Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Afternoon Tea, Sappho Books, Balmain, The Rocks

Sorry I didn't get a post written yesterday, we were having a bit of a lazy day and then stayed out real late and I didn't have time to post anything when we got home. Here's a brief overview of the last 2 days.

Thursday:

During the day I went into the city to visit the Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Here's a video where I describe a bit about what the barracks is. Here are a few photos from the museum:

A map of which countries exported their convicts and to where. I thought you'd be able to read the map better from the picture but here are a few of the stats:

France sent convicts to:
New Caledonia (in the South Pacific) 24,000
French Guiana (in South America) 70,000 - 90,000

Britain sent convicts to:
North America 50,000
Bermuda 9,000
Gibraltar 9,000
Australia 166,000
Adman Islands (Southeast Asia) 40,000
Straits Settlements (Southeast Asia) 20,000

Before seeing this map I didn't realize how common it was for european countries to export their convicts. Interesting isn't it? And to North America, I had no idea! Maybe I missed that day in history class....?

Tools used by convicts who were living in the barracks.

Sleeping quarters in the barracks.

Looking through a guard's watch hole into the sleeping quarters in the barracks.

After going to the museum I went for afternoon tea in The Rocks at The Tea Cosy.

Delicious!

Thursday night I went to Sappho Books, Cafe & Wine Bar in Glebe, another neighborhood in Sydney. They had live music. As I said in my post from Thursday night, it wasn't the best place i've been to but the atmosphere was cool. Here's a few pics:

The back patio/restaurant area.

The band is sitting off to the left in this picture.

Onto Friday:

Yesterday during the day I went to explore a different neighborhood in Sydney, Balmain. I wasn't overly impressed but it might've been that I was just tired or feeling a little stressed - I've been spending so much money here, not on purpose but just because Sydney is super expensive, and I'm looking forward to getting to NZ/Asia where it's going to be cheaper.

Last night Kelsey & I went to the village market bizarre they were having in the rocks. For those of you in book club, I thought it would be something like The Night Circus and it was. No real magic but lots of entertainers and such like you would see at The Night Circus, and it was at night! They had a pop-up bar at the event that you have to wear a bird mask to. They also had magicians performing on stages throughout the event.

After the bizarre ended Kelsey and I went to The Argyle, a cool bar in the rocks. The crowd was a bit older which was nice. (Side note: drinking age is 18 in Australian so when you go to the bar the crowd can be really young). We met some cool people at the bar and then went home about 12:30am.

So far today the weather is nice. We've all been relaxing this morning but I'm excited to see what the day will bring.

Best!