Sad to Leave Sydney

 

The beginning set for "Nijinsky", the Australian
Ballet at the Joan Sutherland theater at the 
Sydney Opera House.

An almost full moon over the Opera House 

Our table at Midden for dinner before Nijinsky.,
one of the 3 restaurants on location.

The view from the Opera House to the city

The Opera Bar Cafe along the harbor

We certainly are sad to leave Sydney. What a beautiful exciting city it is and we've packed in a lot of it this week. We've had three special nights on the town (out of the 5 we've had here). We lucked out getting last minute tickets to "Nijinsky" the Austrian Ballet at the Opera House on Tuesday and had a fabulous dinner at Midden over looking the bridge and harbor before hand. And the weather was perfect as you can see from the photos.

We got to enter on the red carpet! Not dressed
for that occasion though - needed warm clothes

The view of the Opera House and bridge

Another photo as the sun went down at the Mrs.
MacQuarie's Point across from the Opera House
It is next to the Botanical Gardens

The first of the two restaurants on site that we
enjoyed 

We had pretty good seats to start, but when the lights went down to begin the show, we followed the people around us moving down the aisle and ended up in great seats! This was taken early in the evening.

The next night we had tickets to "Guys & Dolls" on the esplanade overlooking the Opera House, harbor and city skyline. The production was wonderful and the setting sublime. On advice we came early and enjoyed two of the dining venues with small plates. 

Two photo of Juanita, John and I with their view
of Sydney in the background.

We feel so lucky to have met such lovely people

And then last night our new friends Juanita and John, who we met in Uluru, picked us up and gave us a tour around, followed by appetizers & champagne at their condo with views of the city. Then took us out to dinner at their local - a historic pub that was lively with good food. 

Well it's time to board our cruise ship, so I'm going to get this partial post on Sydney off to you. They'll be another finishing up our visit there when I can get internet again!