I Love Chinatown

Hi Everybody!!

Hope everybody is having a good weekend. So far my has been good. Yesterday (after watching a few Lost episodes...second season is SO good) we got off to a late start and headed downtown to the city and the harbour. Before the sun went down (it goes down really early here- around 5:30 because its winter) we went to the Sydney Harbour to see the bridge and the Opera House. As soon as I got of the train I was amazed at how beautiful it was. It is packed with tourists and a really busy place to be. The bridge is huge in person and nice to see but I dont think I will be doing the walk over it. The Opera House is just a short walk past the bridge from the train station. It is much bigger than I expected too. And I always thought that it was one big building but each part is actually seperate. It was really nice to see it after always seeing it in pictures.

From there we walked to the down town area. It is not really that far ( you can see it in the pics from the top of the Opera House steps ) There are lots of places to shop. The big mall in that area is the Queen Victoria Building. It is mostly designer brands though and expensive. Malls in Sydney don't really look like malls and you would miss them it you didn't know. Downtown Sydney reminds me of Toronto. It has a great downtown area. From there we walked down the really busy streets (the streets are packed) to Chinatown. I am in love with Chinatown. Because it was Friday there was tonnes of little booths set up where people were selling things. Awesome things. Like lots of fake desinger stuff. I had to restrain myself. I am definately going back next friday. Lots of good fakes- Dior, Chanel and Louis and Tiffany stuff. The food courts there were cool too. There is a bunch of booths set up and the food is affordable and steaming hot when it comes out. They make it all when you order it instead of having it all pre made. Chinatown isn't that big though- especially compared to the ones in Toronto. They do have a market though that stretches about 2 blocks. I am definately going there next weekend. Ryan tells me they have lots more fake stuff there. I am in heaven.

After that we walked again to Broadway mall (the one close to the apartment). We met up with some people and went to see X-Men. You will see from the post below that was awesome.

Today I am just enjoying reading gossip and relaxing on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Hope everybody has a great weekend!

Cheers!

Brandy