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I am in Sydney to teach a painting workshop which starts on Wednesday. Yesterday we explored the city -- actually only scratched the surface, despite logging over 20,000 steps. It's Spring here and the day started off rainy, but brightened up as it went along. Sydney has a fantastic harbor with lots of fingers, nooks and crannies for boats to moor. Notable features are a striking arched bridge and an Opera house that looks like it was designed by Frank Geary, although it wasn't.

From the Opera house you can walk the Botanical Gardens which are bursting with flowers right now. The photo above, taken by my husband, is of a fountain there. You'll find interesting sculptures in the gardens, too. I liked one made of smooth rocks strung like beads forming a tapestry-like design. (I'm always drawn to rock sculptures!) From there we went to the New South Wales Art Gallery (museum) which I was pleasantly surprised offered free admission. My favorite thing there was also a sculpture, painted aboriginal totems.

Well, this is all I have time to tell you about now, but suffice it to say, Sydney is a wonderful city and definitely worth a visit.