Oz'ome in Sydney

We arrived Sydney yesterday, checked in @ "Original Backpackers" in 76 Victoria Street & instantly fell asleep in our 10-people dorm after a looong day. As we woke up 'round 7am, the temperature was already 20 degrees celsius and rising. But nonetheless, after fueling up with muesli and filling our camelbacks, we went downtown to see the sights and get a glance at the biggest city in Oz.

Of course, we had to take the compulsory pictures in front of the Sydney Opera Building.

Did you know that it took 14 years to finish the Opera House? The first brick (or sandstone) was put here in 1959 and they did not finish building until 1973. (Source: Tim Torvatn, NTNU)

It is quite cool to have been here though! The buildings are quite impressive. But due to the large delay, the architect was expelled from Australia.

Since the weather is quite warm here in Sydney, we had numerous icecream breaks during the day. A new icecream has just hit the market here - it carries the extremely segmenting name "Golden Gaytime". For me, it did not taste very well, even though it might look so in the below picture.

Eating the ice cream did not lead me into a golden gaytime era, luckily for Mari.

It is Xmas time in Sydney these days. Here Mari and our Swedish friend Lisa pose in front of a giant plastic tree downtown.