Australia July 2008 - Day 16 - Sunday, 27 July 2008

Today in a nutshell:
- Fly back to Sydney
- Dim Sum
- Dinner with friends

I barely remember flying from Melbourne to Sydney today because I slept so hard on the flight. We arrive in Sydney at about 9:30 a.m. and head over to Rodney’s house to drop off our stuff and get ready to meet up with a large group of friends for dim sum. We enjoy dim sum (a Chinese cart buffet for those of you who are not familiar) at Marigold in Chinatown along with about 500 other eaters.


After we’ve sufficiently stuffed our little faces with various Chinese delicacies such as shrimp, scallops, chicken, duck and octopus (I drew the line at chicken’s feet), we head over to stroll through Paddy’s Market – an eclectic assortment of varied tourist junk, fruits, veggies and other random stuff that may or may not have “fallen off” some commercial trucks along the roads of Sydney.

We don’t end up making any purchases at the market, but we do grab some more piping hot emperor’s puffs from the takeout counter. These are well known throughout the city and a long line is typical. These little custard dreams don’t disappoint on today’s stop either and we head back to Rodney’s so I can toy around on the Web and Chad can take a nap.

We head over to Glebe for dinner with friends and to watch “Thank God You’re Here” and then watch the ESPYs. Australian television is interesting because it is so consistently driven by U.S. entertainment and activities. Our friend from Holland, Welby, is utterly impressed with Tivo (or the Australian brand of the same concept) because he’s never seen it before.

After all this activity, we have to head home and hit the hay. I will say that tonight was my first time getting to sit on the opposite side of what we know as the driver’s seat and drive home with Rodney on the left-hand side of the road (British style). More tomorrow friends.