Happy New Year

We've been in Sydney for the new year. We thought it was a novel idea to go to Sydney for New Year, but it turns out that idea was shared by 1.5 million other people that were in town for the show. We also found three other couples from Epic that are here for the new year, so this has become our unofficial Asian office.

We had a great view of the bridge, so we were able to watch the fireworks from our room. We were out a little bit during the evening, but there were so many people that we just decided to stay in the room & out of the crowds. They shoot fireworks from the bridge and 6 other barges that are in the harbor. We though about getting a boat, but ticket prices were $500 per person. Just to get into a restaurant or bar near the festivities, tickets were at least $250 pp.

We've also done a tour of the opera house and a harbor cruise. We were hoping to catch Madame Butterfly on Monday, but this was opening night of the season. The opera only holds about 1,000 people, so tickets are nearly impossible to get. Unlike the states, there are not ticket resellers or folks reselling outside of the event (or at least that we could find). We also found Sydney's oldest pub, so we stopped off for a drink yesterday, and we've managed to do some shopping around town.

We have another two days in the city to explore, so we'll keep you posted.

Steve