In the meantime, I am going to post some notes from previous trips that I have not put on the blog...so enjoy....
Sydney, Australia
The flight from San Francisco was long but very smooth and with the meals,o the movies, sleep time ,and my time to finish John Grisham’s The Associate…the time went by quickly. The Sydney Airport is an older “modern” airport in that it was built with a very modern open feeling but that was 30 years ago, Ver clean and well organized though and Host Organizing Committee members (HOC) met us as we came through Customs. I was directed to an info counter and again HOC directed me to where I could get thenShuttle to the downtown hotel. After about a 30 minutes wait we were led to a small van seating about 12 and pulling a covered trailer where all of the luggage went, and odd we went.
TFirst impressions….1. Palms and bright blue skies with few white clouds and about 60 degrees with a nice breeze. 2. Driving on the left but very orderly and not as busy and aggressive as in London. 3. A lot of building activity going up right I. The midst of the older buildings. But, the old is not London old as Australia is much younger. 4.A lot of folks on the street at the beginning of the work day so they must use public transport and very many taxis all relative newer ones with Mercedes, Volvos and Toyotas…all clean and in good condition, In about 20 minutes we got into the CBD which is also called The City, driving along beautiful tree lined streets with lots of parks. Very beautiful area,,,,,,
With more and more high rise office bldgs. along with the older attractive buildings. We dropped off folks at very hotels and finally got to the Devere Hotel in Potts Points. This was the old Victoria area and the Potts area is now adjacent to the Kings the area Cross section….both bring very trendy and lots of small boutique shops reminding so much of San Francisco and some of the much smaller communities nd areas. Very active and colorful.
5. The small boutique hotel is in the middle of the Potts Point area so is most convenient with lots of bars,shops,and small stores …aver attractive. I walked down to the Kings Cross train station to get the story a and found that their Metro is called a train and they run both above and below ground,,,and are very smooth and clean and easy to get around,
Below ground are some of the stations and some are like regular trains. Very nice looking and very well designed. Ideal for seating of the crowds that ride the trains daily.
6. I rode the train to the Central Station where I was to get my HoP Hop bus for a prepaid city tour, and I finally found the right area and bus and off we went. Strongly recommended..too much to cover here but suffice it to say c
overs the entire downtown area with good explanation of all that you pass.
7. Summary of day 1…very clean …very London like ……very modern in places and very old next door. Very tropical setting and very beautiful city and area.
Today I check out the Convention area etc and see more of Sydney ..a great first day. So glad to be hear and experience this vibrant and modern city,,and very, very international….which makes it doubly entertaining and interesting.
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