Tourist Time

This past weekend, Nancy and I met up for some touristy activities in Sydney. First, we went around to churches and a synagogue to view some beautiful religious architecture. We were a bit unlucky - I rudely got in trouble for taking pictures in St. Mary's so we rushed out of there, St. James had a wedding so we couldn't tour around, the Great Synagogue was closed and St. Andrew's was closed. Gah!

Here are some photos of St. Mary's. I've posted a couple previously, but these are new :)

These following pics weren't even worth getting in trouble for!

Here's the gates of the CLOSED Great Synagogue. 

This is the outside of St. Andrew's, but the light was all funny so these kind of suck.

Then, Nancy took me to Queen Victoria Building (QVB), which is a beautiful old structure that is now a very nice shopping centre. She made sure to take me to the nice ladies bathroom here, but I neglected taking photos. It was beautiful, though, just like the rest of the building. 

Nancy then took me to this cheap, delicious crepe place by the Townhall train station. I got a peanut butter crepe and she got coconut butter. These were a perfect snack after traipsing over the city looking for religion. The best part was the last bite, which was soft crepe and filled with the peanut (or coconut) butter that dripped down to the bottom. YUM!

Then, we walked over to Chinatown, where we got 30 cent 'emperor puffs,' which are creme puffs. We ate these too fast for me to get a photo. 

In Chinatown is Paddy's Market, which is a huge warehouse filled with everything you need. Part of it is a section with retail items like bags, clothes, hats, sunglasses, etc. and another section with vegetables, fruits, meat and seafood. Everything is really well priced and you can bargain, too. Bargaining is actually expected and encouraged.  

Giant sweet potatoes.

Nancy said I should put my hand by it to show the size difference, but this looks kind of creepy!

Purple sweet potatoes. Really purple with white on the inside - these photos don't quite capture it.

No flash.

Flash.

And some other fun items. I got a big bag of grapes for $2. Holler!

Definitely plan to go back to Paddy's to get fruits and veggies sometime soon! 

A few weeks ago, Nance, Whitney and I went to Centennial Park, where we saw some black swans. I forgot to post these photos, but wanted to make sure I did, because they are such beautiful birds.