Sydney is beautiful! Our hotel room over looks the Harbor Bridge and The Sydney Opera House, it will be the perfect view for the NYE ’09 Fireworks. We went to the Opera house today and toured the amazing architecture and history of the building. It is a really neat story, in fact the architect Jorn Utson, was given the job by winning a world wide contest. 7 years into the projected 3 year project, Utson was semi-forced to resign from the project. He returned to his home in Denmark and never returned to see his fabulous Masterpiece. He was asked to step back on the project this past February to renovate a few spaces of the Opera House. He was delighted to do so. He passed away about 3 weeks ago, still never seeing the finished project. Quick Fact: The Sydney Opera House is recognizable to 2 out of 3 people… What other structures are that recognizable! To list a few, Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower, Great Wall of China… If you can name some others write them in the comments!
We climbed the Sydney Harbor Bridge this afternoon and it was once again beautiful! We were one of the last climbs of the year! It was a vigorous climb to the top, but being able to see all of Sydney was well worth it!
Opera House
At the Top!!!
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