The choir-65 members all the paying guests on the ship and the choir director David did a show on the ship for the rest of us, they had practiced from ft lauderdale, for about 40 days. On the sail in to Sydney harbor they were all out on the top deck singing Australian songs like waltzing Matilda as we sailed past the Sydney opera house it was quite emotional and many tears were shed. We had been to Sydney before so we had done a lot of the local sights. This time we took the local free bus #555 to the paddy's market a fun place near china town. We roamed around and I got a cool accessory for my hair that is all the rage in Japan now. We next walked to Hyde park to a food and wine festival. There were booths from all regions of Australia. $25 bought us admission with 6 wine pourings. It was sponsored by Citibank. There was a food court and a stage featuring many musicians..after several hours we walked back to the harbor we took a ferry ride to darling harbor and back, always fun to do in sydney. When we returned to the dock syed went back to the boat for a snooze and I walked over to Sydney opera house and watched holland America's Amsterdam take off. They had a plaque on the back of their ship declaring it was a world cruise voyage.
We met Sam at starbuck's at 7:00 and we took him to a mayalasian restaurant- neptune's seafood near the cruise terminal. Sam looks well he has just rented an apt in the woolongong harbor in a building where Russell Crowe has the penthouse apt. The food was excellent.
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