Towards the morning I put in earplugs, as this for sure was not a camping place in nature. So a lot of noise from planes, other campers leaving early and a waking up city. But with earplugs in I did manage to sleep till 9, when I kissed Mo awake.
Everything went nice and slow, so in the end we left a bit later then planned, but the plan took a lot of extra time in account for each step. When changing trains, we got in the train that went in the wrong direction, so we got out again at the next stop and waited for the next train in the right direction.
We arrived an hour before our tour started at Circular Quay. So we looked for a terrace for some refreshments. After that we walked to the Opera house and now walked around it, which was not possible the last time as then the New Years fireworks where build up. We where the recommended 20 minutes ahead of the tour at the meeting point and found out they where gathering the people for the 13:00 tour, while we had the 13:15. So a bit more patience.
We had a nice tour guide who in a calm voice told a lot of interesting stories about the Multi functional public halls that is commonly known as the Opera House. We got a nice walk around the place and where shown 3 of the 5 halls.
I very much liked the concrete construction, which is considered brutalist, but compared to Linnehall in Tallinn we visited last fall, it was much more elegant with more eye for detail.
After the tour we had a drink, my beer was very nice, unfortunately Mo’s ice coffee tasted like they had rinsed the coffee machine and sold that water. I had a call with coworker from the Sydney office who would take the camping gear of our hands and we could also stay at their place, the last night in town. So also the last things fell into place.
A bit further was another terrace which also had a more interesting food menu plus happy hour, so we tried our luck again. They had amazing mussels, which we enjoyed a lot.
After this we went back to the camping. Mo did not feel very well. Was it the mussels, was it the ‘coffee machine rinse’ No clue.
We had a cup of tea and went to bed.
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