Sydney

here we are, the fourth day in Sydney (although the third "full" day, even though it's 3pm and we have been a little slow to get moving). Yesterday was slightly more productive than today. We checked out the Sydney opera house, and then we took the ferry to Manly beach. it wasn't really a beach day...it was quite cold, especially near the water (yeah yeah, I know you guys back home are thinking, pfft, how cold can it really be?). I am not sure in degrees, but I was walking down the beach in sneakers, jeans and a sweater and was still cold. The water was fairly rough, but the tons of surfers didn't seem to mind. Afterwards, we went out last night to a bar (an evening organized by our hostel). There were free drinks and karaoke. Jason wowed the crowd with his signing of "Ice ice baby". Apparently it's cool again to know all of the words to songs you used to listen to as a kid :) Although the food prices in Australia are comparable to the ones back home, they wholeheartedly embrace happy hour here...you can usually get $3 (Aussie bucks, so about 2.50) pints until about 9. Here are some pictures from the last few days. The first is in Darling Harbor and the rest are either in Manly Beach or on our way back: