Blue Mountains, the mountain range surrounding Sydney has got its name because of the blue colour above the mountains, caused by the oil from eucalyptus trees mixing with dust particles in the air;) After knowing that, not much more about the Blue Mountains can surprise you, but when going out there, standing on the edge of a cliff and watching out on this huge wide-open space with green covered big hills with trees, and noticing the change of colour in the air, ...

So, Sydney here I come. The hostel I stay in is pretty nice, the best thing though is the breakfast; there is standing somebody all morning long and baking pancakes, for free! So after a god start of the day I was ready to head for the city-boost. The first days here I went around in the city a bit, walked and walked a lot, and have within two days seen everything worth seeing. I went into St Mary's Cathedral, a modern church and listened to the choir for a while...