The last day…

My last day in Sydney! And it was spent with all my favorite people. Late morning, I met Mike and Melvin down at Circular Quay and we crossed the harbour bridge one last time, just like we did to start …

Manly to Spit

Ever since I arrived in Sydney, one of the things I’d been wanting to do is the walk from Manly Beach to the Spit Bridge. Of course it became one of those things I had PLENTY of time to do… …

Vaucluse & Rose Bay

After my 9am philosophy final, Melvin and I caught a bus to Vaucluse, the up-scale area, and walked around the Vaucluse House, admiring the well-kept lawn and gardens, fountain, cute porch, and wine cellar that we could see through the …

Mosman & Cremorne

Today the weather was absolutely perfect. It was a great day to be alive. So I took Aristotle with me [or at least my craptastic notes for studying for tomorrow's exam] and caught a bus to the North Shore. I …

Watsons Bay & Gap Bluff

There are about 50 harbour walks I’d like to complete in my last 4 weeks in Sydney, so I figured I’d get cracking on them today. I caught a bus to Watsons Bay, and it was full of nice old …

Rugby, bridge cross, brunch

I had a really awesome weekend.

Friday night, I went to an NRL game [rugby] with Mike, Melvin, and Ahmed [my Egyptian housemate, the only one of us who actually is a rugby fan]. We took a train to Olympic …

Night at the Opera House

So tonight was our *big night out* at the opera house! Mike, Melvin, and I got dressed up and took a bus down to the harbour and had dinner by the opera house with an amazing view of the bridge …

Last weekend of summer

After complaining of boredom for past few weeks, it figures that the last weekend of summer would be anything but boring. I met two other international students while watching tv and we ended up exploring Sydney together [see, who says …

I’m having a love affair with this city!

Today I went running at 8:30am, around campus and Victoria Park. God I LOVE waking up early now! I swear, the day lasts so much longer that way. There’s nothing worth waking up for at home, but here there definitely …