The only thing we had planned for today was to spend time on the Hop On/Hop Off bus going to the attractions along the way. We started the day by walking toward the office of the HOHO bus to find out how to pick up the ticket that we had arranged for before leaving home. The office is on Circular Quay near the same place where we went for the walking tour yesterday, and we found it pretty easily. They were fine with accepting a copy of the email that I had as pay...

We had breakfast in the Princess Grill one last time before disembarking and said "Good-bye" to Lennox and the other waiters. It was easy to find all our luggage when we left the ship, but the line through customs and immigration was about fifteen minutes long. Made it through and went to get in the taxi line which wasn't too bad. Cabs were pulling up fairly quickly while we waited. We thought that we had way too much luggage on this trip, but we had less than ot...

With all the time zone changes we have had, I haven't been able to keep up completely and now wake up too early. I was up around 4 a.m. and looked out the window to see the lights of Sydney right outside. I stepped out on the balcony to watch for a little while, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge came into view. It was mostly dark with only a couple of lights at the apex of the arch and a string of them shining at street level. We planned a long shore excursion for ...