This has been a really fun weekend so far. Yesterday we attempted to find the Farmers Market in the morning, but after walking aimlessly around Moore Park for 30 minutes we gave up and decided to go to Paddington Markets. Paddington is an absolutely adorable town with lots of great shopping. There was a lot of really cute jewelry and clothes. I will definitely be making some purchases when I go back with Mackenzie. After Paddington Markets we came back to the hotel and had some lunch and just relaxed for a while before heading down to Bondi Beach. We met up with Carl (another intern from a different program living with us) and his friend Megan at the beach. It was pretty cold and windy, but absolutely gorgeous. Make sure you check out pictures at www.kelseysmithdownunder.blogspot.com. We walked along the cliffs down to Bronte Beach. It was really pretty and a lot of fun. There was a really cool pool that was right along the coast and the waves splashed up into it. It would be amazing to practice in. There were also some crazy cliffs that we could go out onto, but it was very creepy looking over and just seeing the water crashing onto the rocks below. Blair and I got brave and climbed down a little, but the view looking down was so scary! It started to get dark and we finally made it down to Bronte Beach. We all took some pictures with our feet in the water. Even though it was cold, I couldn't go to the beach and not put my feet in the water. We caught the bus back to our area and attempted to find dinner. Every dinner place was closed, which was so weird for me, considering it was a Saturday night. Places just don't stay open around here late. We finally found some place to grab dinner and then we headed back for the night.
Today we went to Darling Harbor with the same group. We went to Wildlife World and the Aquarium. Wildlife World was pretty cool, minus the fact that it started with all of the bugs and reptiles. There are some crazy creatures that live in Australia and half of them were all the world's most dangerous. Some of them even venture around the Sydney area! If I saw anything that I saw there I would freak out!!! There was a crazy big crocodile too!!! He was like over 800 pounds and 5 meters long. It was pretty much a dinosaur. We were there for the crocodile talk and got all excited because we thought they were going to do something or feed it, but it was literally just a talk :(. We then went up to see the koalas! They were so cute and by far my absolute favorite animal there. They sleep practically the whole day, but there was one that was roaming around and eating a lot. We took our pictures by it, but we were not allowed to hold it there. We think there are some other places that we can do that and are determined to find one! We also found the Kangaroos and there was one sunbathing just like Louie does. They weren't quite as cute as I thought they were and I couldn't pet one. The wallabies were so much cuter! We ran into this kid Travis, who is also from America while we were watching the wallabies. He is from the same program as Carl and Megan, but lives over in Bondi. We ended with the butterfly garden area where they can come and land on you. It was really cool. There was a little boy that was rubbing apples all over our hands because it was supposed to help the butterflies land on you. He was super cute.
The Aquarium was pretty cool too. When you first walk in there is the platypus exhibit, but I could not find him!!! I was so upset. There were some pretty cool fish and sea creatures though. There were some great underwater tunnels that were really cool to see all the animals. They had some HUGE stingrays, that were seriously the size of 10 normal stingrays. They also had Dugongs that were cute looking manatee type things. After that there was an underwater tunnel for sharks. That was cool and there were a lot of sharks.
We came back to the hotel and had a little something to eat. Most of us then went to take a nap (which was much needed) and now we are getting ready to head down to Darling Harbor for the FIFA FanFest. Australia and Germany play tonight, well this morning I guess, at 4:30am. It should be a lot of fun, hopefully I can stay up though haha.
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