Sydney

After an early start, I arrived in Sydney before 8am. I dropped my stuff off at Aunty Cathy and Uncle Paul's house in Artarmon and made my way to start my "I'm Free" walking tour. It was amazing! The 3 hour tour is free and you can choose to give a tip to your tour guide if you enjoyed it. My tour guide was very knowledgeable. Starting at Town Hall we made our way over to Hyde Park and down Martin Place, but most of the tour was spent in the area around The Rocks and Circular Quay (with views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House). The highlight for me was The Rocks area – a place that is very quirky and I hadn't had the opportunity to venture to on previous trips to Sydney. It reminded me a lot of Gastown in Vancouver. After finishing the tour I took a return journey on the Manly Ferry and went and visited my Grandma. Got back to Aunty Cathy's house in time for a delicious home cooked meal (and will be my last for some time!)

Gold Coast Airport

It has been only 6 months since I posted my very last entry on Aussie-in-America and I am now sitting now in the Gold Coast Airport ready to get going again. This time: Europe. On my list is Frankfurt (where I will be taking a summer class) => Munich => Paris => Berlin => Stockholm (where I will be staying with Levi and his parents for a week!). So to prepare, in April I purchased German, French and Swedish phrase books and audio CDs. I still don't speak a word of any. I didn't realise that owning a phrase book doesn't automatically mean you can speak the language. Well it is almost time for boarding JQ401 to Sydney. Almost time to say goodbye to Mum, Dad, Aunty Christina and Uncle Joe (pictured).