I woke up and checked the time at it was 5:50! Oppps, I know I set my alarm but either I didn't hear it or I did something wrong. Luckily the three of us packed last night, all we had to do was throw some clothes on, and we were out the door. Fallon and Brendan had left to get the car so the rest of us had to wait for them to pick us up. We still managed to get to the airport by 6:30 like we had hoped. Brendan, Joanna and I then went back to the hostel to ch...

Happy Mum's Day and Happy Birthday Jewell! We were all ready to go and at Thrifty by 7:30. Kate and I hung around on the streets (since 6 doesn't equal a 5-person car) as the rest of them went in to hire the car. We all crammed in and headed north to the Blue Mountains. Our first stop was the Olympic Park just outside of Sydney. It was neat to see but there wasn't much going on at 8am there. We all piled back in and our first stop in the Blue Mountains was ...

We met at 7:30 for the wonderful continental breakfast of rice krispies and toast and then got ready. We ventured off towards Paddy's Markets near Darling Harbour. On the way we stopped at car rental places to see if we could hire a car for tomorrow. Since none of us are 25 we couldn't hire anything bigger than a 5 person car. We weren't worried and continued on to the markets. It was huge. There were heaps of stands to look at. Most of them were the same ...

It was a very short night. I got to talk to Betty at home for a while and by the time I finished packing and cleaning it was 2am when I went to bed. I got a couple unanticipated visitors that came back from the Tavern and decided they needed to visit me. I was up by 6:45 to ensure that I was ready and packed in time to make it to the bus. I met Brendan on the way and we walked to the bus stop. We didn't realize how far of a walk it was to the actual airport ...