Hiking Around the Blue Mountains

Here’s just how much research I did on Sydney tourism before I arrived: I didn’t know about the Blue Mountains. When I first came to Sydney, Tim asked me what my plans were while I’m here. I named off a few of the normal things – Sydney Harbour Bridge, The Opera...

Trying a New Beach in Sydney

You know what I find mind-blowing about living in Sydney? They have like 20 beaches at your disposal within a 1-hour driving radius. 10 of those are within 30 minutes from where I’m staying. I’m not used to this concept at all. This morning Pat, Tim, and I didn’t have...

What Does It Mean??

Today was round 2 of “What Does This Contemporary Art Piece Mean??” After doing a bit of research, I discovered that Sydney has a museum with a photography gallery. After visiting the photojournalism exhibit last week, I was really excited about viewing a...

I’m Dreaming of a Kangaroo Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! Granted, my posts are delayed by 7 days, and it’s probably almost 2018 by now. Nonetheless, my merry wishes still stand! Today was a good day. I had a very merry Christmas. I went with Patrick and Arna out to the northwest of Sydney (a...

Getting in the Christmas Spirit on Christmas Eve

These past seven months, I’ve strived to keep things open and honest in the tales of my travel. And so staying with the honest policy, I must say: my Christmas Eve was really uneventful. I suppose being solo for this long has made me comfortable being alone. But...