Turbo

It was raining on and off again today so I made my way back to the harbor when it stopped and was able to walk around the Opera House before it started to pour. When I travel I try not to do to much scheduling of things to do, rather I have ideas of things I'd like to see and when I can fit them in I will. Today was a day just like that, the weather is foul so I headed to the Sydney Aquarium which came highly recommended from both website reviews well as the locals I talked to. I must say, clearly those who commented online and the locals have never been to Sea World or the Baltimore Aquarium because it was average at best. I did see some glow in the dark jellyfish and a fish that acted like a lightning bug (firefly for you Midwesterners following along). Other than that, nothing really stood out. Just a few small sharks.

At that point i was a little hungry so i started looking for a place to eat. They have what appears to be a copy of Burger King here except it's called Hungry Jacks. It has the same logo, look and food...except for one difference, they have Angry Onions. Of course, like anyone else out there who knows anything about anything, my first thought was 'I guess those darn pigs didn't stop at just making birds angry'. Curious, I ordered them. Turns out angry onions are just spicy onions....Slightly disappointed I headed back towards the harbor and stumbled across probably what will end up being a place I will frequent a lot....a small sushi joint at a subway station. It was only $1.20 a roll! Jackpot!! I grabbed four shrimp tempuras....dericious! Wynard station. Making note of that.

Later that night I went to Sydney Sky Tower which has the highest view from anywhere in the city. It offered a panoramic view so it was pretty cool to see the skyline at night. One small issue, although I went late at night, there was a group from a local school that had gone to the top as well...so it was a little difficult to get the shots I wanted. Somehow one of them heard me talking and thought my accent was funny so a group of them swarmed around me asking me to say various things. Oe boy in particular was rattling off all sorts of words, pizza, his name...but one word that stuck out was 'turbo'. Not exactly sure why he picked this but as soon as I said it, none of them could stop laughing. Never quite understood why that was humorous but I nonetheless provided them with some entertainment for the evening.