Friday, 22 April
Given that late return to base, it probably comes as no surprise to learn it was well after sunrise when we surfaced on Good Friday morning, and quite a bit after that when we wandered downstairs for the buffet breakfast we'd paid for when we made the booking. It was, after all, Good Friday, and we didn't expect a whole lot of alternative options. Checkout time was relatively late, and we were downstairs around ten-fifty, checking out and pondering how to kill some time before a three o'clock flight.
I was all in favour of sitting and tapping, since I had plenty of tapping to do, and was more than a little leg weary. Madam, on the other hand, wanted to wander, and the brownstone splendour of Sydney University, conveniently across the road, beckoned, so we settled on an effective compromise. More...