The Total Perspective Vortex

A couple of days ago, we had a few drinks at the Opera Bar, celebrating a friend's birthday. Leaving there at about 9pm & walking back to Circular Quay, I looked over at one of Sydney's 'icons' ~ the Harbour Bridge... & realised how small it is, compared to bridges we'd seen in America, on both sides of the continent. Even the Brooklyn Bridge is longer... not to mention the Golden Gate

Driving across our Bridge yesterday, I looked over at our CBD & its familiar skyscrapers... & realised how small it is, compared to Manhattan & even the downtown areas of San Francisco & Chicago. Having now walked around all of them, I'll never complain about the distance from Circular Quay to the Town Hall ever again

I'm not running Sydney down ~ it's just that travel has broadened the mind & shrunk the city. Never having left this country until last year, I'd thought other cities of the world would be pretty much the same as mine &, in a lot of respects, they are. They're just a whole lot bigger than I'd ever considered

To illustrate my point:~