And now the next city is off my list, all though I do plan to come back here one more time to discover a bit more of the nature around here, like taking a walk through the blue mountains. But what did I experience in Sydney?
Well, the day I arrived I was exhausted! Like I told you in my last blogpost, I arrived early, but due to the little sleep that I got during the flight and the late check-in at the hostel, I barely went anywhere. I did buy a few things at Coles, which is one of the many supermarket branches that they have over here. And I did visit a small little park near the hostel, where I ate a few cashews.
The other days were more productive. On Monday I went on a Bay and Fish market tour, that my hostel offered. What was interesting to learn, is that there are currently a lot of little jellyfishes swimming through the Darling Harbour. They also warned us to not jump into the water there, not only because it is a harbour, but because there are sharks swimming even through these areas. At the fish market I got myself a delicious grilled salmon with fries (Yummy!!!). I also went to the Travel Talk they offered, but before I went there, I opened my first Australian bank account. In the evening I talked to the first few German people here, but like every other person I met here they were not here to work and travel but worked a lot back in Germany and were now just enjoying their journey.
But after all of that happening on the first day, my second day was even more productive. I not only went on a seven hour walk by myself and saw pretty much everything in Sydney’s centre, but I also went to a house party (hostel-bar) were I just as the day before, dared myself to talk to strangers, this time meeting a British, Norwegian, and Irish person. They all seemed nice, but after they decided to walk to other bars I decided to split off that group, since they seemed already a bit tipsy.
Wednesday was my last day at the hostel where I went on a costal-walk from the Coogee to the Bondi beach where we also got our lunch. The views were beautiful and the Graffiti Wall at Bondi beach inspiring. At about 5 pm I then made my way back to the hostel. I planned on going to the hostel-bar afterwards, but due to me having to wake up early the next morning I decided against it.
The check-out ended and I got my last toasty and hot chocolate (my free breakfast there), I also thought about getting smoothie at the Roy’s Cafe, like I did the days before, but decided against that as well, because I needed a free hand for my suitcase. And then I made my way back to the fish market, where my next destination was laying ahead.