My Very First Day in Australia
What
do we do after a 24-hour commute from New York to Sydney, when we are welcomed
by a full day of heavy rain? We pushed through the urge to succumb to jetlag with
a nap, and we began our first day in Australia.
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| The Star lobby |
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| Fish & Chips at the food court |
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| Pork buns and shumai at the food court |
80 Pyrmont St.
First,
we checked in at The Grace, our hotel in the Central Business District. After a
much needed shower we cabbed it to The Star casino. What else is better for a
rainy day than a Vegas-style mega casino with endless entertainment options for
us? Upon arrival we are instantly impressed with the size of it, we could
easily get lost. There are several restaurants and bars including a Momofuku
and Marquee nightclub, but pretty much everything was closed. We found out the
hard way that this was the tail end of a holiday weekend celebrating Australia
Day, so most places were closed. We got some mediocre pork buns and fish and
chips, then made our way to a sports bar for a beer before we departed. We knew
Sydney had more to offer, and it wasn’t in the casino. We left The Star wishing
we’d seen its full potential.
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| At P.J. O'Brien's. They just got jacked. |
57 King St.
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30 York St.
It’s
pouring. We cab it back to the hotel to gather our thoughts at the pub
downstairs. At P.J. O’Brien’s we sip on Australian wine while laughing and
chatting, then we realize we’ve yet to hear our first Australian accent in
Australia. We’ve heard Irish and Indian so far. We must continue on, so we
boldly cross the street to The Forbes Hotel (Side Note: “hotel” is thrown in
the names of most bars when they are in fact NOT a hotel). We sat inside,
looking out to the rain, and enjoyed a bottle of white wine called BTW. It made
us giggly, tipsy, and giddy to see that we made it to happy hour without
falling asleep from flight exhaustion or too much wine. The bar was filling out
and “ELLO!” would slip from my lips occasionally. Later, I realized I do more
of an exaggerated English accent than Australian. Luckily we have a week to
perfect our Australian accents…
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