So yesterday Ally and I discovered that it dose indeed rain in Australia. Our perceptions of a hot and dry continent were drenched with drizzle. Even though we were a bit damp our spirits were not, because we were the ultimate tourists and went to the Sydney Opera house, don’t worry I have about a million pictures to prove it. Then we found a cute shopping center called The Rocks were we strolled, dined, shopped, and went to the Museum of Contemporary Art which had an exhibit on Yinka Shonibare which was really good. In the afternoon the sun came out and we went through the Botanic gardens which we discovered were filled with bats! Seriously shrieking bats. It was a bit scary and also really cool. Our first encounter with scary Aussie animals! Afterwords we went to the Art Gallery of New South Wales were we saw Australian art, and a really good photo exhibit of Black Australia, which focused on aboridginals. On our walk home we strolled through a soapbox row which was quite interesting and an African festival. After dinner we pretended to be in a hot climate by visiting the YHA Sauana and pool then saw a terrible and culturally insensitive movie called the Tattooist. Do not see this movie. I promise. But it was free and there was free popcorn and pillows so that somewhat made up for it. Afterwords we tried to explore the Sydney nightlife but realized that Australian beer is literally undrinkable and we settled for ice cream instead!