Awesome trip...soooooooo tired
Aussie word of the day: Hooroo - bye (informal)
I might as well start from the beginning. The flight to Sydney was uneventful, and when we arrived we checked into the Blue Parrot hostel, which was absolutely lovely. Nice, clean, small, friendly, much better than some of the backpacking horror stories I've heard from friends. Once we got settled, we walked around the city and had dinner. The following day (Sat.) we traveled the city on a narrated tour bus, and took a tour of the gorgeous Sydney Opera House. I took pictures (where I was allowed to) and will post them once I get them all uploaded to my computer. We also did some shopping, including Corissa finding a stunning Aussie opal pendant for herself. That evening we hit up the Aquarium. Getting home was an adventure in and of itself, as we ended up walking across most of the city in search of the right bus, only to find ourselves near enough to the hostel to just finish the trek on foot. Sunday we did more city exploring, and then set to the evening bridge climb. Once in a lifetime experience, let me tell you! The view from the top was incredible. Monday we went on a Hunter Valley vineyard tour and wine tasting, which was lovely. I actually liked a few of the wines! The chocolate tasting at the end was the best part, though. That took pretty much the entire day. Tuesday we briefly visited the Sydney Jewish/Holocaust Museum, and then boarded our train to the Blue Mountains. The hostel there was...in a word? Sketchy. The place itself was nice, clean, spacious, but some of the folks living there (yes, living there, there were some fairly permanent residents) were pretty freakin' weird. Corissa jokingly slept with my new mini digeredoo just below her bed, just in case someone broke in. The town itself was tiny and fairly dull. We did manage to have a good time when we took a tour bus to a place called Scenic World, which included two sky lifts, several walking paths, and a train ride through and over the mountains and next to the rock formation The Three Sisters. Again, I took tons of pictures, which I will upload soon. I also found myself a gorgeous (and inexpensive!!) Aussie opal ring. It's a good thing we only spend two nights there, however, because we would have gotten bored of the rest of the town pretty quickly. All in all the trip was very enjoyable, and chock full of adventure (of various kinds). This weekend will hopefully bring some concentrated R&R, as I'm fairly exhausted from it all. We walked so much that I hardly feel that I missed out on anything being away from the gym a week! Much love to all and whatnot. I hope all is well with everyone (if it wasn't, I'd probably have heard about it!) I promise I'll finish my website soon, but between pesky schoolwork and then my trip, it sorta fell to the bottom of the list. Cheers!
P.S. There IS no Wallaby Way! Damn it.
I might as well start from the beginning. The flight to Sydney was uneventful, and when we arrived we checked into the Blue Parrot hostel, which was absolutely lovely. Nice, clean, small, friendly, much better than some of the backpacking horror stories I've heard from friends. Once we got settled, we walked around the city and had dinner. The following day (Sat.) we traveled the city on a narrated tour bus, and took a tour of the gorgeous Sydney Opera House. I took pictures (where I was allowed to) and will post them once I get them all uploaded to my computer. We also did some shopping, including Corissa finding a stunning Aussie opal pendant for herself. That evening we hit up the Aquarium. Getting home was an adventure in and of itself, as we ended up walking across most of the city in search of the right bus, only to find ourselves near enough to the hostel to just finish the trek on foot. Sunday we did more city exploring, and then set to the evening bridge climb. Once in a lifetime experience, let me tell you! The view from the top was incredible. Monday we went on a Hunter Valley vineyard tour and wine tasting, which was lovely. I actually liked a few of the wines! The chocolate tasting at the end was the best part, though. That took pretty much the entire day. Tuesday we briefly visited the Sydney Jewish/Holocaust Museum, and then boarded our train to the Blue Mountains. The hostel there was...in a word? Sketchy. The place itself was nice, clean, spacious, but some of the folks living there (yes, living there, there were some fairly permanent residents) were pretty freakin' weird. Corissa jokingly slept with my new mini digeredoo just below her bed, just in case someone broke in. The town itself was tiny and fairly dull. We did manage to have a good time when we took a tour bus to a place called Scenic World, which included two sky lifts, several walking paths, and a train ride through and over the mountains and next to the rock formation The Three Sisters. Again, I took tons of pictures, which I will upload soon. I also found myself a gorgeous (and inexpensive!!) Aussie opal ring. It's a good thing we only spend two nights there, however, because we would have gotten bored of the rest of the town pretty quickly. All in all the trip was very enjoyable, and chock full of adventure (of various kinds). This weekend will hopefully bring some concentrated R&R, as I'm fairly exhausted from it all. We walked so much that I hardly feel that I missed out on anything being away from the gym a week! Much love to all and whatnot. I hope all is well with everyone (if it wasn't, I'd probably have heard about it!) I promise I'll finish my website soon, but between pesky schoolwork and then my trip, it sorta fell to the bottom of the list. Cheers!
P.S. There IS no Wallaby Way! Damn it.
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