Hello Sydney

Leaving the Blue Mountains
Even though it’s a gorgeous place, we were glad to leave the Blue Mountains. One week is more than enough of nature, we needed a cityfix fast and we needed some good beds to sleep on. Our Roadmonster was healed, hopefully it wouldn’t brake down on the highway, that would be embarrassing.

Welcome to Sydney
We didn’t knew much about Sydney before we arrived. The Lonely Planet took us to Kings Cross where some of the cheaper hostels are. We didn’t picked the cheapest one because that’s where cockroaches walk over your face when you’re sleeping (tnx for the heads up Tatz) But there was another problem. Having Roadmonster to take us from A to B gives us a lot of freedom, in Sydney it didn’t. No parking spots, no cheap carparks,… and leaving it somewhere on the street in this big bad city… no way. So after calling some hostels we headed towards Glebe, one of the western suburbs of Sydney.

Glebe?
We arrived at the Glebe Village hostel, the first hostel without a bar or a pooltable. What the hell are we going to do? There’s only one main road in Glebe, creatively called Glebe Point Road, and it’s full with coffeehouses, small shops, BYO restaurants,… no pubs though. This is going to be fun.
But we still had some beers and decided to chill out on our first day in Sydney. Tomorrow the Sydney Aquarium and the world famous Opera House.

Sydney… the sights
Yup, when in Rome…
A visit to Sydney would be incomplete if we didn’t see the Opera House or the Sydney Aquarium hoping to catch a glimpse of Nemo.
Sydney Aquarium is really a great experience, struggling past a zillion tourists all of them located near the sharks… Hoping some of the loud kids would get smacked, by either the parents or us… And, hoping the saltwater crocodile would burst through its cage and eat someone while we’re taping it all.
On to the Opera House. Near Harbour Bridge our goal was spending some quality time on the steps in front of the Opera House. And it was meant to be, a huge screen was put in front of the steps with live coverage of the Australian Open. Quickly take some pictures, than sat our asses on the steps while watching the game. Nice and relax.

Next up… Cronulla Beach… Home of the famous 2005 Cronulla Beach riots.