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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia - 21st July 2008
By: sararingham
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Posted Jul 23, 2008, 4:19 pm Last edited Jul 23, 2008, 4:24 pm by sararingham
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 21st July 2008
By: sararingham
...Welcome to Sydney... after 3-1/2 to 4 hours drive we're FINALLY here. Sadly Sara says we can't really see anything famous like the harbor bridge or anything... but we suprisingly got pretty close to the famous CBD of Sydney... we had an appointment at 230pm, so it sadly was just that. We did see the famous hospital called "RPA" which is known as Royal Price Albert Hospital that's got a TV show named after it, and is obviously filmed there as well. One of Sara's favourite TV shows. But this wasn't at RPA but more a smaller clinic that is owned by RPA... anyways, here's us navigating around Sydney...
Although it seems like it should be pretty simple and straight forward... you can easily get lost, especially if we're getting close to the CBD. Sara told us about the story a few years ago that Daniel and her were trying to make it to Cronulla (South Sydney) and ended up in Glebe (which is near where we were going - in South Sydney). She told us how they ended up going over the harbor bridge around 3-4 times since they couldn't get off it and had to go back across before turning around. I'm so glad we didn't get lost though... here are some sights from around Sydney... :-)
...and now, we're in Parramatta, we have to get on Parramatta Road which is a huge major road, we've technically been driving on it the whole time but it was called the "Great Western Highway" it goes all the way to Dubbo, so it's a main highway through the state... it was amazing to see the difference between Orange and Sydney, I mean, I knew Sydney was big... but man, there are sure a lot of palm trees as well. :-)
...and now we're almost to the appointment, so here are some more sights around the area we were driving around...
...oh wow, we're getting close... although we couldn't personally go and visit it there's the CBD in the background, can you see it? It's pretty small but you can see the huge buildings on George Street (which is the main street and most famous street along with Pitt Street in Sydney... how cool! I just wish I could have seen a bit more... maybe someday...) here's a close up... :-)
...sadly when we got out of the appointment it was almost 530pm and we couldn't stay much longer. With a cranky child in the back seat and to be honest we were all a bit worn out... it was time to go home... here's the traffic on the road just as we were leaving Sydney...
Well it was a long and busy day, but I hope to go back here some day and visit the more famous parts of Sydney. Maybe my next host will take me on a ferry even around the harbor? Who knows, it was pretty awesome anyways. :-) I hope you enjoyed my trip, I'll update again soon! <3
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Posted Jul 23, 2008, 4:35 pm
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Leidschendam, The Netherlands - 3rd January 2009
By: Charda
Hey mom, I've been off the radar for a while, but I arrived here in the Netherlands safely and I'm doing fine! To relax, we watched this really funny movie tonight, called 'Over the Hedge'. The pictures aren't so great, but you can tell it's me! I miss you mom!
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Posted Jan 5, 2009, 4:31 pm
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Leidschendam, The Netherlands - 19th January 2009
By: Charda
Here are some pictures of me in Leidschendam:
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Posted Feb 15, 2009, 2:15 pm Last edited Feb 15, 2009, 2:20 pm by Charda
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