Shakespeare Hotel

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Shakespeare Hotel - Surry Hills, Australia After our tour of the Sydney Cricket Grounds we decided to walk back to our hotel. Sydney proved itself to be a very walkable city if you're able to and up to it. Along the way we stopped at various pubs for a rest and…

Sydney Cricket Grounds and Allianz Stadium

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Sydney Cricket Grounds and Allianz Stadium - Sydney, Australia During our Australian Honeymoon, we wanted to schedule a tour of the Sydney Cricket Grounds. Cricket being a close cousin to our beloved baseball, is a sport of interest to us. It was exciting to us on Day 1 in Sydney to…

Pie Face – Sydney, NSW, Australia

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In our search for Australian cuisine, we quickly realized a few things.  First, we noticed that there isn't anything (other than kangaroo) that one would really consider truly Australian.  At least not that we could find, anyway.  The second thing we noticed was that a lot of foods we would consider…

St. James’ Church

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St. James' Church, King Street Following our visit to St. Mary's Cathedral, we took a short walk to St. James' Church located at 173 King Street. Feeling drawn to churches during Holy Week? Not particularly. We enjoy the architecture of them and history of various buildings in different places we travel…

St. Mary’s Cathedral

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St. Mary's Cathedral - Sydney, Australia Heading out for the day with some time to kill before our tour of the Sydney Cricket Grounds, we decided to check out St. Mary's Cathedral. It was a short walk from our hotel and after we spotted it from above while at the Sydney…

Vanilla Slice!

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Vanilla Slice - A deceivingly sturdy dessert. On our last full day in Australia, we decided to wander around Sydney and try smaller bites of pretty much any food we could find that we had either never had before or was definitely or possibly somewhat Australian.  I'll break these down into…

Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Sydney Harbour Bridge - When most people think of Sydney they picture three iconic sites: the Tower Eye, the Opera House, and the Harbour Bridge. Following our afternoon viewing the city from observation deck of the Tower, we went back to our room to unpack and rest then headed out for…