Christmas Vacation to Syndey Australia

During the Christmas holiday a begruding Jenny and I took the 9 hour flight from Hong Kong to Sydney with a brief stopover in Singpore (if anyone ever has the chance to travel with Singapore Air do it they are an exception airline). We arrived in Sydney the morning of December 22nd. We stayed with the Patterson family. Jenny and Sam worked together at TLC camp in New York a few years ago. The family was very welcoming and made us feel at home, especially as it was our first Christmas away. Sydney was a very modern and clean city and it was exciting to be in a city that hosted the Olympics only a few years ago. It was also nice to be in a country where everyone could speak English. We did alot of shopping, caught some movies (in English), went to the beach, went shopping again, got tanned, and rang in the New Year overlooking the famous Sydney Opera House and Sydney Bridge. Unfortunetly I was not brave enough to try surfing, most Aussie's favorite pass time. Everyone there really is tanned, blond and calls you "mate". Great country, good experience. Since we lost many of our pictures when our computer crashed there will not be a large selection. Oh yeah we seen real live koala bears, dingos and kangaroos, oh my!