Sydney Weekend Trip

Thursday/Friday

Thursday after school we were heading towards the airport for a weekend trip organised by the school. So we had our bags packed at school and ready to fly to Sydney, which took us not much more than 1,5 hour.

At the evening we arrived to the place we were staying - at a cheap and shabby backpacker hostel with no aircon, broken toilet door and insects all over the walls - On the bright side we saved money to use on exploring the city. We were living six persons in a room - Stella, Sandra, Ida, Kirstine, Helena and I shared room.

Friday morning we went out having breakfast at a cafe and used the whole day on an on-and-off sightseeing bus - and it was definitely worth the money! As we were driving through the city we saw many famous buildings and plenty of memorials on the street honouring the great Australian soldiers from wars.

                     Sightseeing bus


                       Anzac War Memorial                                 St Mary's Catholic Cathedral     
                      
A big group of us stood off at the Opera House and right next to it was the Harbour bridge. As all the other tourists we went absolutely crazy with the cameras at these world-famous landmarks. additionally we felt very proud being Danish in that moment - The architecture of the Opera House is made by a danish designer, Jørn Utzon. We also had lunch at the Opera House Restaurant. We ate the most delicious sushi and seafood with the ocean the background.  

Afterwards we jumped on the next sightseeing bus and headed for the Bondi Beach placed at the eastern end of Sydney. It was very crowded but still a very nice Beach! The ocean was really clear plus a film team was filming a new season of the TV show Modern Family - so people flocked round the filming area - including us!

Bondi Beach

We were home at 5.30, as the 6 girls at our room were invited out by an Australian friend of Helena and her Danish family. His name was Luke, 26 years old, very kind and open-minded. We talked a lot about the differences and similarities between Denmark and Australia. After dinner there was party at the hostel.

The girls going out for dinner with an Australian friend of Helena's family

Saturday

Saturday was our big shopping day at the huge malls places near our hostel. I found so many dresses and other nice clothing that I had to own :-). At the evening we walked down to the Opera House Restaurant again to have dinner.

As a funny fact we could not help but notice all the "gay" styled stores, live street shows and we even saw some cash dispensers at banks covered in colourful "gaytime" style. 

Men dressed like women at live street music show

Gay inspired cash dispensers at a bank

Sunday

Last night we really wanted to eat dinner at Jamie Oliver's Italian Restaurant, however it was fully booked all night. So we ate a light breakfast and went down 9 people to Jamie Oliver's Restaurant - 5 minutes before opening time to be sure to get a table. The food was just as spectacular as you hear people say about his restaurants. At 2 pm we met at the hostel again to departing for the airport back home to gold coast.

 Great Lunch at Jamie Oliver's Italian Restaurant                             Antipasti Meat Plank