Time in Sydney

We had a lovely time in Sydney, albeit short and a few issues with our hotel.

We arrived down there late Thursday night, only to find that despite booking a queen room (queen bed) on a non-smoking floor - we were allocated 2x single bed room, on a smoking floor. Apparently that was all that was on offer for the evening, and the assumption was (we found out the next day, after a very bad sleep) we had been allocated a room with 2 queen beds. After much discussion, we were upgraded to a king sized room with spa bath on a non-smoking floor. Needless to say, we won't be staying at that chain of hotels again.

All day Friday was spent with my brother-in-law, his wife, their new baby and toddler, as well as our parents-in-law. Took their toddler out for a walk (ending in a nice cafe run), played with the baby, and had a nice roast dinner before sitting down to watch the Socceroos get humiliated by Iraq.

Saturday we were dropped off to a train station, in an attempt to get to The Rocks for the markets and lunch. Unfortunately Sydney is having a heck of a lot of train work at the moment - so this also required an hour's bus drive to get to a station that WAS open.

Finally we got to The Rocks, and had a lovely walk through the laneways, as well as sampling some chillis and chocolates at the markets. Then off to lunch, before taking the train back to my brother-in-laws. Just enough time to hug the baby and toddler, say goodbye to the parents, and race off to catch the plane home.

It was a nice break though.

Since then we've spent some time with my parents and our dog on Sunday afternoon, racing around Shorncliffe Pier, and enjoying the sunshine.

Work has been particularly chaotic - had a few cancellations and delays yesterday, which I think will impact on today. Have a late shift (12:30-9pm), so that meant a nice sleep in, and time to walk Vox again.

And after tonight, I have 3 days off before working again on Sunday.