It's been a while..

So I have a lot to catch up here- our trip to Sydney, Spring Break with Mom and Dad, Currumbin Zoo, and NSW Rugby Championship.
I'll start with the Sydney tour. Our director , Dr Avila, could not come with us but one of our professor and bus driver could. Both had lived in Sydney for a good period of their lives, so were pretty excited to show us around the town.
We left late Thursday night and drove through the night, arriving at 6am in Sydney. We stopped at McDonalds for breaky then drove the to North end of the Harbour Bridge to walk across at 8am. It was amazing, and we had an awesome view of the opera House and the whole harbour. At 10.15 we had a 1 hour guided tour of the Opera House, we learned a lot. From the pictures I thought the Opera house was covered in a metal material but it is actually tile, like the size of bathroom tile! We had lunch then took a ferry down the harbour to the Tarongo Zoo. The Zoo was really cool, had so many different animals with great views of the city. We spent about 5 hours there before checking into our hostel and then going on a bus tour of the city. For dinner we went to Harry's, a famous restaurant out of a trailer that celebrities have gotten meat pies from.
THe next day, Saturday, we had an early breakfast at the hostel and took off to the Blue Mountains. Some people compare the mountains to the Grand Canyon but with trees. There is also the Three Sisters, which comes from an Aboriginal myth. The picture is posted. After touring the mountains for a few hours we went to Bondi Beach then later on went out to the Gay/Lesbian Mardi Gras. It was very interesting and fun to see. The city of Sydney were filled with colorful people but it was surprisingly interesting how fast the streets were cleaned up. Groups of us went out to different clubs and has some fun.
On Sunday we walked around town and were shown some of the different buildings and statues. I love how Sydney has kept the buildings and sites were restored, all of them. We went to Manly Beach as well, but it was a bit cold and rainy so we just shopped around in local stores. We had some free time before we left, and so a small group of us went to the Sydney Aquarium. it was absolutely amazing, the exhibits were unbelievable. There were enormous tanks that were 2 stores high, so we could look in from the top and then walk through tunnels around the bottom. The largest aquariums were here and were beautiful! After a few hours walking around and looking we went to dinner at Darling harbour at a place called Plate. it was really good! We loaded the bus soon after to drive through the night back to Lennox.
BUSY WEEKEND! I a not a big city person but I loved Sydney.