Today TEAN (the education agency I am with) held their own version of Amazing Race, which is designed to get students comfortable with navigating public transport, asking friendly locals for directions when needed, and to introduce aspects of Aussie culture. Amazing Race is a TV show where contestants have various challenges to complete. We had to run around Sydney gathering clues in order to find our way to the finish line (which ended up being the Opera Hous...

We climbed the Sydney Harbor Bridge today!!!! We had to wear gray jumpsuits so that we would blend into the bridge so drivers below would not get distracted. We were harnessed to the bridge and given headphones so that we could always hear our group leader. The climb was about three and a half hours to the top and back down. Afterwards we came back to the hostel and had a barbeque lunch on the roof. We then walked to the bust stop and took a bus to Bondi beach...

Every morning we gather at 9:00 to discuss the day and any information we need for the activities of the day. After our meeting this morning the group split up, I went on the walking tour in the morning. The tour gave us an opportunity to see more of Sydney and learn a little bit about its history. We started in Hyde Park, which one of the governors ruling 200 years ago had decided he would set this park aside so 200 years from then (today) the park would be pr...

Well I finally made it!!! . . . my luggage did not. My connecting flight arrived so close to when my flight for Australia left that they didn't have enough time to transfer the luggage, as it is I was lucky I made the flight; I had to leave the airport, hop on the train to take me to the international terminal and go through security again I walked on to the plane and the closed the doors right behind me. Hopefully it comes by tomorrow evening. The service on Qan...