Chinatown at night

Some of Graham's friends from Perth are in Sydney and invited us out for dinner last night. They are staying at the BreakFree On George, with Chinatown out the back door. And they invited us for 8pm, which meant we either had to catch the train that got us there 20 minutes early, or the one that got us there 10 minutes late. We opted for the latter.

Of course the first Chinese restaurant we tried was booked out for Chinese New Year celebrations. But in Dixon St there were waiters holding out menus in front of every open-air eatery, so we picked one pretty much at random. Louka sat happily in the high chair for a while, and ate some steamed dim sum with relish, but then got bored and wanted to go for a walk. I took her to look at the Chinese lions at the end of the street, but she was more impressed by a light over an intersection which had spaghetti-like strands that lighted up in different colours. When we got back she sat for a little while but then Graham had to take her for another walk.

After dinner we all went for a stroll through Darling Harbour, watching the flying foxes (which the Perth folk had not seen before) and playing in a playground, until it started raining. Then we headed to the station for home.

It was about 11pm when we got home, and Louka was still wide-eyed. A very late night for a little girl.