Its summer time in Sydney (yah!) and the weather was amazing most of the week we were there. Our week in Sydney flew by, but whats new, every week just seems to go by so fast. Upon our day of arrival we took a stroll through Darling Harbor and sat on the harbor steps and enjoyed a delicious gelato ice cream to cool us down. That evening we meet up with Isobel and Ken, friends of Bonnie (Heathers sister) and attended church at Hillsong- one of the biggest mega churches in the world. The service was interesting...it is definetly different then the traditional church, with its fancy technology, stadium seating and suround sound, but nevertheless we had a good time and the people were nice.
As for the rest of the week, Heather and I got into a bit of a routine which consisted of getting up in the morning, having a cup of coffee at several different little coffee shops, heading to the groceriy store to pick up food for lunch, and finally doing our excursion for the day. Our first excusrion was down in Circle Quay where we took pictures of the Opera House and the Sydney Bridge. Excited to be here we looked into different shows at the Opera House and decided on attedning The Pig Iron People, a theatrecal drama. The play was amazingly well done. It tells a humurous story about the differences between generations when the governement changed from conservative to liberal. Although it had a lot of Australian humor, we managed to understand most everything and really gained a better insight into the bluecollar Australian lifestyle.
As I mentioned before its summer here, so we just had to spend a day laying on the beach. We took a bus out to Bondi Beach and just relaxed and read for most of the day. The weather was perfect and it really rejuvinated us... sometimes you just need a day like this one. Anxious to see Kangaroos and Koalas, we took a visit out to Taronga Zoo. In order to get to the zoo we had to catch a ferry boat which dropped us off on the other side of the harbor, right by the zoo. The zoo was great we saw tones of different animals- from Kangaroos and Koalas to penguins and seals. Our favorite part was the Koala exhibit were we got to see them be feed eucalyptis leaves. Aparently Koalas sleep some 20 hours a day becuase their body spends most of its energy digesting the eucalyptis leaves. Hum...sound familar...they reminded me a lot of sloths and are equally as cute. Heather and I took one and put it in our bag with the other animals we have picked up along the way. JK :)
That evening we meet up with Isobel and her friend Anka for drinks and dinner. Our evenign out with the girls was tons of fun. We meet them in a Newtown, a neighborhood outside of Sydney. Isobel, the Australian she is, insisted we try vegemite(a very strange yeast extract spread), so she went in to store and bought bread and vegemite. Un sure whether we would like it, we each braved it and ate a slice of bread with vegemite. Not so bad... definitely not my favorite nor do i think i will ever have a craving for it but edible. Excited by our reaction she gave us the jar of vegemite as a souvener.
As for our last day and a half, we spent some of our hours in the STA office working out flights for the next part of our trip and doing some planning. The guys working in the office suggested we try kangaroo pizza at the Australian Hotel. Un sure how we felt about eating kangaroo(it just seems so wrong!), but we thought, hey, we are in Australia so we should do as the Australins do. That evening we meet them for dinner and tried kangaroo as well as crocodile pizza. After a bite, I said it wasnt for me, but Heather didnt seem to mind the kangaroo. Im not sure whether either of us would eat kangaroo or crocodile again, but hey, at least we tried it! This concludes our speedy week of Sydney... it was enjoyable, food adventurous and historically insightfull.
As for the rest of the week, Heather and I got into a bit of a routine which consisted of getting up in the morning, having a cup of coffee at several different little coffee shops, heading to the groceriy store to pick up food for lunch, and finally doing our excursion for the day. Our first excusrion was down in Circle Quay where we took pictures of the Opera House and the Sydney Bridge. Excited to be here we looked into different shows at the Opera House and decided on attedning The Pig Iron People, a theatrecal drama. The play was amazingly well done. It tells a humurous story about the differences between generations when the governement changed from conservative to liberal. Although it had a lot of Australian humor, we managed to understand most everything and really gained a better insight into the bluecollar Australian lifestyle.
As I mentioned before its summer here, so we just had to spend a day laying on the beach. We took a bus out to Bondi Beach and just relaxed and read for most of the day. The weather was perfect and it really rejuvinated us... sometimes you just need a day like this one. Anxious to see Kangaroos and Koalas, we took a visit out to Taronga Zoo. In order to get to the zoo we had to catch a ferry boat which dropped us off on the other side of the harbor, right by the zoo. The zoo was great we saw tones of different animals- from Kangaroos and Koalas to penguins and seals. Our favorite part was the Koala exhibit were we got to see them be feed eucalyptis leaves. Aparently Koalas sleep some 20 hours a day becuase their body spends most of its energy digesting the eucalyptis leaves. Hum...sound familar...they reminded me a lot of sloths and are equally as cute. Heather and I took one and put it in our bag with the other animals we have picked up along the way. JK :)
That evening we meet up with Isobel and her friend Anka for drinks and dinner. Our evenign out with the girls was tons of fun. We meet them in a Newtown, a neighborhood outside of Sydney. Isobel, the Australian she is, insisted we try vegemite(a very strange yeast extract spread), so she went in to store and bought bread and vegemite. Un sure whether we would like it, we each braved it and ate a slice of bread with vegemite. Not so bad... definitely not my favorite nor do i think i will ever have a craving for it but edible. Excited by our reaction she gave us the jar of vegemite as a souvener.
As for our last day and a half, we spent some of our hours in the STA office working out flights for the next part of our trip and doing some planning. The guys working in the office suggested we try kangaroo pizza at the Australian Hotel. Un sure how we felt about eating kangaroo(it just seems so wrong!), but we thought, hey, we are in Australia so we should do as the Australins do. That evening we meet them for dinner and tried kangaroo as well as crocodile pizza. After a bite, I said it wasnt for me, but Heather didnt seem to mind the kangaroo. Im not sure whether either of us would eat kangaroo or crocodile again, but hey, at least we tried it! This concludes our speedy week of Sydney... it was enjoyable, food adventurous and historically insightfull.
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