Sydney Holiday - Day 8

Its Day 8 & Happy Easter Day!!!

We woke up early all excited to explore Sydney city again, stepped out of our hotel, and oh my, the streets were quiet and shops all closed! No where for breakfast! Luckily we walked down towards the harbour and it was bustling with people there!

We bought some pies and coffee and headed to the harbour to have our breakfast overlooking the famous Opera House and Sydney Bridge. Super pretty!!! The skies were exceptionally blue today!! Perfect weather! Sunny too! As we ate our breakfast, we enjoyed the splendid view, watched the many joggers go by.. and birds were chirping all around us, which made Wayne happy chasing after them. Something he enjoyed alot during this trip.

Then we had a pleasant surprise, Jo called and said they will be joining us to Manly Beach later at noon! Yippee! Wayne would be really happy seeing Jie Jie Gwen again!

Before meeting Jo and family, we explored the Rocks which unfortunately most shops there were closed being a public holiday. So we went to the Opera House instead and bought Wayne a cute swimsuit and beach towel at one of the shops there. Just nice for Manly Beach later.

At noon we finally met Jo and family, got ferry tickets & embarked on our hour long ferry ride to Manly Beach.

Wow, Manly was a really nice chill out place. Surf shops & nice cafes lined the entire stretch leading to the beach. It was very crowded and the weather beautiful for a day out at the beach. Marcus had wanted to bring us to this restaurant called Rump & Ribs but was unfortunately closed for the day. So we settled for another restaurant where mommy had grilled prawns, daddy had steak & Wayne had pizza. =)

As we were waiting for our lunch, Wayne and jie jie Gwen had a nice time playing with small little water features just beside our table. Rolled Wayne's pants up, took off his shoes and there he went, playing with the water getting his feet all wet. It is exactly this relaxed feeling that we so love about Australia. No stress, no worrying about cleanliness as we do in Singapore.

After lunch, we got ourselves ice cream and headed to the ultra packed Manly Beach where the 2 little kids had so much fun playing with sand. Wayne Wayne was so happy having a big jie jie teaching him all sorts of stuff. He just followed everything jie jie Gwen did and everything she told him to do. It was adorable.

It was a fantastic last day we had in Sydney. Before we knew it, it was time to head back to the city and say goodbye to Jo and family.

Thanks Jo and Marcus for the wonderful hospitality.... thanks for bringing us around and spending the days with us. We enjoyed your company a lot, and were very happy to be able to catch up. Gwen and Sven are such cuties, can't wait to see you and family again!