Visited the historic Queen Victoria Building this morning. Iain says: Lovely bit of architecture. Andie says: SHOPS!!! And there were lots of them, including the two department stores nearby. Cue brief credit card frenzy before taking the ferry to Manly for lunch. Excellent schnitzel, mussels and, of course, beer in the Bavarian Beer Cafe (see pic of Iain with the proprietor) on the trendy Manly Wharf. Glorious day too. We managed an earlier start this morning (hmm... wonder why??) so still had time for a visit to Manly Beach. Actually far superior in all respects to Bondi. But we knew that - you just have to go to Bondi, dontcha?
We'd caught sight of a delicious looking Chinese restaurant on Circular Quay (near the Opera House) and, hey, it's Saturday night. We like Chinese on a Saturday night. And we hadn't had any since Hong Kong. Chinese that is. It was even called The East (which is amusing only to those of you who have read Glue by Irvine Welsh). Getting a bit predictable now to say that it was delicious and that we followed it up with equally delicious cocktails in the hotel bar and came back to enjoy some more drinks and the memorable view from our room. But it's what we do.
