My parents arrive



My parents and me

Last Friday evening I went to pick my parents up from the airport. I've never picked anyone up from the airport before so it was quite exciting.

We've been very busy since then: breakfast and dinner and then lunch the following day in Darling Harbour (introducing them to our local haunts first), a visit to Hyde Park, shopping in town, a walk to (and around) Bondi Beach, lunch at the fish market, a walk over the Harbour Bridge and back followed by a visit to the rocks and a take-away from Viva Goa (I had tired everyone out to the point where they couldn't face eating out).

We also had some ice-cream from the Royal Copenhagen ice-cream shop in the rocks. I am perpetually flummoxed by this shop (there are several around the touristy areas). Is ice-cream from Copenhagen really good enough to be worth shipping to Australia?

It's probably back to the rocks again today, and then we're eating outside with a view of the Harbour Bridge and Opera House. Tomorrow we're off to New Zealand. It's just go go go!