We woke up in aussieland to a rainy, foggy day today.  After two days of intense sightseeing, and hiking,  we decided that we should slow down and relax a bit.  On that note, David decided to check our upcoming flights and discovered that we had a major Easter Island flight problem.  Fortunately, all of the hotel and other flights within South America were ok and we were able to change the Easter Island flights – that is the 3rd time that we have had issues with those flights.. The interesting issue is that we had previously checked and rechecked numerous times the dates to ensure flight dates and hotel reservations were in sync with each other.  To our chagrin today, they were not.   It was a very tense 2 hours as we figured out the issue.  Thank  goodness it rained today; as,  we  probably would have not uncovered being one day off on our flight to Easter Island this Sunday.  Actually, with so many flights and hotel reservations on this trip, we are quite relieved that things have been so smooth so far .  .  .

After our (almost) big  panic attack, the rains had lifted and we decided to venture out to Paddy’s Market.  It is Sydney’s biggest market with over 1,000 stalls of food, clothing, electronics, etc.  We decided to dine-in and bought some fresh tuna from the seafood vendor at Paddy’s.  We both agreed that it was the best tuna that we have ever eaten.  The tuna melted in our mouths and was utterly delicious.  What a thoroughly enjoyable treat with a bottle of wine after such a fretful day!

On Thursday, we tramped all around Sydney for 4 hours before packing for our 12 1/2 hour flight to Santiago on Friday.  On Monday , we will be leaving Santiago and will be off for a 5 hour flight to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Easter Island for 3 days.   Below are some of the highlights of our beautiful harbor city walk today.