Our plan on Sunday was to go to the Hoopla Festival at Darling Harbour. It is a 4 day festival of circus, sideshow, and street performers, about 25 in total. They have 6 areas with stages or tents set up, and admission is either free or very reasonable, $5-$10 for most shows, $15 for the most expensive. After homeschool in the morning we went to the festival in the afternoon. At the festival we watched one street performer - a juggler/comedian, one acrobat, and then paid to see 4 acts in the "Big Top," a tent that held around 100 people. They were good, funny and talented, including juggling, breathing fire, hula hooping, and a couple of physical comedy/parody-type acts. We also walked around the Darling Harbour area, exploring the parks and fountains, stopped for coffee and ice cream, and watched all of the people there for the festival.
Monday we did homeschool in the morning and then Katka and Misa went to Luna Park while I stayed home and worked. We didn't plan on a second day at Luna Park, but Misa really wanted to show it to Katka so they decided to go. They had a lot of fun, and came home with several prizes from playing the games on the midway. I also did some grocery shopping, which is a never-ending chore here. Luckily most of the small shops around us were open, even though Easter Monday is an official holiday.
