Sydney Harbour

It was still raining Thursday morning, so we were a bit nervous about our day.  But, we were able to borrow a nice umbrella from the hotel and we took off for a walk to Darling Harbour. At first it was fairly quiet and there were very few people walking along the Harbour.  As the day progressed, the area became alive with tourists.  It rained off an on until lunch, then clear skies again.  We walked the entire Harbour and stopped to eat at Kabash for a taste of Arabia.  It was a great experience, and it made we want to visit!  Correy had the special (steak again!) with chips and I had lamb kabobs, on a very authentic-looking spear, with yogurt and chips.  Even the tiny little bathrooms had mosaic sinks and rod-iron mirrors.

From lunch we walked into the mall and I found a $5 sweater to wear on the dinner boat that night.  We walked a handful of blocks through Chinatown to the Event Cinema and watched This Means War for $18.50 a ticket.  After the movie, we walked back to the hotel to freshen up then walked back to Darling Harbour to meet our little boat. 

There was nothing docked at the wharf, and Correy was getting a little nervous until we met a group of four friends (2 were visiting from England) and started chatting.  We seemed to be about 40 years younger than the majority of the other travelers.  Once the Pacific Pearl boat arrived we were shown to our seats and our table-mates were 2 sisters from Brisbane.  We talked the entire trip!  We exchanged email addresses so that we could swap photos and keep in touch.