Representing the Griz in Sydney

What I should be doing right now is going to get the Cleveland's a new air mattress (our other one went flat(turns out Wal-Mart sucks just as bad in Australia)). But my mind was fresh and I have a few minutes so I'll preserve my thoughts for posterity instead. Besides all our children would rather read this 10 years from now than Uncle Sag and Aunty Rachel sleeping comfortably tonight.

On Saturday morning we headed out to Sydney. That evening we strolled around the beautiful city. We started by meeting up with an associate biology nerd that Saggy knew at the only good brewery in mainland Australia. Poor Rachel and I were outnumbered, but we survived. Me because the beer was great and Rachel because she is a gentle soul. Speaking of the beer, Saggy has survived only because I have guided his way through the most acceptable forms they produce here. After some exciting conversations on the ills of suburbanization and the death of habitats, we strolled on down to the Opera house. The first time I saw the Opera house it was cool, but mostly because of it's iconic status, as a building I was unimpressed. This totally changed this time. When we first spotted it we were coming from under the Harbour bridge, the sun was down, it was all lit up. It was absolutely breathtaking. And you would certainly know it by the 127 pictures we took of it between the four of us.

The next day we went to a play at the Sydney Opera House. I know grammatically it was unnecessary to include that full statement... I just like the way it sounds. Side note to all class of 1997 graduates of Shepherd High School: We have not turned gay, but it was fabulous. The play was a full reading of "The Great Gatsby" they just acted as one dude read it out. I know it sounds weird but it was genius. And after the show Rachel knew the stage manager so got a back stage tour. No kidding, we walked all around through the inner workings pof the Sydney Opera House. And after the tour we had a few drinks with the actors at the next table.

Monday we took a cruise through the harbor and toured all around the city. The cruise was an all you can eat buffet lunch. These guys would definitely be ideal cruise partners. We all gorged ourselves on the food. That evening we ditched Nikki Marie at the airport as the rest of us headed out to Katoomba in the Blue mountains.

I'll cover that in the next post because the Clevelands are now home at they won't shut up long enough for me to continue my thought process.