Lynn and Phil's Travels
September 21, 2008 - January 31, 2009
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Our first day in Sydney, no jet lag we went to the University of Sydney where Joe received his PHD and then to an Italian Street celebration 10/26/08 |
 Shiori-Lynn-Joe at spot pictures of Joe's PHD taken one year ago 10/26/08 |
 Lynn & Shiori under Jackaranda Tree 10/26/08 |
 Happy 10/26/08 |
 WWI Monument 10/26/08 |
 Hall with Monuments to Wars 10/26/08 |
 Court Yard 10/26/08 |
 Flowers at Italian Street Festival 10/26/08 |
 Artist at work, chalk 10/26/08 |
 Very large crowd 10/26/08 |
 What's a street festival without a Mime 10/26/08 |
 Joe & Lynn in crowd 10/26/08 |
 City Sky line 10/26/08 |
 Crowd Control (see Lynn?) 10/26/08 |
 Shiori & Phil 10/26/08 |
Today we did a drive about and looked at the sights and beaches 10/28/08
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 Sydney Sky Line Hunter's Hill 10/28/08 |
 Looking at the city 10/28/08 |
 A bird in the rocks 10/28/08 |
 Boys hanging out 10/28/08 |
 Thirsty Australian "Silver" Sea Gull 10/28/08 |
 Where we had Fish & Chips at Manly Beach 10/28/08 |
 On Manly Beach 10/28/08 |
 Checking out the Volley Ball 10/28/08 |
 Surf's Up on Dee Why Beach10/28/08 |
 Curl Curl Beach 10/28/08 |
 Saw a lot of surfers 10/28/08 |
 Mom & Son Whaley Beach 10/28/08 |
 Light House on rocks at Palm Beach 10/28/08 |
 Everything's Beautiful Palm Beach10/28/08 |
 Unusual location for a bench 10/28/08 |
 Hang Gliding is popular 10/28/08 |
Joe, Lynn and I spend the morning at the Sydney Aquarium 10/29/08 |
 Lynn and Joe getting Coffee 10/29/08 |
 Duck Bill Platypus 10/29/08 |
 Lizard10/29/08 |
 Duck Bill Platypus 10/29/08 |
 10/29/08 |
 Long Neck Turtle 10/29/08 |
 Sea Horse 10/29/08 |
 Moray Ell 10/29/08 |
 "Dinner" 10/29/08 |
 Squid 10/29/08 |
 Mom and Son 10/29/08 |
 Phil greets a local 10/29/30 |
 Joe wins stare down of local 10/29/08 |
 Joe and Phil's fish market buddy 10/29/08 |
 Lunch is on the way 10/29/08 |
 We start with Sydney Rock Oysters 10/29/08 |
 Happy Vegetables 10/29/08 |
 What a pretty Butternut 10/29/30 |
 More tourist than you can dust with a feather 10/29/08 |
We get Yellow Fever Inoculation and Shiori's Mom and Dad arrive 10/30/08 |
 Harry's Famous Food for Lunch 10/30/08 |
 Can't Talk! 10/30/08 |
 Me either 10/30/08 |
 Not now 10/30/08 |
 Don't leave me out 10/30/08 |
 Looking forward to meeting Shiori's Mom and Dad 10/30/08 |
 Noriko and Hiro Kuriyama 10/30/08 |
 Noriko, Hiro, Shiori, Joe Phil, Lynn 10/30/08 |
A day about with the six of us. Joe, Shiori, Lynn, Phil, Hiro and Noriko and a Traditional Japanese Sushi Dinner 10/31/08 |
 The Bridge and Opera House as seen from the Royal Botanical Gardens 10/31/08 |
 Australian Magpie 10/31/08 |
 Joe &Shiori with Sydney landmarks in background 10/31/08 |
 On the beautiful lawn of the Gardens 10/31/08 |
 Mynah Bird 10/31/08 |
 A fruit bat approaches 10/31/08 |
 Bats resting up for their nightly foraging for fruit 10/31/08 |
 A repeated sight over acers and acers of the Botanical Gardens 10/31/08 |
 An Ibis strolls by 10/31/08 |
 Common Moorhen 10/31/08 |
 Look up--the Bats are flying disturbed by some maintaince crew 10/31/08 |
 Shiori & Lynn 10/31/08 |
 A very interesting plant 10/31/08 |
 Lynn charges up the steps while Noriko follows 10/31/08 |
 Bird of Paradise 10/31/08 |
 Hiro looks for Joe-Lynn knows he is coming 10/31/08 |
 Hiroyuki Nagashima on the left our Sushi Chief and his helper 10/31/08 |
 Salad is ready 10/31/08 |
 Second course near ready 10/31/08 |
 More of many courses being built 10/31/08 |
 We anxiously wait 10/31/08 |
 Following our salad the second course arrives 10/31/08 |
 Number 3 10/31/08 |
 A close up of 3 10/31/08 |
 Set up close to the table the courses just kept coming-Talk about Good! 10/31/08 |
 Miso-Tasted great-tasted great-looks like a crabs bath 10/31/08 |
 Another 10/31/08 |
 More 10/31/08 |
 Phil & Joe end with a special fish roe and was it good-yes 10/31/08 |
 Smiles on everyone 10/31/08 |
Low activity day---High activity evening |
 View from Ocean Room, Sydney Opera House11/01/08 |
 View from Ocean Room Sydney Bay Bridge 11/01/08 |
 View from Ocean Room Busy Harbor 11/01/08 |
 The Guest 11/01/08 |
 Rest of guest 11/01/08 |
 Guest of Honor with parents 11/01/08 |
 Shiori's Mom-Noriko & Dad-Hiro |
 Love is evident 11/01/08 |
 Honored Joe & Shiori 11/01/08 |
 The NC bunch 11/01/08 |
 Phil & Joe 11/01/08 |
 Lynn holds Court Everyone loved Lynn 11/01/08 |
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