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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5350.L_M_Montgomery" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">L.M. Montgomery</a></span></i></div>
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P.S. <a href="http://summampartium.com/" target="_blank">I'm moving on</a>.</div>
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<dl style="text-align: center;"><dd><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:</i></span></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.</i></span></span></dd></dl>
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<dl style="text-align: center;"><dd><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;</i></span></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>They sit no more at familiar tables of home;</i></span></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;</i></span></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>They sleep beyond England's foam</i></span></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> </i></span></span></dd><dd style="text-align: right;"><h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">I'm not entirely sure how to introduce this next part of our holiday without sounding extremely spoiled. You see, The Sparky was enjoying himself so much at <a href="http://cheezyjk.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/sydney-day-two.html" target="_blank">Quay</a> that he decided to see if we could, perhaps, maybe, get into <a href="http://www.ariarestaurant.com/sydney" target="_blank">Aria</a> for lunch the next day. C'mon, a girl's not going to say no to that, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">A little bit of internet research and a phone call later and we found ourselves sitting in another fancy restaurant for lunch the next day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">For main The Sparky ordered a duck and pea pie. Another step away from 'the norm' but another signature dish ... a phrase that I've learned draws him like a magnet. Weird green blobs aside, this dish really was as good as it looks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">As was my chicken dish. Unfortunately they seem to have changed the menu since we were there and I really can't tell you much about this dish except that it was stunning and delicious and stuffed with something that still makes my mouth water (and as a bonus was nowhere near as strong as my partridge).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">The deceptively named Cafe Sydney was where we ended up for dinner that night. With one dimly glowing fake candle there was no way we were going to be able to take photos of the food ... you'll have to take my word for it that it was quite nice. The view however, made up for any short falling in the food or atmosphere ...</span><br />
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As we had been wandering around the day before we spotted the monstrously large P&O Cruise Ship parked at the Terminal and were concerned that it would be blocking our view. Thankfully it left later that afternoon and the only thing interrupting our view was other diners ... and most of them cleared out before we had finished.</span><br />
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We were served a delicious starter of potato mash and oxtail soup. I can't even begin to explain how delicious this was ... possibly one of the best things of the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Short version ... I should have gone with my gut instincts. Everything about this dish was absolutely delicious, except the partridge which was far too strong for me and ended up giving me a stomach ache.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Getting to The Rocks from the airport was nice, quick and easy and just a short walk later we were dropping our bags at our accommodation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">It was a lovely day and a wonderful start to our holiday, thankfully there was still more to come ...</span></div>
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Kerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469263318400388815noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838819563751190109.post-41702978885530941922013-09-12T13:08:00.000+10:002013-09-12T13:08:39.586+10:00From one self to another<div style="text-align: center;">
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Kerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469263318400388815noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838819563751190109.post-1423267919817261092013-09-09T13:25:00.001+10:002013-09-09T13:26:51.806+10:00It's official ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">
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Kerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469263318400388815noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838819563751190109.post-73557937133237332262013-09-05T09:28:00.001+10:002013-09-05T09:30:51.408+10:00It's hard to stay down ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">
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Kerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469263318400388815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838819563751190109.post-15384748624030250822013-08-29T08:20:00.000+10:002013-08-29T08:20:29.527+10:00Breathe in and out ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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