Linda Frank

Books, Author

  • Home
  • Books
    • The Nice Little Blonde Girl
    • After the Auction
    • The Lost Torah of Shanghai
  • Sample Chapters
    • Sample Chapter-After the Auction
    • Sample Chapter-The Lost Torah of Shanghai
  • About
  • Media Room
  • Speaking
  • Calendar
  • Blog
  • Contact

South to Sydney & Beijing Birthday

March 17, 2023 By Linda Frank Leave a Comment

Australia Adventure: Adored 

We loved everywhere we went in Australia. The people are remarkable: polite, gracious, willing to help, cheerful. Even the TSA-equivalent personnel said, “Good morning, welcome to Sydney Airport,” as we moved toward the security check. 

Sydney, the largest and probably most well-known of Australia’s cities, is also the capital of the state of New South Wales. Like the rest of the places we visited, we loved it! Stunning–from the iconic Harbour and Opera House to Bondi and other beaches. The CBD, in addition to skyscrapers, has a number of well-done conversions of old buildings into elegant and functional spaces. And the shopping…we tried to save that for Sydney as our last stop for packing and schlepping reasons. And, yes, we bought stuffed kangaroos for Mirah and Rivah.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: default, Family history, Sydney

Follow Us!

Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterFollow Us on E-mail

Categories

  • Antisemitism
  • Australia
  • Beijing
  • Brisbane
  • China
  • Chinese New Year
  • COVID in China
  • default
  • family
  • Family history
  • Friends
  • general interest
  • genre
  • Hong Kong
  • Iraqi Jews
  • Israel
  • Jewish holidays
  • Jews
  • Jews and China
  • losing a child
  • New York Times
  • Pandemic travel
  • Peninsula Hotel
  • Quarantine in China
  • Shabbat in Beijing
  • Shanghai book locations
  • Sydney
  • Thailand vacation
  • travel

Recent Posts

  • A Day at the Fair With RFK
  • My Life and Times With The (New York) Times
  • The Umbrellas of Igra
  • South to Sydney & Beijing Birthday
  • Going Northeast for Warmer Weather

Archives

Buy the Books

Copyright © 2025 · Linda Frank Website · All Rights Reserved · Site by AskMePc ·