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Hello everyone! It's a meeee..Kaaaanika. After about 2 hours of trying to figure out what to do after we checked out of our hostel on Sunday, we checked right back in and decided to stay in Sydney, which I'm very glad we did. Luckily, we got a new room, away from our frienemies. Sure enough though, there was an elderly gentleman sleeping in the bed above Corrie. Really now, at some point you've got to realize you're too old for YOUTH Hostels. Am i right, or am i right??? He spends his nights watching "The Devil's Advocate" on his laptop without headphones on, so the whole room can listen, as well. Anyway, since we stayed in Sydney, we got to see some places that we thought we'd just skip but were definitely worth sticking around for. On Sunday, we were complete bums and hung out around the hostel watching "How I Met Your Mother" DVDs. On Monday, we finally made it to Bondi Beach. Monday was also one of those days where you realize how small a world we live in. As we were sitting at the bus stop to head back to the city center, Corrie got a call from her old neighbor, who happened to live about a block away from the stop we were waiting at. What are the odds! So we met up with her and her boyfriend for a few drinks at a bar that had an AMAZING view of Bondi Beach. The day starting out pretty gloomy and overcast, but luckily enough, the sun came out as we met up and the day went from being deary to perfect. After a few Boag's, we were told we should do a walk along the cliffs to Bronte Beach. Oh Em Gee. It was a beautiful walk. After walking for about 40 minutes, we decided to lay out on Bronte Beach for a bit and catch some rayzzz. Pictures to come.

Yesterday we spend the day hiking in the Blue Mountains a few hours outside of the city. The Blue Mountains Park was beautiful, not breathtaking, but definitely worth seeing. And it was nice to get in some hiking after eating Mcdonald's, Hungry Jack's, and potato wedges pretty much everyday. I could feel my arteries clearing out with each step I took. We decided to do a tour since we only had one day. Normally, I HATE organized tours, but this time it was ok, because our guide looked like Nigel Lithgow and took us to the hot spots of the Blue Mountains, and we would've probably gotten ourselves lost for days if we went on our own, much like the English bloke who was lost for 12 days without food and water earlier this year. I just don't know if I would've been able to bring myself to eat Corrie if it came down to that. And after 8 hours of peaceful wandering through the Australian rainforest, we took the 52 degree scenic railway (that you can find in the Guiness book of worls records) up the mountains and returned back to city life. All in all, it was a day well spent. PS- it was a really, REALLY bad day to forget to put on deoderant, oops! My apologies to the other travelers.

Last night we decided to go out since we hadn't in a few days. We went to New Town, where we heard they had cheap food and drinks. We treated ourselves to some bomb pad thai and continues on to Zanzibar. Oh Zanzibar... I felt like a creepy old lady there. I'm pretty sure everyone was about 17 years old, so after one beer, we decided to head back to the nursing home for some warm milk... or so we thought. We ended up stopping by a bar to use their bathrooms and grab a Bulmer's, but ended up making friends with all the workers and staying till the wee hours of the morning. Good times. Frankie is our homeboy.

It's our last day in Sydney until we take an overnight train to Melbourne. I have no idea why we decided on taking an overnight train when flights are cheaper and about 11 hours shorter. Oh well, perhaps we'll meet some characters who will make it all worth it? One can only hope.

Until next time, cheers!

Updates:

I've decided that I'm going to start wearing a fedora, so I can be Douchebag Chic. Fedora the Explora! Corrie and I are going to become street performers in Melbourne, making our money by chanting like the Albino girl from "Not Another Teen Movie." And last, but not least, Corrie and I have also decided that we are a hilarious comedy duo... a traveling circus, if you will. And everyone we meet becomes a brief part of our act.

Quote of the day- "Last year I did not laugh for a whole week. It was horrible...I'm never going back to Germany."- Street performer