Adventures in Sydney

I'm pretty sure that a visit to Australia would not be complete without seeing Sydney. Australia's largest city provides some of the most iconic images this country has to offer, alongside eternal fame from Finding Nemo. I spent 4 nights getting to explore and experience the city life and have many pictures to go alongside it all. We spent most our time there just walking around. Our hostel was on Pitt St and the city is gorgeous by night.

We visited the Chinese Friendship Gardens



We went to the Sydney Aquarium! They had dugongs and amazing sea turtles. I loved being there so much, and I actually think I could have spent a few days there alone. Legend has it that dugongs are responsible for all the reports of mermaids, and that sailors would drown trying to follow them as they swam to the depths.

That night we had tickets to see a show at the Sydney Opera House (Ahh) to see God of a play called God of Carnage. We figured we should dress for the occassion, and we treated ourselves to a nice dinner in Darling Harbor ahead of time. The show turned out to be pretty funny, and we had a really good time.

But what's dinner without dessert? We hit up a Belgium chocolate bar for that one, and my fruit and chocolate dip was totally worth it.

The next we walked around a lot more- mostly just taking pictures of the Sydney Harbor bridge, the Opera house. We visited the Royal Botanical Gardens and The Rocks, Sydney's historical district. It was fun, but very tiring!

Later that night, we entered a drawing to win cheap tickets to see Wicked. Lucky for us, we scooped up front row seats for $30! It was SUCH an amazing show, and may have been my favorite thing in Sydney overall. I left the theater singing.

We bought souviner drinks called Ozmopolitans, and they were delicious. Our cups light up too, which made it even better

On our last full day we visited Paddy's markets, also known as a one stop shop for souvenirs and tourist goods. It was actually really overwhleming trying to fight the crowds of people. We didn't stay long, prefering to head off to the worlds largest Imax to catch a movie in 3-D. We saw A Christmas Carol, and it was pretty cool. The movie was just okay, but the 3-D effects were awesome. I enjoyed it a lot. I probably had too much fun.

I spent my last night in Sydney being kind of lame- I had my first final on Saturday, 2 hours after my plane landed. I stayed in a studied, which was actually a smart decision. Little did I know I was also at the beginning of catching a cold, which I still haven't been able to shake. Either way, I loved Sydney. It was a total different experience than everything else I had done. And who could resist such a sweet opera house?