Ok here we go!! Yesterday was a great day!! Eric and I along with Fran ventured into Sydney proper. Fran, one of Dave's roommates, she from Berlin, is here working as an intern as she finishes her law degree. We took a bus into downtown Sydney, did some shopping, and then walked across the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Check out the pictures!! Pretty cool huh? The Harbor Bridge is an amazing structure, very picturesque!! 

The only thing that would make it even better might be an unbelievable opera house located right next door. The Australians, being a people with moxie in spades, actually did just that and constructed the most beautiful opera house right next to the bridge!! Who knew!! The Sydney Opera House is stunning and much larger than I had anticipated. I'm hoping to catch a show of some kind, don't know what kind yet, opera, maybe a symphony, we'll have to wait and see. Anyhoo check out the pictures and let me know what you think. Feel free to compliment me on my photo taking skills, not too bad for an amateur. Yeah, I pretty much rock!! Also, I'm really awesome!! 

I'm getting used to seeing and riding in cars on the side of the street opposite that of the United States. Here's the thing though, when crossing the street here in OZ you absolutely must look to the right first, then the left, then the right again, this is opposite of the norm in America. Now it sounds easy, look to the right before crossing the street, in practice however it's a very hard habit to establish. Eric and I both are so used to looking to the left that we don't even think about it, its been ingrained into our subconscious I believe. As hard as we try we still do it, we still look to the left, as breaking habits go it's extremely difficult. You learn fast though because it's bad form to step out into the street and get flattened by a bus. So we learn. Consider this as well, the same etiquette that one applies to driving here in Australia, also applies to walking. When you walk down a sidewalk you walk on the left, always, just as you would were you driving a car on the street. Walk on the right side of a walk and you immediately identify yourself as an American, or possibly a Canadian. It's impolite to ambulate the right side of a sidewalk and run into someone traveling in the other direction. Well, it could be fun if the other person is a really beautiful woman, of which there are plenty here in Australia. Seriously, plenty!! Never before have I been witness to so many beautiful women in one place, it's reason enough to stay in Australia, as if the beaches, perfect weather, spectacular waves and tons on other activities didn't do it for you. Oh yeah, click on pictures to enlarge them!!