Yesterday, Friday 11th April 2014, was an amazing day. Alli, Drey and I woke up early and headed to the train station for the 9:02 train to Bondi Junction. At the train station we met up with Jordan and Sami because we all were headed to the same place. TEAN arranged a day for TEANers to head to the Sydney Harbour and kayak for the day. I was happy I was doing this with my friends. After getting to Bondi Junction via train the group of 35 students and the leaders took the 386 bus over to Rosebay to get suited up and head on to the water. Luckily enough for me I claimed one of the two person kayaks which made the 3-4 mile kayak trip much easier with Drey as my partner. Our first stop was Shark Island, its not called Shark Island because its infested with sharks its because the island looks like a shark from above. The Sydney Harbour is indeed filled with thousands of sharks. Not Great Whites but still dangerous sharks live in the Harbour where I was kayaking. After taking in the view of the Harbour Bridge, the Opera House and the Sydney skyline we headed back onto the water and headed over to a secluded beach with a little cafe where we were able to get a quick snack. As we are all lounging around enjoying french fries and popsicles Jo, the TEAN leader told us to hurry back to our kayaks and head back onto the water to head back to our starting point because of the storm coming. Yes, we did get caught in the middle of the Sydney Harbour in a storm. The rain was not an issue because we were all already wet from kayaking. It was definitely an adventure kayaking in shark infested waters in the middle of a storm. After 3 hours of kayaking I was happy to finally reach the beach where we started. Trying to get home was an adventure within itself. Soaking wet from the rain with towels cover our heads in bikinis waiting at the bus stop for the bus to bring us to the Edgecliff train station so we can get a train back to central. Once we got back to Central I have never been so happy to see Oaks Harmony Hotel. Grocery shopping was number one thing on my list to do after drying off and relaxing for a couple minutes seeing as how I had no apples left :( While at the grocery store I got apples, oranges, jalepenos, onions and broccoli. Just my typical grocery list. For dinner I made sautéed vegetables and put a little bit of soy sauce on them it was delicious. That night we headed up to the 19th floor to pre-drink with all the TEANers in the boys room. We all headed out to Cliff Dive luckily enough for us the rain passed before we had to walk there.
Today, Saturday 12th April 2014, is a relaxing day. Yet again, it is in raining in Sydney. I'm going to be productive and start writing a 1000 word essay due next Friday. This upcoming week is spring break I cannot wait to explore more of Sydney.
From Down Under
Em
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