The longest blog post ever...

I know, I suck. But I promise to get you updated now! Since we found our housing, we have had a lot of time to explore Sydney. Of  course, we have been to the Sydney Harbour a few times, and while we were there, we checked out the sydney aquarium.

These Upside Down Jellyfish were my favorite! 

 

I took this picture with my DSLR, and I'm in love with the colors. 

We also did a day trip hiking in the Blue Mountains, which were breathtaking!! We took a train, which was about a 45 minute ride from Sydney. Once there, we did a hike that consisted of climbing 900 stairs down and 900 stairs up! The hike took us about three and a half hours, but it was definitely worth it for the views of the waterfalls, rainforest, and cliffs. We were warned to be careful, though, because in the wet parts of the hike leeches will crawl up your shoes and onto your legs... luckily we didn't have any encounters with them!

Of couuurse we had to visit all of the beaches close to Sydney! While house hunting we came across Tamarama Beaeh, which is a smaller, more secluded beach close to the famous Bondi Beach. We didn't swim, but it was the first time we got to put our feet in the ocean, so I was happy! 

The next beach we visited was Bondi Beach, which is a 15 minute train ride and a 10 minute bus ride from downtown Sydney. It is such a beautiful beach and a great place to travel to for an afternoon. We have been there twice so far, but I'm praying the weather will stay beautiful and 80 degrees out so we can have more beach days! 

My favorite beach around Sydney is Manly Beach. You have to take a 30 minute ferry to get there from the Sydney Harbour, but I love it! Probably mainly because there is lots of shopping right by the beach and also my new favorite ice cream! (Copenhagen's - a scoop of chocolate and scoop of fresh banana.. yummm). I could literally spend probably 10 hours at Manly... if only I could convince Ty to stay and shop with me!! 

We also went on a sunset cruise around the harbour which was a super pretty view!

Hmm.. what else?! We just started our second week of classes.. if you can call my 3 days of classes  a week? But it is still really hard to have motivation to go to class for those 3 days and do homework! All I want to do is lay by the beach and poool. Our campus (aka Hogwarts) is gorgeous. And it has a park with a pool... enough said. 

(Excuse me I'm late for Defense Against the Dark Arts) 

(The Graffiti Tunnel in the middle of campus)

(Pooooool)

We have also had some great nights out with great friends! 

("Beachball" - the all campus party)

(Maaardi Gras!)

Sorry if this was as painful for you to read as it was for me to write! but I will try my hardest to do a better job of keeping up with the posts!! OH yea-- MY PARENTS ARE COMING TO VISIT!!! and Tyler's mom, stepdad, and brother will be here in two weeks!! woohoo for free food -- KIDDING :) can't wait to see you guys!! 

Love, 

Megan