The Olympic City - Sydney
Cheers! Glutonia 
St. Mary's Cathedral from Hyde Park in Sydney
The War Memorial Entrance
I know Sydney should be a long and exciting entry, but I haven’t really had internet access and cities are not really my thing. We did do some really cool things, though.
Saturday - we went to the Police and Justice Museum. We then had the afternoon free, during which I went to see “Sculptures by the Sea” at Bondi Beach. There were some pretty cool pieces of artwork. Dinner was spent in China Town, where I got a good meal for quite cheap…yay, more money to spend on gelati (chocolate hazelnut was today’s flavor).
Sunday – we embark on a journey to Canberra. Today all we saw was the old parliament house. Had Italian for dinner…yum!
Monday – New parliament house and the War Memorial. The War Memorial was really amazing and made me want to take a class on WWI or WWII or both! For lunch we went to Chinese food, where my table ate every other table’s leftovers. We deemed ourselves Glutonia! Trip back to Sydney!
Tuesday – The morning wasn’t too exciting; we went to La Perouse, the first landing of Europeans and therefore first contact with Aborigines. There is a large population there and we learned about some of the struggles for rights, etc. in that area. We spent the afternoon at Bondi again, where I just wandered around the stores, got ice cream, and read. Dinner was Indian!!! Mmmmm.
Wednesday – Museum of Contemporary Art, Australian Museum of Art, and the Hyde Barracks Museum. All amazing! I really enjoyed the regular art museum, especially the 19th century paintings. There was an Indian art exhibit, but you had to pay extra! I ended up wandering with a couple people to get food and found an Indian take-out place for pretty cheap. The rest of the evening was nice and quiet.
Thursday – This is my final entry for this post: Thanksgiving! We started the day late, at 10:30am and went to the Australian National Museum, which had some really cool exhibits on indigenous people and culture. After that we went to the Powerhouse Museum. Now this was way cool. There were exhibits on the Great Wall of China, Design from the 18th – 21st centuries, and my favorite: Ecologic! They had some examples of green architecture and the like. Very cool. I spent Thanksgiving grabbing Indian take-out (again, but at a different place – much better) and eating it while watching the big Christmas tree being lit. Then a few of us went to the Marble Bar to listen to live R&B/Funk/Jazz music. It was wonderful, but it was also a late night for me (12:30… :))
Saturday - we went to the Police and Justice Museum. We then had the afternoon free, during which I went to see “Sculptures by the Sea” at Bondi Beach. There were some pretty cool pieces of artwork. Dinner was spent in China Town, where I got a good meal for quite cheap…yay, more money to spend on gelati (chocolate hazelnut was today’s flavor).
Sunday – we embark on a journey to Canberra. Today all we saw was the old parliament house. Had Italian for dinner…yum!
Monday – New parliament house and the War Memorial. The War Memorial was really amazing and made me want to take a class on WWI or WWII or both! For lunch we went to Chinese food, where my table ate every other table’s leftovers. We deemed ourselves Glutonia! Trip back to Sydney!
Tuesday – The morning wasn’t too exciting; we went to La Perouse, the first landing of Europeans and therefore first contact with Aborigines. There is a large population there and we learned about some of the struggles for rights, etc. in that area. We spent the afternoon at Bondi again, where I just wandered around the stores, got ice cream, and read. Dinner was Indian!!! Mmmmm.
Wednesday – Museum of Contemporary Art, Australian Museum of Art, and the Hyde Barracks Museum. All amazing! I really enjoyed the regular art museum, especially the 19th century paintings. There was an Indian art exhibit, but you had to pay extra! I ended up wandering with a couple people to get food and found an Indian take-out place for pretty cheap. The rest of the evening was nice and quiet.
Thursday – This is my final entry for this post: Thanksgiving! We started the day late, at 10:30am and went to the Australian National Museum, which had some really cool exhibits on indigenous people and culture. After that we went to the Powerhouse Museum. Now this was way cool. There were exhibits on the Great Wall of China, Design from the 18th – 21st centuries, and my favorite: Ecologic! They had some examples of green architecture and the like. Very cool. I spent Thanksgiving grabbing Indian take-out (again, but at a different place – much better) and eating it while watching the big Christmas tree being lit. Then a few of us went to the Marble Bar to listen to live R&B/Funk/Jazz music. It was wonderful, but it was also a late night for me (12:30… :))
- Au Revoir
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hey rachel! sounds like you're having an awesome time with lots of indian food. :)
-julie
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