Sarah's Adventures Down Under
Chronicles of my adventure down under!
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Friday, December 14
What are you made of?
I went to dinner last night with my friends at a pub across from IH and then I said good-bye to everyone this morning. On the way to the airport, I think the taxi driver was a little concerned for my mental health because I couldn't stop crying. I won't lie- it was really, really hard to leave Sydney. I feel like I was just starting to get comfortable there and I made some really great friendships. But it was such a big mix of emotions because I am so excited to be home. I cried all the way through customs until I saw several other study abroad kids crying when I knew I needed to pull it together.
The last several months have been such an emotional roller coaster. I feel like I have grown up so much and learned so much about myself and other people. The future is pretty exciting- I have 3 interviews tomorrow for internships with the government (Treasury and OPIC), and I have 2 more lined up next week. I also got an offer yesterday from a friend for an all expenses paid trip to Ecuador next spring (pretty amazing, huh?) I plan to graduate next fall and then hopefully get a full time job in trade policy with the federal government. I'm also planning to take the foreign service exam next spring because I think I'd really like to be a diplomat (on the economic track) in the future. Who knows, I'd also love the chance to live in Sydney for a few years sometime in the future.
I hope that you have enjoyed this journey with me! That's all folks :)
Thursday, December 13
Last Day in Sydney
View of the Sydney skyline from the IH roof
View from Victoria Park
Friends out at the Rose Hotel
Me and a Aborigine performer down at Circular Quay- awesome music
It took about 8 tries to get this! :)
I present to you the Opera House!
Tuesday, December 11
Sarah sees more of Sydney
I freakin' love this country even in the rain (I'm jumping even though it looks like I'm sitting down...)
Palm Beach
Christmas decorations in the CBD
View from the Sydney Tower... we didn't get a very good sunset because of the rain...
The green part in the middle is Victoria Park which is right across the street from where I live
Since we didn't have a good sunset, I made up for it by taking ridiculous photos in the souvenir shop!! (that's a outback hat and boomerang)
Self-explanatatory :)
The store David Jones has the entire Nutcracker story in the store windows- it played music and the puppets were moving!
Sarah sees New South Wales
Sunday, December 9
Sarah Goes Across the Harbour Bridge
Guess you can tell by now this is the Opera House...
CBD (Central Business District = downtown Sydney)
I love this city!!!!
Yay! We made it across what my internship supervisor called "Guantanamo Bay"- see all the fences and security cameras? I also think we saw at least 4 security guards in 30 minutes.
Sarah Goes Kayaking
I'm getting good at these self-portraits!
Can you tell I was really into it? ;) It took us about an hour to go like 100 yards because my arms are so week and uncoordinated, hahaha
We rowed over to a beach on the other side and decided the water was so nice just to go swimming in our clothes. Hey, I'm not gonna come back for a long time! ;)
Me soaking wet and freezing cold- maybe the whole swimming in my clothes wasn't the best idea I've ever come up with. Let's just say it was a long bus ride home! :)
Sarah Goes to Manly Beach and North Head
Me on the ferry- it was a windy day!
At Shelly Beach- a huge lizard! I'm starting to develop an obsession with these reptiles
Took the bus up to North Head where you can see the Sydney skyline in the background- so pretty!
Pacific Ocean - you can almost see the US on the other side! ;)
What it looked like below if I fell off the cliff
Fun day!