SATURDAY, FEB 6TH--SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Soggy Sydney!!! Woke up early this morning so I could take some good pictures of us sailing into Sydney harbor. Looked out balcony doors and it was foggy, ship was rocking, and wind blowing. So I headed up to Observation Lounge on deck 11 at 6:30 and got a good seat by window which is facing front of ship. Perfect place to view our arrival other than out on deck. They had coffee and pastries available there so was very nice. I tried to go out on deck but wind was really howling so retreated back to Observation Lounge. About that time Rebecca showed up. Visibility improved as we approached harbor but as you will see in my pictures (will not upload them until tomorrow evening however) the ceiling was low and tops of buildings were in clouds. We had ring side seats for sailing into harbor. Hope you will enjoy the pictures.
The departing passengers were not cleared to leave ship until about 9am but were mostly on their way by 10am. It was a well organized disembarkation as usual with Regent. We got to say good bye to Andy and Tammy, financial lecturer and his wife. We are docked right downtown , an area called “The Rocks”. The famous Opera House and Harbor Bridge are close by. Unfortunately, we have view out balcony that is looking right into a restaurant. So we headed off the ship to check out the downtown area . Started raining so we returned and has been raining ever since. It is about noon now so will have lunch soon as we have a tour at 1:30 entitled, “Sydney Sights, Opera House, and Bondi Beach”. Be back later.