A Passport is a Girl's Best Friend

Happy birthday to my wonderful hubby! To celebrate, the MacGregors joined us on an adventure to Manly, a beach suburb of Sydney. We jumped on the ferry at Darling Harbor to Circular Quay and then a 30 min ride to Manly. The one and only adorable Myka Birthday boy! For lunch and beer tasting, we went to Manly's local brewery, because where else would you go for D's birthday? Answer: no where else. The food was great, the beers were pretty darn good (so I was told), the service? Terrible, horrible, the worst.  Friends that drink and travel together, stay together :) After our longer than anticipated lunch , we walked over to the beach and boardwalk-esk area to get some ice cream (because birthday), win dow shop and peruse the craft fair. 

This weekend was forecasted to have beautiful weather, so what better way to take advantage to the high 60's than to hike along the ocean. We took the bus to a suburb of Sydney, Bondi, for the 6 km Coastal Walk between Bondi and Coogee. The walk starts at Sydney’s popular Bondi beach and passes through Tamarama, Bronte and Clovely beaches before reaching the Coogee beach. At one point during the walk, you go through a huge cemetery, Waverley Cemetery, with giant tombstones c Bondi beach Prettiest cemetery I've seen Aren't they the cutest?

Last Tuesday was the official first day of work for both D and I. Since I am working remotely from the Bay Area, I need to stay on west coast time, meaning, I am up working at 3am. It's kinda brutal, BUT the silver lining is that I am done with work at 11am. So, after sharing an afternoon nap with Grayson, he, my mom, and I can go have an afternoon adventure before dinner! For our first adventure, we went to the fish market which is just down the road from our apartment. Its a big indoor market that has a bunch of fish stands with fish I have never seen before, and then a bunch of cute little stores. We picked up from delicious snapper fillets, some produce, wine and beer, and lamb sausages from the butcher. HUGE crustaceans!  Bagel shaped sushi, because why not On  Saturday, after swimming in the pool and nap time, we took the bus over to the Paddington neighborhood for the Paddington Market. The community based market supports local people passio...

Happy American Father's day! It is D's first, so we decided to go to something super family friendly, and spend the day at the Taronga Zoo. We walked over to Circular Quay to hop of the ferry across the harbor to the zoo. The zoo is build on a cliff that winds down the hill as you go along giving you fantastic views of the city, but also spreading the crowds out so you have time to explore the animals. It really is a beautiful facility with amazing trees and plants everywhere, most of the exhibits are open, and some even have free range! Like female kangaroos. We legit almost got run over by a kangaroo names Pip. True story. Nailed it! This kid. Our view on the ferry ride back to Darling Harbor