Parents Day 3

Sunday October 26

Sunday dawned cold and gray, and Dad opted to stay home. We bought Red Travel Passes, which I must remember because for 38 dollars a week, they give unlimited bus, train, and ferry travel within the City. By noon, Mom and I were in Circular Quay, but within minutes the sky had opened in the worst storm I’ve seen since monsoon season in Hong Kong. I really wanted to go to the Opera House, though (you see, I had this special coupon) and Mom was a good sport about it.

But after only a few minutes elbowing our way through crowds of dripping tourists, we got fed up. We took a last photo in the House and huddled under one umbrella, we dashed madly through the pounding rain and took refuge in the Rocks Café (me: linguine with prawns, Mom: snapper). The fact that Mom’s snapper came at the wrong time, and also still had a head attached so that she had to fillet it before she could eat, was the last straw. Defeated, we headed home to warm up by my little space heater and listen to the howling rain and wind. This is obviously not a photo from that day but here's Mom and me having lunch not far from my house at the Clovelly Hotel.