Opera and Bridges.

So I made it to Sydney. The last two nights in Melbourne were awesome. The pub crawl we did was amazing. It went from about 7 pm to midnight, and we ended at a nightclub type spot called "eurotrash". Awesome name, yes? We also got to go to the ice bar, which was cool (literally and figuratively). The only down side to the pub crawl is that you end up spending way too much money on over priced drinks. The last night in Melbourne, we went to an AFL game (Aussie Football League), they call it footie. No, it's not like American football. No, it's not soccer. and No, it's not rugby. Basically, it's played in a huge oval (no lines drawn on it except two mini ovals, kind of like under the basket in basketball, but way bigger). The players are trying to kick this rugby-shaped ball through a series of poles (much like a field goal). There are four poles, and if somenoe can punt the ball through the middle two poles its 6 points, if it goes through either of the sides it's worth one point. They don't wear pads, and it's full on tackling. Anyways, it's probably not a very good explanation, but it took Annelise and myself three quarters to figure out the rules and logistics. The team I rooted for ended up losing, but almost made an amazing comeback in the fourth quarter, but then with ten minutes left, fell apart again. (Each quarter is 25 minutes long, but the clock never stops, so the refs add time to the end to account for the ball going out of bounds and what not). The ball, however, rarely goes out of bounds, because the oval is friggin huge. Anyways, I'm in sydney.

I went out last night to a couple clubs in Darling Harbour (Wallaby Bar, Chinese Laundry and Retro). Retro was this three story night club witha 20 dollar cover charge...but I ended up getting in for free because it happened to be "dyno white" night, so if you dressed in all white you got in for free....I was wearing a black/white shirt, jeans and a white hat, so the girl just let me go in. I was stoked. The floors all played different types of msuic. The first floor was liek retro rap and rock music from the 80s and 90s. The second floor was like 70s music, and the top floor was pretty much a rave, with neon lights and lasers and techno music.

I walked from teh hostel to the bridge/opera house today, which was about a 45 minute walk, and then walked around. I treated myself to a good lunch at a cafe. I haven't really eaten good food my entire trip here because eating out is so expensive, and my diet has suffered, so I finally decided money is worth trying to get back on my diet. I then spent 40 bucks on a tour bus thing that took me all around Sydney, which was nice. I got to see parts that I wouldn't have seen otherwise. I tried getting on a sail boat, because the harbor was filled with boats, but it was all "we don't need you" or trying to convince me to like charter a sail, and I was not about to spend 200 bucks for a sail around the harbor. So I failed on my sailing endevour, but I guess that's alright.

Tonight I plan on staying in and reading a dean koontz book I got. I'm also considering going skydiving tomorrow to end my trip, because there isn't a whole lot left to do, unless I want to shop...which I don't.