A Layover in Sydney!

Well, we are finalllyyyyy here in New Zealand! We made a pit stop in Sydney when we had an extra long layover there. I'm so glad that we did, I don't know when I would have ever gotten the chance to go to Australia in the future. Here are some of the photos from our excursion!

We went down to what's called the Circular Quay (said like circular key). It's basically the area around this part of the harbor. The Circular Quay has the opera house, a large garden area...kind of like Sydney's version of Central Park, a museum dedicated to the immigrants (and by immigrants I mean criminals :-) ) that came into Australia back in the day, as well as various shops, etc. It was the perfect place for us to spend our layover.
Jayce and his siblings in front of the museum of "The Rocks." The Rocks is the area where Jayce's ancestor sailed into the harbor--he was a chicken theif. :-)
Aboriginal street performers!

Enjoying the beautiful wildlife in Australia...Jayce was very proud of getting this bird taking flight.
We even had time for naps!

It was a long layover...

I could not be happier that 1st semester is over and that I'm finally on Christmas vacation. New Zealand is BEAUTIFUL, it makes me love humidity after being in the dryness of Utah for so long, it's warm, the air smells so good because of all the flowers and trees everywhere, it's green like Virginia, and it's so fun to hear the accents of the people! I do feel like we are indeed in paradise.
More to come from the Porter's!

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