Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Sydney Happy 30th Anniversary……….Our plan was to have a low key day and finish up some shopping for items I had eyed earlier in the week. We awoke around 8:00am and started packing. Ok, how come all this stuff fit in the bags when we left home? Rich checked his email and had received an email from Larissa from GE saying that she would like to meet us for lunch at Darling Harbor. So we quickly got ourselves ready and headed out to meet Larissa. I was quite excited to meet her as I had heard so [View Full Entry]

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Monday, October 19, 2009 Manley Beach Well folks, I fell in love today, but not to worry not with another person. I fell in love with a place called Manley Beach. Manley Beach is a twenty-minute ferry ride from Sydney Harbor. Once you reach the dock you walk about two blocks down a lovely boulevard and find yourself looking at the most beautiful ocean you have ever seen. The water is as blue as blue can be with beautiful homes and condos on cliffs over looking this vista. Along the street are wonderful pubs, restaurants, condos and shops. This is the [View Full Entry]

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Sunday, October 18, 2009 Hunter Valley Today began early, as we were to be in the hotel lobby by 7:15am to meet our tour guide to head to the Australian Vineyards in Hunter Valley. We had elected a tour that took small groups in hopes of having a more intimate tour. While here in Sydney The Master Games have been taking place. The Master Games is a world competition with athletes all over the age of 40. We found out that half of our 15 tour members were athletes from the games, we were confidant we had picked the right tour. [View Full Entry]

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Saturday October 17, 2009 Sydney We (or I should say I) awoke this morning with a some butterflies in my stomach because today we would finally climb the Harbor Bridge over looking Sydney. It had been quite windy this entire week so I was feeling somewhat apprehensive. When we pulled open the drapes not only was the sun shinning brightly, but the flags did not seem to be blowing too much and there was a beautiful cruise ship in the harbor. I think we chose the right day for our climbing adventure. We are to be at the bridge by 12:30 [View Full Entry]

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Thursday -Friday October 15 & 16 2009 Sydney I am combining Thursday and Friday's blog because I have been quite lazy and enjoying the amazing scenery while drinking cappuccinos and eating wonderful shortbread cookies. I headed downstairs this morning to talk with the Concierge and I am quite excited for what we have in store. You see beginning Saturday, Rich will be off until we depart on Wednesday October 21st. This part of the trip is in celebration of our 30th Wedding Anniversary which is October 20th. So first on our list for Saturday is a Harbor Bridge Climb, now this [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday October 14, 2009 Sydney Well to put it mildly Italo may have my father's name but he is not a very good cook! Rich and I spent most of the evening fighting over the Rolaid bottle. I am not quite sure if the food was too spicy or if our digestive systems have become accustomed to eating just rice and chicken. Poor Rich had to be up for a 7am meeting at least I could finally get some sleep after the heartburn ended. So much for making that great effort to finally have breakfast. I have not even seen the [View Full Entry]

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Sydney.........Monday October 12th and Tuesday October 13th Since most of Monday was spent recuperating from Sunday I will combine my blog for the last two days. The time difference from Singapore to Australia is three hours later therefore I awoke at 11am on Monday morning which would have been 8am Singaporean time. We are now 15 hours ahead of you folks on EST...amazing. Hard to know when I might reach family or friends on line. Once I awoke on Monday I went up to the Executive lounge to have tea and crumpets while enjoying the amazing views out on the harbor. [View Full Entry]

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What day is it? Not so sure ? October 12, 2009 Let's start today off with a riddle: (This is for you Tom we know you love riddles) If your travel agent has you booked in a hotel not to leave until Saturday October 10th and your airline tickets say Saturday October 10th.....leaving at 12:25 am. Do you go to the airport on: A. Friday night B. Saturday night If you chose (A) Friday night go to the head of the class and travel on to Sydney. If you chose (B) Saturday night pull up a piece of rug because you [View Full Entry]

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Day Eight October 9, 2009 I awoke this morning very excited about my day. You see I was going to make a new friend and one of the joys of my life is meeting new and interesting people. Before I left for Singapore a friend of mine from High School that I had recently reconnected with via facebook had told me she had a friend that had moved to Singapore about a year and half ago that was from our home town in Massachusetts. I had emailed Heidi from Atlanta and she had given me some great tips on things to [View Full Entry]

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Day 7 Thursday October 8, 2009 I awoke around 8:00 this morning and was excited to catch Talia on line so that we could at least chat through gmail since my skype is having some issues. Richard's is working fine so if anyone wants to reach us the weekend will work well. I ordered my usual light breakfast and planned my day. I still had not seen the Merlion which is the symbol of Singapore. Half lion / Half Fish. I planned out a walk for the day to take in the Sculpture walk the Merlion and to end at the [View Full Entry]

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