Roman Forum & Palatine Hill
I woke up this morning after a good night’s sleep and reminded myself that I was in Rome. (You already knew that I’m in Rome...
Rome (Roma) Again for the First Time
I descended from the sky and landed in Rome (Roma in Italian) this morning. Fortunately, I was a passenger in a plane at the time....
Sydney Opera House and a Peninsula
I’ve had a number of views of the Sydney Opera House while I’m here; some of them distant, some more close-up. I showed you pictures...
2 Parks and a Pylon
So begins my final full day in Sydney Australia, the last of my stops in this country/continent. It’s been a long trip, but I can’t...
Sydney Harbour Cruise, 2 Shopping “Malls”
After I finished lunch at the Museum of Contemporary Art, I killed some time until an event I’d booked for this afternoon: An hour-and-a-half Sydney...
The Rocks (Sydney)
The Rocks district is so named because of the geology of the area before the settlement of it. I realize that in the entries in...
Darling Harbour and Circular Quay
Darling Harbour is, as the name suggests, a harbour. But it seems to be more than that, a district. One of the sights I visited...
Bondi Beach
The sun shone this morning.
Better still, the temperature backed off yesterday’s inferno. It was still warm, but not terribly unpleasantly so. It was the...
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australian Museum
The heat of this morning in Sydney, Australia intensified this afternoon. So I put more indoor, air-conditioned activities on the agenda for the afternoon. That...
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney Tower, Museum of Sydney
The forecast high today in Sydney, Australia is 35°C. I decided to stick with indoor activities and little outdoor walking.This morning, that included St. Mary’s...