Day 6- We're in Sydney!!

Sydney Tower

We are finally in Australia!  We are in Sydney.  Sydney is different from other cities that I have been in.  I think that Sydney is a very busy city.  There are a lot of people walking around on the sidewalks and it can be very chaotic.  In Chicago I think there is more car traffic than people walking on the sidewalks.  In Sydney there are definitely less cars going around.  Sydney is also very different from what we saw in New Zealand.  New Zealand seems very laid back and mellow, but here everything happens so fast.  In Sydney I feel like there are more that old yet modern look to them and in Chicago I think that there are more skyscrapers and less buildings that have the old architecture look to them.   I think that it is cool that in Sydney their crosswalks beep to let people know when to cross.  I don't know if those are in Chicago though.  There is also a sky walk building in Sydney where you go up and can look at the city from up in the building.  It was awesome to see Sydney from up high.  There was a good view of the harbor, bridge and other parts of the city.  It is similar to the Series Tower in Chicago where you can go up and see the city.  I think that there are also more street performers and markets in Sydney. I don't think that you see many of those in Chicago.  We saw a really cool jump rope performance today.



Sydney Opera House



Today we just kind of walked around Sydney.  We went to eat and then go up the Sydney Tower.  I think I went to a Chinese/Asian food place and it was really good.  The honey chicken was delicious.  There were a lot of Asian food places in Australia.   We also went to where we could see the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Bridge.  It was so cool to see them because the are Australia icons.  They are what you see on television and on postcards and it was amazing to be able to see them in person.  We also went to an opal place.  We watched a short video and then we got to look around the store.  Opal is very expensive.  Then we went to the Rocks market.  It is a big outdoor market that sells a lot of things.  I didn't buy much, but it was still cool to be there just to see it all.  While we were at the market it started raining.  It wasn't that bad.  Half of us ended up walking back to the hotel.  It was actually kind of fun.  It was so fantastic day, but so far I like New Zealand just a little bit better. 

Sydney Bridge