“Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!”
– Jostein Gaarder, ‘Sophie’s World’
My heart flutters every time I enter The Rocks.
I spot a giant egg perched high above the little street where I normally park my car, and I smile and head over to Observatory Hill to admire the view of The Coathanger aka The Iron Lung aka Sydney Harbour Bridge, then proceed to Cumberland Street and my favourite Sydney cityscape – the Opera House rising behind the old roofs of The Rocks. I rediscover old cobbled walkways, fall into little nooks containing unexpected artworks and pieces of history, and then in a matter of seconds I stand in front of the newly opened, very modern and rather edgy (literally) building of the Museum of Contemporary Art.
My favourite candle store is The Candle Factory, on George St. I stop there. A couple of minutes from there is the Overseas Passenger Terminal. You must visit the tower, the views are hard to describe in words especially when the day is clear and the waters of Sydney Harbour are deep emerald. I hope you will have the whole place to yourself and not share it with a group of paparazzi trying to snap a shot of someone famous hiding in the Hyatt.
Lunch is at The Bakers Oven. Coffee somewhere else – there are so many places around.
And then, a few hours later, I head back to the car, past the giant egg again, and my heart is happy.
