 62 dollars for just over 3 hours, swift exit! Lucky for us it's a public holiday and not too busy and we find more reasonable parking for 4.40 for 2 hours :)
We have a wander about and pitch ourselves at Circular Quay and catch our first glimpse of the Opera house. it's a bit grey so we decide we'll do the tour on the water another day. There is a massive cruise ship in and the place is buzzing.
Grab some street snacks, Sarah eats her corn with gusto, so good, refuses to give Mummy a taste.
As car parking ticket about to expire, we decide to make our way to our Sydney home, we are crashing with Sarah and Axel and family in Kellyville. We have no idea how long it'll take. Back over Harbour bridge again and in no time at all we get to KV just after 430. Whoops we are way too early, quick diversion to a local park and Tom and Sarah stretch their legs and the sun briefly shines. Next stop the bottle shop for beer and wine and then on to Sarah's.
Both Sarah and Axel haven't changed one bit, last time we met Alana was Sarah's age and Finn was just a tiny baby. Within minutes, Sarah(little) is in awe of Alana and starts trailing her. Then Sarah(little) finds the drum kit and gives her all, the din is incredible and maybe the Armstrongs are regretting having us ;) A drum kit was on the Christmas list so maybe there is one in Marlow...Rob and I get a taste of what we are in for. Tom has a go too. (Note to self, hide drum sticks before going to bed!) Sarah is not too bad and is giving her rock version of Jingle Bells.
After a fab home cooked meal (so good for us after all the rubbish we've been eating), we stay up late drinking too much and reminiscing over our Brighton days. And yes I remembered to hide the sticks.
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