We have the flu. Must be going around? Doses of Advil and black coffee are the cure. Could it have been something we ate… or drank? Healing nicely by about 11:00, so we decide to do the Sydney-sider’s New Year’s Day and take the ferry to Manly Beach.
Short ferry ride to the other side of the Harbor and we are walking through a corridor of shops, pubs and restaurants shoulder to shoulder with the entire population of Sydney. At the end of the “Corso”, the beach stretches from left to right. All sorts of bodies are sun bathing, sitting under umbrellas, swimming and surfing. Everyone from two year olds to grandmas is enjoying the first sunshine of 2011.
Susan runs into the surf for a quick swim while Mike rests his eyes under his hat on the beach. A lazy day at Manly is the custom and it is a good one. We look for lunch along the Corso, but find no black-eye peas. Bummer. We’ll get some as soon as we return to Fort Worth. We need the luck.
Back to Sydney on the ferry and upon reaching the dock; realize how fortunate we were to go early. The next ferry is sold out and the line to board the following ferry to Manly is two blocks long and growing.
We catch a movie and get home early. Tomorrow is moving day.
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