We have left Sydney and are now in Melbourne. In the last five days in Sydney, we went to the Zoo...I think we took the most pictures there. It wasn't the most impressive zoo, but the animals were unique to Australia which was fun. The elephants were in quarantine ... which would be upsetting to someone visiting, who didn't happen to be heading to Thailand and India next. No worries for us!


Giant koala hugs Sara at the Sydney Zoo!!!


Oh look a kangaroo!

We also did a Saturday night out. As warned, no one hits the clubs until after 11PM, actually some don't even open until 10PM...so I took a nap. I can blame it on my nasty cold that I can't seem to break but we all know I like my sleep! We picked a bar called Melt and waited in line. Ethan and I are both used to getting in where we want and found waiting in a que a bit tough, but we did and it was worth it. I ordered a Cosmo at the bar and the bartender spent about 5 minutes making me what I considered the BEST cosmo ever! Ok, I haven't had one in quite some time but this one was definately made with TLC and class. Mmmm. I had two. By 2:30AM, I had danced enough and was ready to head out. Ethan caved in and we went back to our hostel. I am very happy we didn't head with the youngsters from our hostel to their bar of choice, where one of the boys thought he was being trapped in the toilet when in actuality it was a pull and not a push door. He climbed over the restroom stall, hit an innocent bystander on the other side, security escorted him out of the bar, where the police took over and he head butted a cop. He is being deported back to England. One night, Ethan did head out with that crew. I was feeling a bit under the weather and told him to have fun. Seeing the condition he returned in, I can tell it was a bit of a rough crowd.

Ethan checks the news of a friend...

We also took a trip to the biggest mall on the Southern Hemisphere during a rainy day. I really wanted to see "The White Masai" and it was playing there. Great movie about a Swiss woman who falls for a Kenyan Masai Warrior and lives with him in his rural village. Ethan and I both enjoyed it but isn't $15.50 Aussie a bit pricey for a moive? We did get to mossey around the mall and check out fashions ... none of which we could afford. But it was fun none the less.

Our last day in Sydney, we headed to the Sydney Jewish Museum. There were quite a few Jews on the first ship on convicts to Australia...knewly learned fact. It was interesting and we are both now very interested in exploring Eastern Europe...maybe even searching for some of my relatives homelands. The holocaust exhibit was really upsetting and disturbing, but a very good historical account/including pictures and memorabilia from the atrocity.

Ok, I can't end this blog on such a morbid note so I will tel you that Melbourne is a nice (COLD) city. I went to the doc this morning and hopefully I can beat this cough before we head to
Thailand. We are chilling at Nancy and Dexters home. Nancy and Ethan grew up in St. Croix together. Their moms were friends and therefore the 15 years in which they haven't seen each other doesn't seem like long at all. We are their first house guests and Dexter set me up a computer to help me finish my grad school apps. Oh...thats right, I should be doing that right now. Cheers!