It's been a fun week and I'm sad to leave this city.
To Recap:
Last weekend, I went on a wine tour of Hunter Valley. Hunter Valley is about 2 hours north of Sydney and contains a lot of vineyards. Our tour went to 3 different vineyards: Savannah, Iron Gate, and Ernest Hill. It was cool getting to taste all the Australian grow and made wines.
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| Vineyards |
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| Giant wine bottle |
I also went to Manly Beach. Manly Beach is across the harbour from downtown Sydney, so you take a ferry to get there. The ferry ride was really pretty! I also really liked Manly. I spent the day walking around the town and the beach. It was a lot more touristy than the other beaches in Sydney but it was also a lot prettier and the waves were huge. We spent quite a bit of time watching the surfers.
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| Ferry to Manly Beach |
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| Sydney! |
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| Manly Beach |
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| Manly Beach |
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| Manly Beach |
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| Manly Beach |
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| Manly Beach |
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| Manly Beach |
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| Huge lizard! |
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| Lots of surfers |
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| Manly |
This week I spent a lot of time walking around downtown and doing everything that I had meant to do before. I went to the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, walked around the Royal Botanical Gardens and Hyde Park, and looked at the Christmas decorations in the city. It's weird seeing Christmas decorations everywhere when it feels like spring.
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| Cool Christmas tree made of plants |
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| Spiderman at the Contemporary Art Museum |
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| Royal Botanical Gardens |
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| Royal Botanical Gardens |
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| Hyde Park |
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| Hyde Park |
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| Hyde Park |
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| Christmas decorations downtown |
For Thanksgiving, my program organized a potluck brunch picnic at a nearby park. There was a lot of home-cooked food and delicious fruit, but it was nothing compared to Grandmere's cooking! The next day I got to skype with my family at their Thanksgiving. Not my typical Thanksgiving celebration but still a fun one!
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| Our feast |
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| So much fruit! |
It's weird being in my room now that it's all packed up. I leave on Sunday for Tasmania, and then I head to New Zealand and Fiji before going home. It should be an interesting and exciting few weeks!
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