Ferries and a nice hairdo

Today, we went on a few more ferries, all across Sydney Harbor.  In between two ferry rides, we played our violins by the Sydney Opera House.  This required getting a "busking permit," or a permission to perform on the street, in Sydney Town Hall.  Now we can add Sydney to the list of cities we have played in.  Here is the list so far: Paris, London, Boston, Belgrade, Hobart, Prague, Portsmouth, Leipzig, San Diego, and Sydney.  This was fun.  We took a break to take a ferry across the Sydney Harbor to a restaurant called Doyle's.  There, we had wonderful fish and chips, overlooking the Waterfront.

A picture from the ferry

On the ferry

Today, we also visited a zoo.  It was cool seeing some of the native spices of Australia.  These include kangaroo, which I fed, some of the natives snakes, some birds, and Tassie Devils.  Tassie Devils are like black cats that eat dead birds (or any other dead animals), feathers and bones included. They are like nature's garbage disposals.    They make a shrill sound that is kind of creepy.  They are endangered, because they compete for food with some of the animals introduced by the European settlers, such as foxes.  I fed the kangaroo with its version of chocolate:  sweet potatoes and carrots.  One of the native birds has the bottom part of its legs bent forward, which is amazing, because the legs are shaped like kangaroo's. Today was really fun.

Us busking in front of the Sydney Opera House