Sydney in a nutshell

since i'm too lazy to post a detailed report on my 12 days in Sydney (and u guys probably wont be bothered to read my what-i-ate-for-breakfast posts) i decided to do a short summary.
i've got other things to blog about and tags to do as well.

pictures can be viewed here. beware, there are over 300 pictures. :)

Places i visited:
1.7.06
1. The Rocks
2. Harbour Bridge
3. Sydney Opera House (i touched the outside tiles)

2.7.06
4. Taronga Zoo
5. The Rock's Market

3.7.06
6. Sydney University (darn i love this uni)
7. Manly Beach
8. Star City (the coolest casino i've ever seen...for real)

4.7.06
9. Blue Mountains (it rained like the entire day!)
10. Epping (a little suburb on the other side of the city)

5.7.06
11. Sydney Olympic Park
12. The Fish Market
13. Sydney Aquarium

6.7.06 - 7.7.06
14. Canberra ~
(a) The Parliament - old and new
(b) Questacon (this science and technology place...pretty cool)

8.7.06
15. Pylon Tower (one of the pillars at the end of Harbour bridge)
16. Paddy's Market
17. The Rock's again...

9.8.06
18. Bondi Beach!
19. Cherrybrook (where i stayed with Mel)

10.8.06 - 11.8.06
20. Blue Mountains again (this time in bright fine weather!)
21. Echo Point, The Three Sisters and all the trails that lead to and from it...

12.8.06
22. Sydney city for some last minute shopping
23. Sydney International Airport on the way home...

Food i ate:
1.7.06
1. Pavlova
2. Pancakes on The Rocks

2.7.06
3. Hurricanes ribs...mmmmm...

3.7.06
4. Thaitanic
5. Max Brenner's on Manly
6. Macchiato - italian

4.7.06
7. self made tuna and ham sandwhiches

5.7.06
8. Seafood platter for 2 at the Fish Market...seriously yummy...
9. Ice Cream at some place with the name Flower in it
10. super super spicy Korean Japanese food...

6.7.06 - 7.7.06
11. McD's chocolate sundae!
12. self made avocado roll
13. Harry's famous pies and hotdog!

8.7.06
14. Bubble tea
15. Pasteur - Viestnamese
16. Lowenbrau - German... (mango beer...mmmm)
17. Pancakes on The Rocks again...

9.7.06
18. Fried Mars Bars on Bondi (no kidding! they deep fried mars bars!!!)
19. satay, BBQ squids and pasta at Mel's place

10.7.06
20. PapaDino's in Katoomba

11.7.06
21. My own cheese tarts
22. Red Rock Deli chips

12.7.06
23. Indo Mee
24. Krispy Kremes for lunch...

My favourite places:
1. Blue Mountains...hands down...
2. The Rocks
3. Bondi

My favourite food:
1. Pancakes!
2. Ribs
3. Ice cream!

My favourite moments:
1. Bush walking in Blue Mountains...both times!
2. Walking along Bondi and Manly
3. showering in the hot shower...hehe...

yup...as u can see, my days in Sydney were not enough. I had so many things to do with so little time. Time flew by with a flutter of my eye lids. for real. I had so much fun. With my brother. I felt so close to him. Felt like we were best friends. When he left on Sunday i actually cried! I couldn't believe it...

so, that was it...my Sydney trip in a nutshell. :)

so where to next winter? hehe...