1 April : Sydney (Really!)

This is the real April 1st entry. We awoke with the intention of torturing ourselves at crossfit. See - totally believable. So we went and warmed up then did 6 sets of 5 reps of back squats with increasing weight each set. I stopped on my 4th rep on the final set as I could feel my form failing and didn't want any injuries on the final day. After this, we did a nice 500m row, 30 burpees (Jill had a special one handed version - yuck), and 500m more row. Torture achieved.

We walked over to a lunch spot with the intention of hitting a good gelato spot later. I didn't eat all the rice with my dish to save up for the gelato. The gelato was fabulous and as a bonus I got to help +Jill finish her 3 scoops.

The sun was out despite the forecast for a full day of rain. We strolled back to the hotel and sat by the pool for the final time. Eventually we had to go inside and begin the packing process.

Our last dinner was at Aria next to the opera house and site of our wonderful New Year's Eve celebration viewing the fireworks. We got a fabulous table overlooking the opera house and had a really good meal. The staff here is really good especially all of the sommeliers. While dining, there was testing of lighting against the opera house for a yearly show that happens in a few weeks. I caught a few of the test patterns on camera.

A final stroll back to the hotel completed our last evening in Sydney and Australia. Now April 2 will be a really long day but it has been wonderful. Jill is likely going to summarize some things later.