Sydney Fish Market

Since the sun has come out to play, I've been much more active this week than last week. After a morning run, I caught a ferry to meet Nicole in the early afternoon. We took the train to Chinatown to stop for some bubble tea before walking over to the Sydney Fish Market.

You might have imagined that the Fish Market would have been all these stalls that were outside like we did, but the market was actually very different. Along the sides of the parking lot, there were fish market stores.


Most of these stores looked similar to this one, where most of the fish fillets were contained behind a glass wall, while most of the whole fish were lying on beds of ice for you to look at.


There was also one main building that had many fish market stores. This "mall" also had a bakery, a cheese shop, fruit/vegetable shop and a variety of places to get food. Inside one of the fish market stores, I was startled by this basket of leftover fish heads that was hanging out in the aisle.


After some debate, we decided not to buy any fish because of the trek home, but we thought that we should come back with the intent of eating at the fish market one day.

On our way to the fish market, we saw a zebra crossing. Who knew there were zebras in the middle of the city?


Near the fish market, we also saw the Pyrmont Bridge that reminded me of home.


I was inspired by the Fish Market, so when David came home, we went to one of Manly's Fish Market stores to pick up some fish for dinner. We figured that while we're here, we should experiment with different fish varieties!

Australia's interesting fact: "No Worries". Australians love to use the phrase "no worries". I haven't quite figured out an equivalent phrase usage in the US. For example, I bought my ferry ticket the other day and said "Thank You". The clerk replied with "No Worries". Obviously, when I apologize for anything, they almost always reply "No Worries". I'm sure they use it in other context, but they like to use the phrase a lot!

Even though we've gotten used to not having real cable in our apartment, we still do not get to watch any American sports. That means no American football, baseball, basketball, etc etc. We do get to see the Australian versions of these sports though. Besides Rugby, there is Australian Football, which is combination of soccer/football/rugby (from what I understand). There is lots of cricket. Thee is also netball, which is similar to basketball, but no dribbling and no backboard. The hoop is lower to the ground and very strange to watch! But my favorite thing to watch on the telly is lawn bowling. We're trying it out this Saturday, so we'll have more to report on it over the weekend!