Visiting Sydney

Hi Everybody,

I would like to tell you about my awesome visit to Sydney. The first picture is of me at Bondi Beach. The beach was really pretty but the water was cold! It was a really hot day, so the water felt nice. There were these surfers who were getting knocked down by the strong and big waves. You can see in the picture how beautiful it is. To get to Bondi Beach we had to take a bus which was really hot inside. But it was really pretty to see different parts of Sydney on the way to Bondi Beach. The second picture is of my family in front of the Opera House. My Mom asked this really nice man to take a picture of us. He was nice to take this picture of all of us in front of the Opera House. The Opera House was probably one of the most beautiful buildings in the entire world! It was amazing! Have you ever seen something that big and with nine cone-shaped buildings? The Opera House looked different depending on how you looked at it. At night it looked bigger and from different angles (from a ferry we took) it looked like a big boat. But, at other times it looked like big white birds and sometimes even clouds. I think it's one of the most amazing buildings I've ever seen. I hope you enjoy the pictures we are sharing. The next picture is of fireworks over the Opera House. My Mom took this amazing picture. We were at the Botanical Gardens looking out at the Opera House and the Harbor Bridge when all of a sudden these fireworks started going off over the Opera House!! It was so beautiful to see all the colors around this big awesome building. My Mom thought it was fantastic to see fireworks over one of her most favorite buildings in the whole world!! Don't you think so too? And, it was a total surprise. We had no idea that they were going to happen!!! The next picture is Isaac taking a photo of the city and Opera House (with my camera) from the ferry we were taking to Manly Beach. Manly Beach was a really cool beach where you could easily play with sand and build castles. The sand was very soft. We had ice cream there that tasted really delicious. It was really cool to be out on the water in the ferry because you could see the Opera House, the Harbor Bridge, and the city from a distance and it looked so beautiful. It took about 30 minutes to get to Manly. Compared to Seattle ferries, it is a little smaller. It only takes passengers but no cars but in Seattle the ferries take cars. The last picture is of me at the Sydney Aquarium. We were in this big tube walkway where sharks and stingrays could swim all around you. I am looking at on the biggest sharks in the exhibit. It was amazing to see all these massive stingrays and sharks swimming right next to you. You could see every part of their bodies, including their mouths! It was so cool. The sharks were enormous. They were probably six to seven feet long (that's my guess). And the stringrays were really the most massive stingrays I have ever seen in my life. I want to tell you about a dinner I had with a family who are friends with Uncle Foffy and Joy. I don't have enough room here so I'll start another post!

Love,

Maddie