Day Four: Compare Sydney to other cities
This city is way different than any other because it is way smaller and cleaner than Chicago. There are just a lot less people here than there are in major cities in the US like Chicago. Also, the people here are so nice. Random people off of the streets would ask us where all the blue sweatshirts came from. Once we explained we were a school trip, they would emphasize how awesome it is that we can go on this trip. Also, we were lost and a lady wanted to help us find our way back, the only problem was she had no idea where our hotel is, it didn't help that there were more than one of them. Like Chicago, they had a tower where you could see the whole city. Which was really cool because the Sears tower isn't that special anymore since it's only an hour away. Also, they had a market called "Rocks market". The market was different than any other market I've seen before, like in China. First of all it was in all tents in the middle of the street, instead of buildings that you could walk into. Also, they didn't haggle very much, you could only bring the price down a few dollars if anything at all. Finally, they took credit! Whenever I've been to a market I always had to use cash!
Room call today was at 4 a.m. to go to the airport in Auckland. After a three hour flight we arrived in Sydney. Something really cool about our flight is that we could see the Opera House and the Sydney Bridge when they flew over it! When we got to our hotel, literally we had enough time to drop our stuff off. We had a walking tour of the city. First we went to the Sydney Sky tower which is like the Sears Tower, but not as tall. The nice thing about it was that we were able to see the entire city, and the Tasman Sea. Also, we got an overlook of the entire harbor, which was huge! The crazy thing to think is that the Harbor is all natural! From the top we also saw the Opera House, and the bridge. They had binoculars up there, so we were also able to see the people on the Bridge climb! I am so excited to do that in two days! Next we went to an opal factory. They gave us a brief history of how it's made, and we also were a
ble to look at some gigantic pieces of opal. Opal is so pretty, and it has so many different colors in it. Then we went to the Rocks market. For the first time, I saw a person playing a didgeridoo is was really awesome! Then, it started to rain, but we walked back to our hotel anyways. Then, we got lost for three hours, but I still had a good time. Some locals tried to help us, but they didn't know what hotel we were talking about. We finally made it back. They, gave us a little bit of time to change, before dinner. A few friends and I went out with Mr. Shagrin to a Thai food restaurant, and we celebrated Steven's birthday. For the first time we were in a small group with a teacher, and it was really nice.
This city is way different than any other because it is way smaller and cleaner than Chicago. There are just a lot less people here than there are in major cities in the US like Chicago. Also, the people here are so nice. Random people off of the streets would ask us where all the blue sweatshirts came from. Once we explained we were a school trip, they would emphasize how awesome it is that we can go on this trip. Also, we were lost and a lady wanted to help us find our way back, the only problem was she had no idea where our hotel is, it didn't help that there were more than one of them. Like Chicago, they had a tower where you could see the whole city. Which was really cool because the Sears tower isn't that special anymore since it's only an hour away. Also, they had a market called "Rocks market". The market was different than any other market I've seen before, like in China. First of all it was in all tents in the middle of the street, instead of buildings that you could walk into. Also, they didn't haggle very much, you could only bring the price down a few dollars if anything at all. Finally, they took credit! Whenever I've been to a market I always had to use cash!
Room call today was at 4 a.m. to go to the airport in Auckland. After a three hour flight we arrived in Sydney. Something really cool about our flight is that we could see the Opera House and the Sydney Bridge when they flew over it! When we got to our hotel, literally we had enough time to drop our stuff off. We had a walking tour of the city. First we went to the Sydney Sky tower which is like the Sears Tower, but not as tall. The nice thing about it was that we were able to see the entire city, and the Tasman Sea. Also, we got an overlook of the entire harbor, which was huge! The crazy thing to think is that the Harbor is all natural! From the top we also saw the Opera House, and the bridge. They had binoculars up there, so we were also able to see the people on the Bridge climb! I am so excited to do that in two days! Next we went to an opal factory. They gave us a brief history of how it's made, and we also were a
ble to look at some gigantic pieces of opal. Opal is so pretty, and it has so many different colors in it. Then we went to the Rocks market. For the first time, I saw a person playing a didgeridoo is was really awesome! Then, it started to rain, but we walked back to our hotel anyways. Then, we got lost for three hours, but I still had a good time. Some locals tried to help us, but they didn't know what hotel we were talking about. We finally made it back. They, gave us a little bit of time to change, before dinner. A few friends and I went out with Mr. Shagrin to a Thai food restaurant, and we celebrated Steven's birthday. For the first time we were in a small group with a teacher, and it was really nice.
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