Traedogg Down Under

The roomates and I decided to “get out there” and explore not only our suburb and surrounding suburbs, but finally the city of SYDNEY! We kept telling ourselves-this is our home for the next five months, but no matter how many times we said it, it still wouldn’t sink in! For the day, we were not residents of Sydney, but definitely American tourists. Even today I remain in awe at some of the breathtaking sights I saw while exploring.

I wanted to upload pictures today SO bad, but unfortunately I am having massive internet issues. At our house, we will be getting broadband in a few days, but for the time being we have dial-up and only one roomates laptop is connected so I cant upload pictures that way. Then I walked all the way to campus, but it was DEAD. I literally saw no one the entire 1/2 hour I was there, and the internet server was down in the 24 hour computer labs and the library was closed for the day. (The day before school starts). Then I wandered to a “wireless hot spot” and realized I had to pay over 49 bucks a month for access to that, so i proceeded finally to a little internet cafe and I’m on one of the oldest computers I have seen since the 1980’s and it doesn’t have a USB port! (Australia is def. not as technically advanced as in the United States, especially where internet is concerned) So needless to say, the pictures will be coming in a few days I hope. I took a lot of great ones!

Back to my exploring: All of my five roomates and I began the day yesterday with “the walk” from coogee beach (our city) to bondi beach (one of the most popular tourist beaches around). The route is about an hour and 1/2 walk along the coast, yet it took us close to two because literally every two steps we stopped to take a picture. It was like nothing I had ever seen before in my life. The sheer beauty of it all is undescribable. Once we got to Bondi, we boarded a double decker tour bus, that for 30 dollars gave us 24 hours to ride a circut around bondi and its suburbs and all the main attractions in Sydney. (of course we sat on the top of the bus) We could also unboard and re-board the bus as many times as we wanted in the 24 hours, but we just elected to stay on it the majority of the afternoon and orientate ourselves to te area.

We ended up getting off in the heart of Sydney, and somehow never had to pay??? So after a few hours of wandering in and out of stores in the Queen Victoria Building (The most ornate shopping mall I have ever seen in my life) and stopping off at the cutest coffee shop for the best mocha I have ever tasted, we decided to splurge on dinner at a nice italian resturaunt in the heart of the city. By that point, we were wiped out and ended up cabbing home (only 20 bucks from the city for a 20 minute ride with no tip… if only the cabs in madison were that cheap) and I was in bed by 8:00p.m. JET LAG IS BRUTAL!:) I will post pictures of this trip, my house and city, and all of my roomates on web shots as soon as possible! As for now, I’m off to lay out on the beach for the rest of the afternoon! Might as well relax while I can…school starts tomorrow!

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