Visit to Sydney

Today we woke up early to take the train to Sydney. It's about 1.5 hour train ride. And a lot cheaper than I expected. We walked around Sydney Harbor for a couple of hours and then went up to the Sydney Harbor bridge and trekked across that for an amazing view of the city. Then it was time to settle in for the Pope's arrival. It was a little less anti-climatic than I anticipated as he sailed in to the Harbor a mere 150 ft away from us or so. Nevertheless, I saw the Pope. How many people get to say that? It was pretty neat to be in the city with roughly 300,000 other people from ALL over the world. Unfortunately, I was the only registered pilgrim of the group so we couldn't attend all of the festivities. Afterwards we wandered aimlessly around town browsing shops and just enjoying Sydney freaking Australia. We found a nice restaurant for dinner and then stopped in at a 4 story pub for happy hour before spending a little more time on the Sydney Harbor admiring the city in it's evening splendor. It was a good introduction to Sydney, and I'm eager to go back in just 2 weeks!