Sydney

This past Friday me and Katie got up early and caught the train into Sydney. Some of the Earlham students that were studying in New Zealand this semester were headed home and had a 10-hour layover in Sydney on the way. I had told them I would meet up with them and show them around the city for the day before they had to go. Unfortunately when I got into Sydney I got a call from Alli saying that it cost too much for them to store their bags, so they were staying at the airport. It actually wasn't all that bad because it was awful weather that day - rainy and cold, so not so great for walking around in all day.

Instead, I just went with Katie to the Study Australia BBQ that was being hosted in Bondi Junction. Except that once we got there, there was nobody around for said BBQ... so I called around and found out that it had been canceled due to the weather. Luckily Matt, who was organizing the whole thing, said that he would still treat us to lunch since we had come all the way from Wollongong. So after meeting up with him for some awesome sandwiches, we headed over to the mall in search of something red for Saturday's footy game. We spent a good chunk of time wandering around that mall - it's absolutely massive. I also never cease to be amazed at the number of American stores that are here. I ended up getting a red hoodie at Target, which is apparently not affiliated with the US Target, despite the fact that the logo and ads are practically identical. But anyhow, we decided we didn't want to trek all the way over to the aquarium like we had originally planned, so we sat in a chocolate bar for a while to kill time and then headed back.