13.01.2016 Sydney, Sightseeing

Sightseeing

So, today it finally began, we arrived in Sydney angekommen.Es somehow feels totally unreal that we are really here, in this huge city! Sydney was always kind of 'the big goal' and we always said 'one day I want to go to Sydney and stand in front of the Opera House!'. Well, today was the day. 

From our campsite, we took the train for half an hour to the city center and first thing we did was to buy ice cream at Hungry Jacks (an imitation of Burger King). In Australia, there aren't really pedestrian zones like in our country, so there's no real city center to stroll around. It's more like malls and big shopping centers. But since we still want to go to the Westfield Shopping Center in Bondi Junction (the largest mall in Australia), we just skipped all that.

Our next stop was the Opera House and on the way there, we made a stop at Darling Harbour and went to Hard Rock Cafe Sydney. Actually, we always imagined the Opera House to be a lot whiter than it actually is. But Sydney is not as crowded as everyone always says. It was actually worse in Brisbane. At the Opera House, there's the 'Opera Bar' and we treated ourselves to an ice-cold beer with a wonderful view of the Harbour Bridge.

After taking the obligatory photos and simply enjoying the view, we walked over the Harbour Bridge. From the Harbour Bridge, you can pay 13 dollars to be transported all the way up to the top of the bridge. You can also book a tour where you climb on the bridge. We just wanted to walk over it. On the other side of the bridge at Milsons Point, we were able to take great photos of the Opera House, the skyline, and the bridge. Unfortunately, we had to fight with about 1000 Asians or more (many many busloads) to get the best spot. It's not really a problem that others want to take beautiful photos there too... but it's just annoying when those people are so damn rude.'

A photo is being taken here?' Oh well, we'll just imagine. That's roughly how it goes with Asians. Then they stand between me and Mike even though you can clearly see that Mike is taking a photo of me, and they take 1000 selfies and photos of themselves... it's really impossible! You would think that if Asians take so many photos, they should be able to do a good job and ask if a photo of us could be taken... and then? They press the button and you think wow, it must be a great photo... but no, they pressed it 'too lightly' and so no picture was taken. -.-