Sydney trip "day "Two

Sunday morning I woke nice and early like I normally do . all I wanted was a nice cup of coffee so at eight I headed down to see if  they have a decent brew , I haven't had filter coffee in years and I still remember how much I loved it when it had aged and acquired that peppery flavour. So I greeted the morning with several peppery coffees and cigarettes . I had two such trips while I waited for sleeping beauty to stop snoring and wake up. gosh she likes to sleep. But the thing I didn't notice or even think about until some of the other girls came down from their rooms , was my level of comfort being able to go down into the dining area and order and mingle without having to spend two hours perfecting my dress and make-up. some of them had obviously gone to the nines  just to order breakfast .I remember I would do the same and try to make sure I looked as perfect as possible , while a genetic girl would be comfortable just being fresh and clean . but I digress


Finally after much prodding and threats of ice water I managed to rouse Andrea from her deep slumber. And now at last we can go and explore the Sydney Chinatown and wharf district.  Andrea and myself caught up with Jade who I have also never met before  ,even though I consider them both as two of my closest friends
  . So of we go to Chinatown as one of the things I really wanted to try here was Yum Cha ,as I had never experienced it before and a great friend of mine really wanted me to try chickens feet . It was so much fun watching all these trolleys come out with unpronounceable names. so Andrea ordered for us all and steamers full of delicious food proceeded to be offered up to us , deep fried chili prawns and whole range of dumplings .  I reminded her about the  the chickens feet or Ji jiao  and she made sure to order a serve just for me

Of course me loving Facebook so much I couldn't resist posting a picture of it . by the time I had finished the first foot ,I get a message from an eager friend wanting to know if I liked it , Thing I actually loved them to the point of wanting more and telling my friend next time we meet i will have to try the Ox intestine. which she held me to my promise .After what seemed like and endless procession of servings. We finished our lovely meal with Two plates of my favourite dessert



traditional Chinese egg tart made with lard not butter in the pastry
it makes the pastry super rich and flakey

I had first tried these after building the first breadtop store in South Australia the only thing that would have finished the meal perfectly would be a nice green tea bubble tea


their is a really good movie where two bakeries one on each side of the road rival each other. and it gets quite heated, and ever since then I have loved the chines egg tart , which is to me far better than the english version they were adapted from




next stop was just a short waddle away

The magnificent Chinese Gardens of Friendship.. I could not think of a better place for us three friends to spend our fist real meeting together

Its so beautiful and tranquil that you really do forget where you are . as we strolled around from sitting area where we would just stop soak in the peace and chat . then we would slowly make our way to the next sitting area

the sites and sounds in that garden would leave me breathless and amazed at how such a relatively tiny area could contain so much variation and secluded areas for us to sit and chat in person for the fist time




Sorry boring slide show

I have no idea how it happened
but it reminds me of an oil or water painting
on canvas 

couldn't leave without at least one Buddha




By the time we found the way out of the gardens we had little precious time left so we

raced pass the Ferris wheel which I had been looking forward to and headed down to the harbour to see the maritime boats but unfortunately they were closed up for the day ,but we got to have a good look at them from the wharf the quite sizable Orion class submarine looks like a toy next to the destroyer. It almost looks like a bath toy 

on our way back to the car we found this nice pancake restaurant 

and we somehow managed to fit in even more food 

Me and Andrea shared  a delicious savoury crepe , before we started of on the decadent pancake that sat before us 

the much smarter Jade delicately consumed her strawberry and cream pancake . yummy. While me and Andrea with our belly's full complained that we couldn't finish the deliciously sinfully rich treat 

All that remained was to get me back to the airport so I could head of home 

Even with all the delays caused by Jetstar , I had easily one of the best weekends 

I realised I'm emotionally stronger than  I ever thought I could be 

if I can sort out and arrange tickets for myself and others surely I should be able to achieve anything 

Thankyou too my two lovely and dear friends, for such a wonderful weekend 

I love you both