Sydney - Day 2
Today we wait. Gladys and Henry are arriving in the afternoon so we decided that we would spend the morning shopping at the Fish Market just across the road. The plan is to have seafood dinner without the extravagant price associated with a seafood restaurant. We still vividly remember the very nice seafood meal we had in Santiago de Compostela with seafood from the market.
I was asked after my visit whether the seafood is expensive here in Sydney. I don't have an answer because we don't really have a setup like this in the inland city that I live in. My general impression is that the seafood is expensive but not overly so. There is one exception that I am certain about. At home, we used to wait for lobsters going on sale so that we can get them for $9.99 per lb (or $22 per kg) instead on $15 per lb. Today, I looked at the Australian Rock Lobster with a price tag of $105 per kg, I know that it is way more expensive. Well, we did not have lobster tonight.
So we got fresh seafood for dinner afterward, knowing that the market stores will be closed in late afternoon. Fish fillet, shrimps, clams and scallops, yum! We also decided to get lunch for take out from the fish market. Everything looks so tempting. We ended up with a very nice combo, as well as calamaris and abalones. As it turned out, lunch for 4 was more expensive than dinner for six. That is the difference between fresh seafood and prepared seafood right there.
The seafood dinner was good but I have to admit that we did not re-create the magic that we did in Santiago de Compostela. In any event, good food with good friends, that is always magical.
Fish Market
The fish market does not just have seafood. It has just about everything with bakery, a supermarket, meat stores and naturally mostly seafood outlets; either with fresh seafood and with cooked foods.I was asked after my visit whether the seafood is expensive here in Sydney. I don't have an answer because we don't really have a setup like this in the inland city that I live in. My general impression is that the seafood is expensive but not overly so. There is one exception that I am certain about. At home, we used to wait for lobsters going on sale so that we can get them for $9.99 per lb (or $22 per kg) instead on $15 per lb. Today, I looked at the Australian Rock Lobster with a price tag of $105 per kg, I know that it is way more expensive. Well, we did not have lobster tonight.
So we got fresh seafood for dinner afterward, knowing that the market stores will be closed in late afternoon. Fish fillet, shrimps, clams and scallops, yum! We also decided to get lunch for take out from the fish market. Everything looks so tempting. We ended up with a very nice combo, as well as calamaris and abalones. As it turned out, lunch for 4 was more expensive than dinner for six. That is the difference between fresh seafood and prepared seafood right there.
Walking the Sydney Harbour Bridge
After Gladys and Henry settled in, we set out to walk the bridge. That is opposed to 'Climbing the Bridge' where you walk up the top arch of the bridge. Climbing is hard work and you have to pay $300 for the privilege. We do-it-yourselfers get it done on the cheap. From our Airbnb, we walked to Pyrmont Wharf to take the ferry across to Milsons Point Wharf. This is where we saw the Batmobile driving by and parked in front of Luna Park for all to see. Bonus!
We zigzaged our way from the wharf to the bottom of the west side bridge stairs . Bicycles use the east side. The walkway runs along the car traffic and the slope is quite mild. It was an easy walk.
We decided to walk back towards downtown for two reasons. First the ferry ride to Milsons Point offers very generous views of the bridge and the Opera House from a different perspective. As you can imagine, the wharf is only a few minutes from the bridge so the ferry gets very close to the bridge indeed. The second reason is a on a tip from the internet. Walking towards downtown you can see downtown and the Opera House in a natural way without having to turn back all the time. That turns out to be very good advice.
So we took our time and stroll over the bridge. You can walk across in 15 to 20 minutes if you wish but
we were in no rush. Along the way, we did see the 'Climbers' having their workouts. It did not look easy,
We zigzaged our way from the wharf to the bottom of the west side bridge stairs . Bicycles use the east side. The walkway runs along the car traffic and the slope is quite mild. It was an easy walk.
We decided to walk back towards downtown for two reasons. First the ferry ride to Milsons Point offers very generous views of the bridge and the Opera House from a different perspective. As you can imagine, the wharf is only a few minutes from the bridge so the ferry gets very close to the bridge indeed. The second reason is a on a tip from the internet. Walking towards downtown you can see downtown and the Opera House in a natural way without having to turn back all the time. That turns out to be very good advice.
So we took our time and stroll over the bridge. You can walk across in 15 to 20 minutes if you wish but
we were in no rush. Along the way, we did see the 'Climbers' having their workouts. It did not look easy,
Seafood Dinner
After walking a short stretch of the harbour front from the bridge stairs to Circular Quay, we decided to head back for dinner. Getting off the train at Central Station, we had a hard time looking for the Light Rail station or the main concourse, did not see any signs for those. We ended up exiting and walked around the station to get to the Light Rail.
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| These are the climbers nearing the top, not us. |
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| Limited kitchen utensils. This will do. |
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