Saturday 19 March 2011

Day 2-Sydney!!!!!


exterior of a shoe shop in the Westview mall

Posing on modern concrete strucutres
An Ibis- we saw it trying to eat the sugar packets at a local outside cafe...some of us wanted to pet it because it seemed interesting but when we bent down to get close to it the bird started running at us!!!!!!!! apparently they are the vermin of Sydney- they eat out of the trash cans and are like vultures- at least that is what a man who passed by who was laughing extremely hard at the sight of us. 


team on ferry ride to Sydney!
After a difficult night of sleep-thank you jetlag- we woke up rearing and ready to go. Sadly, the weather had different plans for us but all hope was not lost! We took a long bus ride along the beaches then boarded a ferry that took us to Sydney. It was pooring rain the entire day but it did provide us an interesting ride on the high seas of Sydney Harbor. The day was spent immersing our selves in Australian urban culture. Some of us took the subway to different parts of the city, while others explored on foot admiring the urban life. Sydney was a hub for cultural and diverse exchanges between all forms animate and inanimate alike. The Westview Mall-a newly erected shopping mall in the middle of downtown city- provided an interesting outlook on Australian style. Though yes, the clothes were interesting, we spent our time admiring the material choices of the structure, the materiality, the advertising, and everything about this new found place. The mall itself was completely modern and up to date in every aspect and we enjoyed learning about the everyday lives of people in the city. We also tasted some interesting foods while in town. Several us took to the candy shop seeing the amazing different chocolates that the country had to offer, while others tasted new seafoods-octopus, my favorite-was the Australian meat pie :)-delicious! But all things must come to an end and after a long 12 hour day of walking, shopping, eating, exploring, learning, admiring, and traveling we are all ready to go to bed. We are very much looking forward to playing our games at Olympic park in the morning!!!-We can't wait!-We would also like to thank the Williams family for being such amazing hosts to the 2011 SCAD softball team.

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