day 3

So its my third day here in Sydney and I'm getting pretty good about getting around without getting lost. We had a couple of tours yesterday set up for our group. We walked from our hotel, through Hyde Park to Sydney Hospital. There we learned a little about the history of the hospital and toured the Nightingale wing. This wing had a lot of old pictures and antiques from when it was originally built in like the 1800s. It was pretty cool and weird to think of how nursing has evolved so much. One of the rooms included on the tour had 100s of preserved body parts. It was intriguingly gross. I also found a new boyfriend on this tour.. his picture is included ;) After that, we went on a walking tour of the Rocks; this is the oldest part of Sydney. The tour took about 2 hours so we were all pretty beat after that. Sarah and I treated ourselves to some milkshakes on the way home. We had a group dinner last night at a Thai restaurant. All the food was served family-style and everything was delicious!

Today we had class for a few hours, but then had the afternoon free to explore. A group of girls and I wandered through the Botanical Gardens. The gardens were beautiful. We relaxed in the park by the harbor for a while. I must say, that place made the list of one of my favorite places in the world. I will definitely be returning there before we leave.

Sydney is an awesome city and I think I could get used to this city life! I'm attempting to attach some pictures. If it works... Enjoy :)