the land down undah!

After staying in a 5 star resort in "Nandi" Fiji for one night (it was quite a tease), we took off on a plane ride to Sydney where we went on a walking tour (IT'S FREEZING!!). We then took a ferry through the harbor to a restaurant called "The Blackbird." I ordered a 35 dollar steak, which surprisingly was NOT the best steak I've had. In fact, the one I had on my last night in America with my mother and Auntie Colleen was much better :) I did try kangaroo though and it was really good. The only thing I didn't care for was that we had to eat it rare... and I mean bloody. I would've rather it been cooked more even if it was more tough.
We stayed in really nice apartments for the week, which overlooked the Sydney Harbor, Opera House, and the bridge. It was gorgeous there (see the plane in the sun from the picture above??). The next day we went to a wildlife sanctuary and saw many anaimals including wallabies, kangaroos (It's rather backwards that I have a picture of me with a cute kangaroo after just describing how great they taste....), koalas, weird birds, dingos, and more! We got to pet and hold them, it was sweeeeet. We went out in Sydney that night. It was a very expensive city, but truly beautiful as well... in some parts it felt modern, in others I felt as if I were in England and other parts of Europe and then even other parts reminded me of the houses in Italy that I saw a few years ago. There are NO homeless people here. Not that I would mind anyways if there were (they often are great to chat with and have great stories), I just find it interesting. The streets are all clean here, but there are no garbage bins... I've NEVER had such a difficult time finding a place to throw away my rubbish... but nevertheless, it still remains clean!