June 26-28

Saturday..

I slept in..got up and headed to Paddington for some shopping. Hit the markets and some shops.

Got a New York style pretzel the size of my head that was amazing(I always think its funny when i see items with names from the US)..

Now hitting the books for my Monday exam.

3 days..

Sunday.. studied.. headed to Paddington again and Bondi Junction for some last minute visits.


Monday..last day here..and had my 845am exam went to the QVB building, Sydney Centre, and Darling Harbour for a last hooray!

Tonight WildFire reservations at 8 for a goodbye dinnner and then to brenners for a last dessert and midnight Charades. Got in at 4am.

June 25

Friday.. we had a potluck brunch...crepes, pancakes, fondue, croissants, eggs, toast, muffins, cookies etc. We all started cooking around 10 and ended our festivites around 1.

Went to the Blu Bar at the Shangri-La Hotel in the Rocks around 5 for some pre-drinks.

http://www.36levelsabove.com.au/

Then to Zia Pina Pizzeria for some pizzas.

Max Brenners for 9pm dessert.

Cargo Bar Lounge for more drinks and dancing in Darling Harbour.

http://www.cargobar.com.au/

Then to the midnight FIFA fest game in Darling Harbour.

Home by 3am.

Lots of pictures..lots of fun..no sleep.. :)

June 23-24

Wednesday...
Had an Exam.. met the peeps for lunch in Darling.. wondered the city.. came back to watch a few movies (American Dias and A Walk to Remember).. slept over.

Thursday...
Woke up at 3am and headed back to the city for the Germany vs. Ghana FIFA World Cup game..

Snagged breakfast on Pancakes on the Rocks.. and shopped a bit. Chocolate Pancakes (deadly).

Toy Story 3 with the peeps and Cold Rock (Cold Stone of Australia).

Got a bizarre blend of a milkshake (coffee,cake batter, chocolate oreo, and mini m&ms).

(5 days until my arrival to the US of A)

June 22

Tuesday.. got up early headed into Randwick for some studying for my exam tomorow.

New experience: Zellini's, seaweed chips and crackers (weird fishy after taste), and watermelon juice.

What a wonderful day.. I got a surprise study package from my MOM! Magazines,coloring books, mascara,lipbalm, newspaper articles, PRETZEL M&MS, GRANOLA BARS IN EVERY FLAVOR, headbands... ohh it was the best surprise after an unproductive day of studying at the library.

June 21

Monday..

Today I studied on George St, Sydney. Tried something new for breakfast: a Chocolate Cinnamon Babka.

Then had my last volunteer day at the hospital.

Met friends for a dinner in Maroubra for a place called Maranello's Woodfired Pizza Restaurant and Bar.

Back to the room to study and wake up early to spend the dayy studyingggg for Wednesday!.


8 days until I am home.

I HAVE over 4000 pictures to show everyone..but limit them on my blog--so stay tuned:)

June 18-20

Today (Friday) my roommate's sister came. I had a low-keyed day.

New experiences:
**Le Pain
**Kelly's
**They have these machines that youre suppose to put your umbrella in before going into stores to wrap your umbrella so it doesnt track water in

http://www.visionchart.com.au/Strongway.html

**Movie theaters here..when you buy a ticket they give you a seat number..and you sit where youre assigned--so no choosing..

Aside from that...spent my afternoon at Bondi Junction.

Before meeting my friend Alex (who is from Australia)for Max Brenner's and then Sex and the City 2.


Saturday...Today my friend and I took a boat to Manly for breakfast at In Situ and shopped the markets for the day. We headed back into Circular Quay and went to the Museum of Contemporary Art.

http://www.mca.com.au/

Off to study for the remainder of the day.

Then to Circular Quay for a late night Max Brenners trip with some friends.

Sunday.. spent the day studying for my Wednesday exam (2nd to last) broke it up for a study break at Brenners.

Tonight I met friends at El Bulli for some spanish tapas, which was a new experience for me (+ one).

http://www.elbulli.com.au/index.html

June 17

Thursday...

Today I got up and headed downtown to the Australian Museum in Sydney

http://australianmuseum.net.au/

Spent over 2 hours there wondering around. They had a large skeleton exhibit, a big mineral exhibit, saw some living fossils, lots of dinosaur stuff, butterflies, a special "footy" exhibit and another limited time "alive" exhibit.

Learned a lot of new facts and chatted with the employee who enlightened me on a lot. These shells in the picture are stinging shells. This octopus only lights up with blue circles when it feels its in danger.

They had some neat hands on activities: a touch table, a creat your creature with trash, and also a create your own dinosaur station.

Also fun stuff I read about:

**Sydney's very own "Spiderman"

http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/spiderman-unravelled-funnel-web-venom-20100510-uokt.html

**Toads the size of dogs found in Darwin, Australia

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/who-ya-gonna-call-toadbusters-20100606-xn8g.html

**The tiniest wallaby and a Pinocchio Frog found in Papua's Eden

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/tiniest-wallaby-pinocchio-frog-discovered-in-papuas-eden-20100518-vcb5.html

**Learned about the Gastric Brooding Frog, they can turn the acid in their stomach off and can carry their babies there

http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=84



In other news: I am also waiting for this "French Spiderman" to finally climb the Sydney Skyscraper....

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/spiderman-foiled-in-sydney-climb-attempt/story-fn3dxity-1225873939097

At night headed down with the peeps for the FIFA fest in Darling Harbour: huge ordeal from June 11th - July 12th (Sydney is 1 in 5 chosen to host it). Tonights game was at 930pm Argentina & South Korea..usually the games are at 430am or midnight.

http://www.sydneyfifafanfest.com.au/

Tried Baia Italian for dinner in Cockle Warf (Darling Harbour).

Went to HomeBar for some after game festivities.

http://www.homesydney.com/

I love the ice cream cone pictures we took: some guy tried to take our picture 10 times..each time it was either blurry, had one of us in it, had half a body, had only heads,...etc. and then after walking away one of our friends realized the ice cream cone wasnt just a station..but we had been taking pictures with a trash can. No wonder the strange looks. Love it.