Submitted by Nicole Coryell on the 2018 winter session program in Australia sponsored by the Department of Health Sciences…
While most of my trip was in Melbourne, (a place that will always hold a special spot in my heart), Sydney is even bigger and more beautiful than I imagined. We arrived on Australia Day and got to celebrate and watch fireworks over the Opera House, which was breathtaking. Their Australia Day celebrations are very similar to our Fourth of July celebrations. Speaking of the Opera House, we also had the opportunity to have a guided tour of it and the inside is just as iconic as the outside. So many famous celebrities, groups and performers haven been through there and it was very cool to be on the inside. Apparently, we missed Sam Smith rehearsing to perform there by only two days! Hearing the history of the Opera House and how it was constructed was also very interesting because it still amazes me that people were able to make such an abstract building. I wish I had more time in Sydney to explore the city, but I know someday I will be back!
