Ok, so there are WAY more than three reasons to love Sydney but I’m holding back for future posts.
Sydney is FABULOUS. We discovered this a couple of weeks ago when we spent a mini-holiday as Sydney tourists. It was our first opportunity to spend any amount of quality time in the city and I can see why so many people call it their favorite Australian city. I’ll still give preference to Melbourne (of course!) but I could see myself in Sydney and here’s why:
Three Reasons to Love Sydney
1. The Opera House – It’s arguably the most iconic Australian image in existence so I won’t spent a ton of time explaining its majesty. Let me just say that it’s beautiful, to my architecturally-untrained eyes, and every-bit of “wow” as you’d hope. Each angle offering a spectacularly different view than the last.
The big surprise is that it’s not white as it appears in photos. The tiles are cream. And dirty….the only thing I didn’t like about the Opera House.
2. The Harbour Bridge – If you’re fiscally conservative (read: thrifty) like us you can get great FREE views of the bridge from the many ferries or from The Rocks and probably many other places. It makes for a beautiful photo. See?
If you have some spare change you can pay $200-$300 per person to climb the bridge and take pictures from there. Thanks but no thanks.
3. The Rocks – Two awesome things about The Rocks District (A list within a list!) : 1. The Rocks Market. Great variety of items with stalls set throughout the historic Rocks district. It reminded me a lot of the Tassy Salamanca Market.
2. The Tiramisu Crunch at the Rocks Cafe. I can’t speak about the quality of the other food at the cafe but the Tiramisu Crunch is the best dessert we’ve had in Australia hands down. Espresso soaked cake layered with mascarpone and (I swear) cream cheese topped with candied nuts. TO.DIE.FOR.
Love your list within a list! Can’t wait to see your other reasons to love Sydney! I agree – 3 is only the start.
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[...] Dear Australia – Thank you for all your incredible adventures, sights, and memorable places. We feel honored to have visited all of your states (with the exception of the Australian Capital Territory and with the addition of your Kiwi neighbors) and we will never forget our Daintree rainforest tour from Cooper Creek Wilderness, our sailboat adventure on the Great Barrier Reef, our trek around Tassy, the best sandwich ever from Circa in Parramatta and the most amazing Tiramisu Crunch from the Rocks Cafe. [...]