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The Sydney Opera House is not white. This sort of blew my mind, since in all the pictures it looks white. It's more of a cream color.

Crazy, I know.

Adelaide was super fun (thanks Caragh!) and beautiful. From there I took a flight to Sydney. Most of it was normal, minus the small detail of them not once asking for identification. I thought that was a bit odd. Less odd and more awesome, though, was me getting three seats to myself, which meant that instead of having an aisle seat, I got to sit by the window and see the coastline, some land, and then more coastline. Absolutely stunning.

My sister-in-law's sister, Lauren, lives in Sydney, so I'm currently staying with her. It's been very nice and the food has been delicious. She took me to see the Opera House (along with the harbor) and the beach. It's really strange being used to things like pigeons and seagulls and then seeing these guys around.

Today I went into the city with Lauren's neighbor. She has the philosophy, "a stranger is only a friend you haven't met yet." She's hilarious. Also, we were walking around the neighborhood last night and it went like this -

Lady: Oh, let's walk over here. That tree has spiders and I know you don't like spiders.
Me (in my head): true, but how do you know that? I just met you..
Lady: Americans don't like spiders, which is funny to me. We have these big ones (makes the circumference with hands - too giant)
Me: Ew, yeah, I'm not a fan of spiders.
Lady: These ones are harmless though. They fall from the trees in December, so I guess you'll miss that, dear.
Me: Bummer.

We went to the aquarium. I think I need to do an official aquarium tour of the world, because I love them. It's funny, since I don't like fish. Well, I don't like to touch them or eat them or know they are in the water with me. Behind glass is perfect.

We also wandered around Darling Harbour. They love ice cream and gelato here, of which I wholeheartedly approve, and since I like to blend in to whatever country I happen to be in, I decided to get some.

Tomorrow, at a time that is way too early, I head off to a farm in Nevertire, which is past Dubbo and pretty much in the middle of nowhere, which means phone service is limited and internet even more so. So if you don't hear anything from me, that's probably why.