As this week draws to a close, I find it difficult to recollect all the amazing events that have occurred. Especially at night :) Nevertheless it has been hands down the best week of my life. I specifically have enjoyed interacting with all the native Australians at their pubs. We've found that primarily all the tourists, Asians and Euros. Therefore we tend to try to scope out where the true Aussies congregate. and thus far we are doing a good job. They tend to like to talk about our accents (which tends to take a central part of the conversations) sports like rugby and football, Hollywood and current events. They are extremely friendly.
Wednesday, we went to explore our internship sites. Turns out I simply have to take the Red 20 bus into north Sydney and then walk a couple blocks, which is extremely convenient. We then walked around the rocks searching for our group (we tend to have the amazing ability to find anyone in our group without any ahead of time planning. it's really weird). That night we went to a pretty nice bar that surprisingly had half off wine night and most people got $9 wine bottles, which is incredibly cheap. I didn't drink because I needed some recovery time.
Thursday we left at 8:00 for the Blue Mountains. We stopped at an animal park and got to pet koalas, kangaroos, and a lot more. Afterwards we went to the mountains which were disappointingly misty so we couldn't see anything. We did however get to ride the steepest railway ever made back up the mountain. We got back and I ran 13 miles to and from Bondi beach. I'm noticing I'm in pretty damn good shape. Aside from the fact I also do over 500 push-ups a day...That night we walked around darling harbour.
Friday we had our CAPA orientation and travel presentations. I'm going to a weekend surf camp option, and a winery/brewery/chocolate/cheese factory weekend option too. Afterwards we went to the rocks for our free CAPA lunch. Then we hit up Bondi for the rest of the day. That night, Everyone was being boring AND NOT GOING OUT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT!! so Neil and I ventured to an Australian pub and talked with the natives the whole night. It was awesome.
Today we go to the Sydney Music Festival for the day and night
Oh, and I'm regretting not bringing my running shoes because they cost 230$ here!!!
Times up....
more to come
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Maybe the running you did at high-altitude helped! Sounds like you're having fun! Come back with an accent!
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