Day 9- Bridge Climb and Light Show

Today we were supposed to go whale watching and climb the Sydney Bridge, but that didn't happen.  The wind was too strong for us to go out on a boat so we had to skip the whale watch.  Instead we went to the market.  It was actually really neat.  There was a huge market area in this building and they were selling so many different things: Food, clothes, shoes, bags, souvenirs etc.  It was a little like the Rocks market, but it was indoors.  I don't know which one was bigger, but they were both very cool.  I don't like to shop that much but it was still fun to go into all the shops and look at the stands.  Of course it was raining.  At least this market was inside. 

After that was over we went on the bridge climb!  I was excited, but scared at the same time.  My mom is afraid of heights so sometimes I get scared too, but it wasn't that bad.  First we were separated into two groups.  Then we got out outfits.  It was a one piece suit and we had to put pants on over the suit.  Then we were given a harness, gloves, a hat, and a headset.  We had a lot of equipment.  After we had all that we had to go onto a little practice course so that we were ready when we went on the bridge.  It was pretty easy.  The little ball thing that was attached to your harness was attached to a cable and the you just had to walk and it would follow. 

When it was finally our turn to go onto the bridge I was so happy.  I wanted to do this so that I could get over my little fear of heights.  It turns out that it wasn't that bad though.  The view was incredible from the top of the bridge.  Our guide told a few stories and took a few pictures.  The climb down though was worse than the way up because I looked down at my feet the whole time.  It was still one of the coolest things ever. 

Then after that we went to see a light show on the opera house.  It was really pretty.  The lights would change and move.  They even made a jellyfish go across.  It was  really cool.  This was an excellent day!  I had been looking forward to the bridge climb almost the entire trip.