Koalas, the Opera and how to have fun on your own...

So Saturday was a really fun day. I caught the bus into the City and it was lovely weather for the first time here - it's warm but been cloudy or raining a lot. I wandered around a bit and then went straight to the Chinese Garden. I think I now really like all things Asian! It was similar to the gardens in Japan and I loved it.

Bonsai trees in the Chinese Garden in Sydney

Chinese Garden in Sydney

Next I went to a wildlife centre which has Australian animals... and I got a photo taken with a koala bear! So very cute...

Me looking very happy...

There were lots of other animals as well including possums and kangaroos and wallabies and even a butterly enclosure! More photos on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=558445&id=799440229&l=56b744e1ba

By the way, please excuse any typos, I've read back a couple of entries and have spotted a few - it's just that I'm usually rushing when I write these!


So anyway, in the evening Isabel took me to the opera in Sydney Opera House. It was a German one called Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss and I did enjoy it, although we both agreed that Italian ones are a bit nicer!


And to anyone who advised me not to bring all my dresses - I was able to wear a beautiful, full length turquoise dress from Monsoon and looked better dressed than a lot of other people! So that made me happy...

And as to how to have fun on your own? Well, after the Chinese Garden and the wildlife centre, I went to find myself some dinner before the opera. Anyone who's been out to dinner with me more than a couple of times will know that I love Wagamama's, where I alwasy eat the same thing - Ginger Chicken Udon. It's divine! So I sat, in the sunshine, eating that with a glass of chilled white wine, looking out over the harbour. Heaven:



Ginger Chicken Udon and wine at Wagamama's