As it turns out, I am the only native English speaker. The other five are all German. They all speak good English but I'm left out of half the conversations because they'll switch to German without notice sometimes. I found it interesting how they will hear something in German and respond in English without missing a beat. Honestly, it made me feel pretty stupid because they were all speaking my first language almost as well as I was, and I had no other language skills to contribute. I'll probably study up on Spanish again later this year. That's neither here nor there.
Sydney is a beautiful city. Even though the flight was only a bit over an hour long, the difference in weather from here to Melbourne was night and day. It was 5C when we took off and 22C when we landed. A lot of the pictures will speak for themselves as far as the sights around Sydney. The opera house and harbour bridge are of course amazing, but all in all it's just another big city.
As far as livability, I wasn't so impressed with Sydney. It's a great city to visit for sure, but I don't think I would ever live there. As some Dutch guy told me once, "Sydney is the blonde you have a one night stand with, Melbourne is the brunette you marry." Sydney has some rude boys there that I wouldn't imagine seeing in Melbourne. In one train ride, we had two separate run-ins with some angsty teens within a half hour of each other. It wasn't even late, maybe 7pm. In the 5 months I've been in Melbourne, I haven't run into any garbage like I saw my first day in Sydney.
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| This is in the Blue Mountains, just north of Sydney. |
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| This is the view from Orbit Bar, located on the 47th floor of a high rise downtown. There are windows 360 degrees around and the entire floor is on a rotating disk. It takes 105 minutes to make a revolution, so you can experience the view of the entire city whilst you enjoy your drink. |
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