Sydney 2009 - Day 5

Our last full day in Sydney. Daniel wanted to have a look around Sydney University so we got a bus from George Street to Camperdown where the main campus is. for some reason I have never really ventured beyond Central Station in this direction and I found the bus ride alone quite interesting.

I would just like to say that Sydney Uni is huge, on the map it seems kilometres across. It is also very old, with some really nice older buildings. It was interesting to walk around for half an hour or so. We both must still look like students because we were getting harassed by candidates in the student union elections that were taking place on the day. After getting a sticker off one of the candidates we walked back to Broadway (the name of the main road) and got a bus back to George Street.

We got off at Haymarket and walked down Hay Street (Trams!) towards the Sydney entertainment centre and then to the Chinese Gardens at Darling Harbour. About the gardens, all I can say is wow. Probably one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen, I really cant describe it you have to see it with your own eyes. We actually stopped for morning tea in the tea house. Daniel had tea, I had Coke, as I don't really drink tea or Cofee (well I eat cofee) and we had some chinese pastries. Some were yum others were just odd. Overall it was very nice though.

Lunch time came very soon after morning tea and after leaving the gardens we went to the food court at Market City. All I wanted was Indian, and that is what I had. Beef vindaloo, lamb curry and butter chicken. I didn't think I could manage a naan, so I left that out. I love Indian food.

On full stomaches we walked to the Powerhouse Museum where we spent the rest of the afternoon until closing time. We didn't get to see everything, before they kicked us out, but it was good all the same. I haven't been there for over 10 years so it was a good refresher. It is a good museum, but I can't help but feel that it is missing something. Makes me think I should visit the Melbourne Museum again one day.

When we got back to the appartment I ended up having a nice 1 hour power nap. The only problem was I woke up a bit cranky.

For dinner went back to Chinatown, but to a different Taiwanese restaurant. It was different in that instead of menus it had computer screens where you made your selection. while I can see why this might seem like a good idea, I think it is a stupid way to run a restaurant. This was a very authentic restaurant, with no western style chinese food at all, and no drinks other than tea or milk based drinks. I had to flag down a waitress to get some water brought to the table (see this is where the impersonal style of ordering breaks down). I was also unhappy with my meal, three cup chicken, which was full of bones, and was a really small serving. I was a bit pissed at the whole experience and took it out on Daniel when he didn't take back the silver we got for change, saying it was a tip. It was a 50 cent coin, and I told him it was a crappy tip and stormed out. I got 2/3 of the way back to the apartment and realised he had the key, so I waited on a corner for him to catch up. I had calmed by then, but felt like a total idiot.