With the Wind in our Sails

Last Wednesday we had an all day layover in Sydney so after wandering around the city a bit, having breakie at Pancakes on the Rocks, and starting some blogs from glow-worm adventures, we decided to go sailing on the Sydney Harbor. We found a sailing company in Tyler's Australia Lonely Planet book and made a booking. The sailboat actually ended up being almost exactly - if not exactly - the sailboat that I had looked at with Laurel last summer as a potential purchase for her. It was a really nice Hunter with a good bit of space. Allan was the captain and there was a family of 4 with us as well. It was really fun. Allan let us do most of the steering and even help a little with the sails. And the views of the Harbor and the Opera House and the City and the Bridge were amazing! It was tons of fun! Allan was great and super interesting to talk to - being an Australian born citizen who had a lot of questions about the differences in the US - which prompted a lot of interesting conversations regarding politics and economics.

At the end of our tour, we hurried over to the Shangri La hotel where we met up with Jill and Ruben for some drinks on the top floor. I had been there last time I was in Sydney due to a suggestion from Tyler but this was Tyler's first time. It was awesome!