June 11th 2011

This morning we had to get up early to get on our plain to Sydney, Australia. The ride was alright although I didn't get any sleep in. When we got there, one of the fist things we did was taking a walk through Hyde park. We saw the ANZAC memorial, the parks fountain, and the Cathedral. Because it was right next door, we then went to the Wellington and Sydney Tower. We ate lunch at the food court first, when we finished we saw a street performance outside the building that was pretty amazing. Then we moved on to the tower, but getting to the top was hard enough with all the small elevator spaces. The view was excellent, I was able to see much of Sydney, like the  Harbor bridge, the Opera house (although the view was covered by other buildings), the famous Coca-Cola sign, and the peak of the Blue Mountains. As soon as we lift, we went to get a better view of some of Sydney's land marks, as well as exploring a Sydney weekend market. There, I bought a couple of souvenirs which were an authentic Aboriginal made returning boomerang for my brother and and Australian Aboriginal Didgeridoo instrument for myself (so that I can practice and get better at home). As soon as we got to the hotel, people went out and others stayed in for dinner. I myself stayed in, I went upstairs to get a soda but by the time I went back down the lobby was completely empty. So I went back up and came back down, everyone who stayed was there, somehow I must have missed them.

For a comparison, I would say that both Sydney and Chicago have a taste for modern art. Because I noticed that Sydney has many public sculptures around town as Chicago does.