Friday, December 9, 2022.

I had booked an excursion to the Blue Mountains thru Expedia, but about 4 days before the trip, they cancelled.

I lucked out with booking thru Air bnb experiences another Blue Mountain excursion. Instead of a minivan group, we had our guide/driver Peter and his VW and 1 other young woman from NYC. Fun day.

We walked two blocks from our hotel to the town hall train station where we caught a train to Strathfield, about 20 minutes outsideSydney. We met our group at a cafe across from the train station, and then we were off to discover Peter’s favorite spots.

We stopped at a cafe, then later at a deli where we ordered sandwiches to go for our picnic with a view. Stopped at a fun art gallery on our way back.

Once back in Sydney, I went online to try to book a table at the French bistro near our hotel. No luck. But….we walked to the restaurant and asked if we could have dinner??? Yes! IF we spent at least $70 per person (not hard there) and IF we were gone by 8pm. It was 6pm, so we agreed, and took our seats at a little table on the sidewalk. Delicious meal! Makes me want to visit France again.