Rocks and More
Although I had planned to go to the Aquarium today, since it is right around the corner from my hotel and it seemed like a good way to resume activity without going overboard, I decided to scrap that plan after going out and realizing that I felt well enough to really explore Sydney some more.
I started the day by going to the Powerhouse Museum, which was recommended in my guidebooks. It is one of those hands on kind of sciencey museums, but I didn't really like it because it was overrun with little kids and I didn't feel like being inside and reading about light waves or whatever. I did happen to wander into an acrobatics show taking place at the museum though, and watched it for free from the sidelines. It was a bunch of pretty young people- turned out to be high school students- doing things like twirling 20 hula hoops and standing on their hands on top of 10 stacked chairs and benches. So that was neat, but it made me not to excited to wander around another child heavy enclosed space like the Aquarium.
Instead, I decided to take the advice of Andrew (my dad's fellow philosopher friend and my #1 contact in Australia) and wander around The Rocks. That's the "historic" district of Sydney, although I don't think it is even as old as Boston, which is kinda sad. There actually is a country with less "history" than the U.S (excluding native histories of course!). It was a nice walk though- I had to go through the city center to get there, which kinda like Midtown I guess, but with more shopping center/mall types of places. So I went to The Rocks and wandered and actually ate a meal! Well, it was a turkey sandwich, but I think that should count as a meal. I also just sat and read for a long time in the cafe, which was a perfect way to spend the afternoon.
Now I am back at Darling Harbour. It is a stange area, which reminds me of a Disney World version of a city, mainly because there is a monorail running through it, which took me to the city center this morning, but doesn't go far enough to connect you to the Opera House or the Botanic Gardens or Sydney Harbour, or any useful places like that. It just loops around the main attractions of Darling Harbour, which are an awful mall, an IMAX, a string of restaurants, the Aquarium, a convention center, and the Powerhouse museum- and then of course it does dip into the city center briefly.
Tomorrow I'm planning to go to the zoo, which also requires taking a ferry and seeing the Harbour which will be fun. C.J. has advised me to end my posts with cliffhangers "like in the Da Vinci Code". Well, I'm no Dan Brown, but I guess I have to try to make him happy. So... next time on Emma's blog... will I successfully eat dinner? which are cuter kangaroos or koalas? and will I find somewhere in Sydney that sells yarn? The answers may surprise you!
Love,
Emma
I started the day by going to the Powerhouse Museum, which was recommended in my guidebooks. It is one of those hands on kind of sciencey museums, but I didn't really like it because it was overrun with little kids and I didn't feel like being inside and reading about light waves or whatever. I did happen to wander into an acrobatics show taking place at the museum though, and watched it for free from the sidelines. It was a bunch of pretty young people- turned out to be high school students- doing things like twirling 20 hula hoops and standing on their hands on top of 10 stacked chairs and benches. So that was neat, but it made me not to excited to wander around another child heavy enclosed space like the Aquarium.
Instead, I decided to take the advice of Andrew (my dad's fellow philosopher friend and my #1 contact in Australia) and wander around The Rocks. That's the "historic" district of Sydney, although I don't think it is even as old as Boston, which is kinda sad. There actually is a country with less "history" than the U.S (excluding native histories of course!). It was a nice walk though- I had to go through the city center to get there, which kinda like Midtown I guess, but with more shopping center/mall types of places. So I went to The Rocks and wandered and actually ate a meal! Well, it was a turkey sandwich, but I think that should count as a meal. I also just sat and read for a long time in the cafe, which was a perfect way to spend the afternoon.
Now I am back at Darling Harbour. It is a stange area, which reminds me of a Disney World version of a city, mainly because there is a monorail running through it, which took me to the city center this morning, but doesn't go far enough to connect you to the Opera House or the Botanic Gardens or Sydney Harbour, or any useful places like that. It just loops around the main attractions of Darling Harbour, which are an awful mall, an IMAX, a string of restaurants, the Aquarium, a convention center, and the Powerhouse museum- and then of course it does dip into the city center briefly.
Tomorrow I'm planning to go to the zoo, which also requires taking a ferry and seeing the Harbour which will be fun. C.J. has advised me to end my posts with cliffhangers "like in the Da Vinci Code". Well, I'm no Dan Brown, but I guess I have to try to make him happy. So... next time on Emma's blog... will I successfully eat dinner? which are cuter kangaroos or koalas? and will I find somewhere in Sydney that sells yarn? The answers may surprise you!
Love,
Emma
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home