Day 6: TGIF!

Oh man, what a long day in Sydney. No work for me today, but I did have to change hostel rooms which was unfortunate since I had been having such a good time in my room and it had an ensuite bathroom attached. Unfortunately because they were so booked I had to change to a 'sanctuary room' which basically just means there are only girls. The plus was it was only 4 people rather than six in the room, the negative was having to move and only being around girls who I have found like to chat chat chat chat chat. After moving I and putting all my stuff back away I was told by the front desk that there were free drinks at the scary canary if you wore red because it was sailor's night. So, i went out in search of a red shirt (which OF COURSE I don't own... it's all about the BLUE AND GOLD). I wandered around a huge mall on George street and found that it was the most expensive and most designer-filled mall I had ever been to. Luckily I found a store called Supre which was really awesome. First, while looking through a rack a moth jumped off one of the shirts I was skimming through and scared me half to death. Funny because I will be working with them for the next 5 months, but they're not so fun when they pop out at you at a store. After finding a suitable red shirt for 10 bucks, which I have to say must be a rare find in Sydney I was very satisfied. I decided to continue walking on an adventure as that tends to be what I do these days, walk and see where my feet take me. Eventually I decided my goal was starbucks and I had remembered seeing one near the harbor a few days back. However, before I got there I was sidetracked by a cute little coffee shop called "Blend on George St." I decided to stop for a frappiato and a short reading break. My short reading break turned into quite a long one and I ended up buying a sausage roll for lunch. Now, I mentioned earlier that the meat pies are kind of the official food os Syndey, well, so are the sausage rolls. You can buy them pretty much anywhere, so I decided it was time for me to take a try. Mistake numero uno. Sausage rolls are not yummy. The pastry on the outside is great, very flaky, very good... but the sausage stuff inside is a huge no-go. I mean, it was aiight. I paid for it so I ate it, but I won't be having another one of those again. After the sausage disaster I decided it was time to start walking again to get my body going and walked straight toward the harbor. I ended up in an area called "The Rocks" which is a great place for shopping and seeing the harbor. I ended up stumbling upon the Discovery Museum (it's FREE) and went in for a look. It was very interesting and mostly about the aboriginal culture and history of Australia. It was in a smaller old brick building, so it didn't take me long at all to look at everything. I continued my trek to find a beautiful view of the Opera House and the Harbor Bridge. It was great to see them across the harbor. Lemme say, I have NEVER before seen so many brides in one place. Everywhere I looked I saw brides and their grooms all done up and taking pictures like mad. Some with professional photographers, some with just their families, but man, SOO MANY! I kept walking, in what was kind of a huge circle and went through "Miller's Point" and up into Observatory Park to see the Sydney Observatory. And when I say up, I mean UP. It was like 5 or 6 Saxon Steps worth of stairs that I had to climb to get up there. Exhausting. When I finally did I discovered it was closed, which was fine because there was a whole park around the observatory that I explored. Once I was satisfied I walked back over to The Rocks for the last friday night concert of the season. The series, called "Markets by Moonlight. Summer Markets... Live Music... Balmy Nights" was coming to and end and I was lucky enough to catch the last performance. The band that played was awesome and incredibly entertaining. They were more on the mellow side, but their melodies and harmonies were really great to listen to. I watched while eating some gellato and sipped on some free smirnoff vodka mixed drink they were handing out. Once the concert was over I walked around the tents a bit and perused the things they were selling. I ended up just buying dinner, a meat turkish gozleme which was absolutely delicious and started to walk back to the hostel. On the way back I saw some more singers set up on the street and quite a few street performers. I finally arrived back at Base at about 8pm and decided to shower and get ready for the evening at the Scary Canary. I was beat, but I figured I bought a shirt specifically for the occasion so I may as well not be lazy and go out. The night was a success and the place was SUPER full because it was actually also a fundraiser night for the people of Christ Church. They did raffles and had a few 'dance-off' type things to raise as much money possible, and from the looks of it I'd guess they made a ton of money for the cause. When I got back to my room as I expected the girls were all up chattin, so I talked with them for a while and then had to retire to bed. They funny girls, but my exhaustion for the day was too much. The moment I laid down I was out cold.