We then walked towards an area called Darling Harbour, walking through Hyde Park on our way. We also visited the Queen Victoria Building, which is a mulit-level upscale shopping mall.
To get to Darling Harbour, we walked across a bridge which gave very pretty views of the harbor. 
Darling Harbour reminded me a little bit of a larger version of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. We just strolled all around the area, where there were lots of shops, restaurants and some really unique fountains. 
After a very brief walk through "Paddy's Market," which basically just sold a bunch of junk and knockoffs, we headed to the Sydney Fish Market!We had planned to walk through Glebe, which is supposed to be a very pretty, artsy neighborhood, so we took a roundabout way to the fish market. However, we were both getting very hungry and tired, which was compounded by the heat, so we cut our ramble short. The fish market was a REALLY cool experience. We each picked out a piece of fresh tuna from the huge selection of fresh seafood offered. Then, we brought our tuna over to another counter, where they prepared it for us by grilling it and serving it up with chips (fries) and a salad. We also bought wasabi soy sauce from another counter, which went perfectly with the tuna. It was an absolutely delicious lunch!
After lunch, we figured out where to catch a bus out to Bondi Beach. Bondi Beach is supposedly one of the most famous beaches in the world, and certainly in Australia, so we decided we had to check it out, even though it is a bit outside of the city. It was a very pretty beach and we just layed down and relaxed a bit. I was very glad that we decided to head out that way. It was so nice to just rest our feet! 
We decided to walk around the town for a bit and so we walked up the main street, checking out some possible places to have dinner. We decided on a Noodle Bar, where we picked our veggies, sauce, noodles, and meat, and then they cooked it all up for us in a wok! It was fresh and very nice.After dinner, we walked along the beach. The sun was beginning to set at this time, and we got some really great photos.
Then we caught the bus back to Circular Quay. We had quite an interesting bus ride. There was this man who was listening to his headphones and was rapping along with them the entire ride. He was dancing and singing and so many of the passengers (ourselves included) were just cracking up watching this guy! Then, when we got to his stop, he turned around and said to everyone, "Keep dancing with passion everyone! Have a great Easter!"When we got back into the city, we took some night shots of the bridge and the Opera House. 
We walked to "The Rocks" where we were planning on treating ourselves to dessert. Our waiter from last night recommended this place called "Pancakes on the Rocks" as a great spot to get dessert pancakes, so we had been excited about it all day! Kelly had pancakes with apples, raisins, cinnamon sugar and ice cream, and I had chocolate pancakes with oranges, Grand Marnier, chocolate sauce and ice cream. Both were delicious!! 
Afterwards, we walked back to the bus stop to try again for the 311, hoping we would have better luck than the previous night. We still had to wait a while, but it eventually came! We were so excited that we made fools of ourselves by taking goofy pictures of ourselves in front of the bus. I'm sure we were the happiest people on bus 311 that night! 
We ended the day as we began: with a search for internet. This time we wound up in yet ANOTHER hostel before heading back to the Pink House -- our favorite place in the world :)
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