Wednesday, June 22, 2011

June 12th 2011


This trip was the reason I learned to use so many tools in life I would have needed to learn at some point in my life. Firstly, I learned how to use my credit and debt cards to pay and obtain money. I wouldn't have known when I would get these in life, but like I said my parents figured this would be a great time to learn how to use them. Another thing would be getting through an airport without family. Now I can see how simple it is to get through an airport by obtaining my tickets and going through baggage check. Another thing is learning how to adapt to hotel life. Even though I haven't made sure about checking into hotels (Because that's done for us) but I'm having an easier time for finding my room and using what cloths and toiletries I need that day. I'm especially having a better time with this, due to the fact that we're going to four different hotels. As for my last tool in life, I've learned to be able to converse with people better. Since we've left home, I learned more names of people here and more about them. Primarily,I  learned this tool when we visited the kids at Rangitoto. They were all so invative to talk with us, and they made me realize I should be more open to talk with people who feel alone.

For my summary of the day, we started the day when they gave us a tour of Sydney. We went to an area that used to be a prison, but is now an attraction that is introduced by large stones, while we road around on the bus to see more of Sydney, Alec talked about the houses and how they're being redesigned and he showed us some great views of the city and the sea. We then stopped at a beach to rest and get a little food. Later, we went back to the Sydney harbor to explore it ourselves. I personally wanted to see the Opera House but my group wanted to get lunch , and after a look inside, I noticed there wasn't much to see either. So we walked around and having a hard time deciding where to eat my group was also getting annoyed by eachother, something that didn't involve me so no real concern. Soon enough, it was time to regroup and board a boat to explore Sydney by water. Mostly in the prison area where we started the day. When we docked, we went strait to the Sydney Zoo, where I saw many native Australian animals; like the Kangaroo, Koala, Cassowary, and other animals. We ended the day eating dinner at the zoo, we got to talk with eachother about the day and go to the gift shop.

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