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April2: The hotel life in Sydney |
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![]() | A 30-minutes drive from airport took us to The Ritz Carlton Sydney in Circular Quay. The hotel is small, but the highest-class hotel in the city. |
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Despite our early check-in, we were guided to a room. In the afternoon, we asked to change a room to the ninth floor that can enjoy wonderful view of the Quay from the terrace.
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![]() | The firm wonderful bed is neatly made-up like this. |
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My husband soon started to prepare for Internet connection. He checked the phone line with a modem checker carefully, then connected the phone line to the note PC. The floor was soon covered with wiring.
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![]() | We enjoyed a high tea as well. On the corner of the lobby is a wonderful flower arrangement. |
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We enjoyed the tea at the bar dimly illuminated by orange light of the heart-warming lamps.
A live piano performs good music; the player saw me and recognized as Japanese. He soon played "The Moon on the Ruin" and "Sukiyaki Song" strictly for me. Looking through the massive window, I can see a beautiful scene of the town drizzly street covered with yellow leaves occasionally falling from the large sycamores.
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On the center table of the bar are so many kinds of beautiful cakes and canapes. They are so cute and lovely to eat, I was really confused with delight.
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Warm kirsch and scone are served as well. I took both of them. Tapioca jelly, apricot canape, sparkling wine, and milk tea, all of them were great.
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![]() | The waiter elegantly talks to me occasionally without disrupting my rich time. The pianist was also very delighted to hear that we were by chance from Oita, a city deeply related to Rentaro Taki- the composer of "The moon on the ruin." We requested to play "Waltzing Matilda, the most popular song in Australia. |
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We enjoyed a wonderful dinner tonight. As the atmosphere didn't allow to carry in a camera, it is pity for me not to show ant picture of the dinner.
The first day in Australia passed in this way. The beautiful sunset promises a wonderful day tomorrow. | ![]() |