Spontaneous Captured Sunset

Since we both like to have a relaxed day every now and then we decided that today would be it, but it was more for Riley since he had an exam the next morning. We got up fairly early to go to church and then came back to get lunch and settle in before Riley got to work on studying. He has his first exam on Anthropology tomorrow and is slightly worried about the essays that he has to write since he’d rather take a multiple choice test. I spent my relax time on the internet, mainly on Facebook talking to my old suitemate Jessica! But I can never stay indoors for long and Riley doesn’t like to study for long so we made sure to get out into Sydney by 1:30 and head to the markets. Since it was Sunday the place was packed and we got what we needed before we made a bee line for the door! We have been constantly watching the sky for the past few days trying to determine when would be the best time to go to the Pylon Lookout and catch the sunset. Unfortunately it has been very cloudy lately, or rather sunny during the day and then the clouds cover the sky by 4 o’clock which has really annoyed us. However, whenever we stepped out of the markets there was sunshine everywhere and we made a quick decision to go ahead and do the Pylon Lookout. This meant we had to take the free bus all the way down to Circular Quay and swiftly walk to the Harbour Bridge, hoping we’d make it up to the top in time to catch the sunset. Luckily we already knew the way to the bridge and got there in record time! Along the way I spotted something on the ground and of course picked it up; it was a two person pass to the Pylon Lookout which meant even if we didn’t catch the perfect sunset today we’d have another chance! I was very ecstatic about my find to say the least since I’m starting to get on Riley’s level. We were practically running across the Harbour Bridge, dodging people left and right, took the Pylon stairs two at a time, skipped all the history information and made it to the time with plenty of time to spare. We scoped out the best place to catch the sunset, but were a little disheartened whenever we figured out that the pylon across from us would be in the way. This made it a little less romantic, but hey, what can we do? We still got awesome pictures and were finally able to cross this event off of our bucket list! 

Since the sunset is so early now (before 5 o’clock) we were able to save our feet and take the free bus back into the city. We headed back to make tuna salad for dinner, which may not be what you picture in your mind. It was actually just a regular green salad, lettuce and all, with corn, onions, and tuna which had been warmed on the stovetop poured over it. Neither of us had ever had tuna in our salad but it was delicious and we definitely recommend it!