3/5/02 Sydney, Australia
(Kelly)
A dreary day in Sydney...pouring rain all day! I guess it doesn't really matter...a little rain poncho fixes anything! We hopped on a bus this morning (Jessie hooked us with some student bus passes...really cheap) and journeyed around down town Sydney. We went to St. Mary's Cathedral and toured the crypts...I don't know about any one else but looking at dead Archbishop's tombs was kind of morbid...but Phillip, being Catholic, I guess found it interesting! We then wondered on to the infamous Sydney Opera House...took a guided tour of the insides. There are many, many theatres...the biggest being the concert hall, which seats roughly 2,500 people. The Australia
n Symphony Orchestra was rehearsing for a concert that we were able to watch for about 15 minutes. Some useless facts that we learned about the Opera House: they started building it in 1959 and didn't complete it until 14 years later, the building had two architects, the 1st one quit after 7 years, and there are a total of 56,000 tiles used to make up the shells on the out side. The tour was pretty cool...we decided to buy some tickets to go see a show tomorrow in the Drama Theatre called "The Lady In The Van."
We met Jessie and about 7 of her friends for dinner again. Then we went to a hotel to watch the Australia
n version of "Temptation Island"...such a crap show! Anyways, the tempters and temptresses were there to make an appearance. They tried to act famous but they just aren't...it wound up being pretty funny. You know me though; I can't resist talking to "famous people." One of the guys came over to our table, Adam, to talk...and who was the first person to strike up conversation...yup, me, of course!