Hunter Valley and Sydney

The plan now was to drive to Hunter Valley and stay for a night or two before going to Sydney. Arriving in Hunter Valley, we quickly realized that all the hotels were fully booked. Not only were we in Hunter Valley, but so was Bruce Springsteen. We spent the day, bought a couple of bottles of wine, and moved on to Sydney. A long day in the car for the kids, but they managed. We just have to make sure to stop at at least a couple of play grounds every day so that Emi can play for a while.

In Sydney, we just stopped at a motel in the suburbs for the first night as we arrived around the kids´ bedtime. The next day, we weren´t all that worried about finding a place to stay, and spent some time strolling around the city.

And finally the family photo to make sure that we were all photographed along with the Sydney Opera house (we didn´t get the Opera for this one though):

Of course, all the hotels were fully booked when we finally got around to start looking (G20 conference), and we ended up at a very nice hotel close to the airport (Stamford). The airport was about  a 15 minutes drive from the city center, and also about 15 minutes from the legendary Bondi beach.

This is how much fun it is playing on the beach:

We stayed in Sydney for five nights and really enjoyed it. Sidney highlights were the ferry ride in the harbor, walking around in the city center, meeting Mr Incredibubble

and of course, the beaches