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Yesterday was a very long day and nobody napped, but we still had fun even though we were all very tired. We got dressed in the morning and then we missed a train. We ate some lunch and got the next one, and stayed on it a long time, and then we got to a city called Sydney. I love the train. This is what it looks like out the train window going to Sydney:


After we got off the train, we went to a place called the Rocks and had coffee with a friend of mommy's (That would be Rae / coati, if anyone cares!) I liked the Rocks, it was really old and there were lots of stores selling cool stuff like kangaroos and koalas and shirts, and lots of people. This is a picture I took walking down George Street:


After we had coffee we found a grassy spot with a HUGE tv playing cricket on it (This would be at Circular Quay - Mum.) We stopped to run around a little. Here is me and Iris on the grass.

The best part about Sydney is there are seagulls all over. I guess because it's near the ocean. I love seagulls and Iris loves seagulls and I want them to sit on my arm and talk to me but they never do. Iris likes to chase them and yell "quack quack! quack quack!"

Sydney also has lots of really tall buildings! I think it looks like daddy's work.

This big white thing in the background is called the Opera House. Mommy told me it's called that because they have special singing called opera inside it. We went to see it, and when I walked inside it I remembered what mom told me about the singing, so I decided I should sing while I was in it. I sang "If You're Happy and you Know It Clap Your Hands." Everyone thought that was really funny. I was really proud when I got to tell grandma that I had sung at the Opera House.

They have a really big bridge there too. I don't think it's all that exciting, but you sure can see it from everywhere.
See?


I liked the idea of a place named Rocks. I kept looking around for some rocks. I found these on the ground outside the Opera House so I took a picture of my foot with some rocks.


Here's mommy and Iris outside the Opera House with that same bridge again.

After we did all that we ate some dinner and got back on the train. All those trains are really cool! On the train I met a nice lady sitting behind me named Tara. She talked to me and I started telling her knock knock jokes and made everyone in the whole train laugh! Everybody here smiles at me and likes my jokes and tells me I'm beautiful. It's friendly. I really like when people are friendly. Iris and I were SO friendly that we didn't sleep the whole way home until it was midnight. Mom and dad were so tired of my jokes by then.

Tomorrow if Mom can post pictures I want to tell you about more Australian animals! Grandma took us back to the nature reserve and this time the animal area was open. I took great pictures of all kinds of cool stuff. I'll tell you about it later!