Well, for the past week I’ve been attending the most boring conference in the world as well as having a little holiday in Sydney. While I found that Sydney shopping is just as good as home (except for Kinokuniya, which I love dearly), I managed to do some sightseeing too.
This is what I came home with in terms of reading material:
(Excuse the dodgy pictures, it was late when I took them).
And today’s finds at the local shopping centre:
I do have some reviews written and another three or so to write, so please expect to see in the near future reviews of:
- The Chocolate Run by Dorothy Koomson
- Sahara by Michael Palin
- Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
- Down Under by Bill Bryson
- The Song of Silver Frond by Catherine Lim
Have a lovely weekend!
Ugh boring conferences, there’s nothing worse! Looks like you had a good time in Sydney regardless though. Love the first pic with the seagull juxtaposed against the harbour bridge. I don’t know why but for some reason I thought you lived in Sydney… Probably a common assumption for people online in NSW to make.
It’s so interesting leafing through the foreign language magazines, is that a Japanese one? My cousin lived in Japan until recently and was working as a hair model and always sending magazines she was in home for the family to look through. They were always really interesting to browse.
I was missing my birds when I took the seagull pic- if only it had been sunnier that day…most pics need some cropping as the ferry was bouncing about. I’m actually a Perth girl, but I used to go to Sydney a lot for work, so it was nice to have some time out.
Both the mags are Japanese (I learnt it for six years at school, but am a bit rusty)- I love the ads and I think not being able to read it all makes me imagine more! I would have bought more if they weren’t so expensive!
Sydney sounds so exiting and far away to me!
And the best travelling includes books. Hope you liked The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, looking forward to reading your review of that.
Definitely- I love to know that a book has travelled a long way with me- it brings back memories of the holiday!
Great photos of Sydney. I enjoy visiting there and being a tourist. The harbour is magnificent. There are other cities of Australia that I prefer though.