On the beach

Honoring my French heritage. We are on strike this week.
We will restart work when vacation starts.

Day 51 to 56 - Sydney - Street Art

 

                          For the full effect, listen to...  www.spiritoftheland.com.au/fr_home.cfm
headphones suggested for the best experience 

 

 

 

or, if feeling rebellious to the more prevalent local culture, try the Manly Warringah Pipe Band, who show up at various odd locations and strike a contrasting tone of defiance to laid back Sydney

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwHM_a7TgW4

 

 

ok... now back to laid back. REALLY big bubbles.

Jeux dans l'eau

 

"Il ne me suffit pas de lire que les sables des plages sont doux ; je veux que mes pieds nus le sentent. Toute connaissance que n'a pas précédé une sensation m'est inutile."

André Gide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 51 to 56 - Sydney - Royal Botanic Gardens

"Please walk on the grass. We also invite you to smell the roses, hug the trees, talk to the birds and picnic on the lawns"

 

                                     the Sydney office

 

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                                                    ...Cockatoos, Sydney's Pigeon

 

 

A plaque at the Garden's entrance caught us by surprise, and we wanted to find out more.   It read: 

 

"Erected by Members of the Desert Mounted Corps, and friends of the gallant horses 

who carried them over Sinai Desert into Palestine,  1915 - 1918.

 

They suffered wounds, thirst, hunger and weariness

almost beyond endurance, but never failed.

They did not come home. 

 

We will never forget them.

 

 

To the Horses of the Desert Mounted Corps"

 

Day 51 to 56 - Sydney

 Let's summarize Sydney: If the city was closer to our families, we would move there.

It is as awesome, as this Unicorne is "fluffy."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZWwNlKn8xE

 

 View from our hotel room window

 

 

 

 View from the Bay and from the docks

 

 

 

 

The Opera House

 

 

 

 

 

We visited around 5 of the well over 100 georgous beaches in town - there were just too many to

even try to explore them all... unless you lived there  :-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the Parks downtown: A little afternoon nap with the birds for Thursday's lunch break. 

 

and salt water swimming pools built into many of the tide pools

Add perfect weather, great restaurants, yummy chocolate, and all the culture, shopping and jobs you typically find in any large international city.