Sydney Day 1:

After landing in Sydney I realized the jet lag was going to be the only problem during my stay. After a 16 hour flight from LA to Sydney the sun was just beginning to rise for the citizens. It was only 8:00 am when I checked into the Zara Tower Hotel. Since it was so early in the morning and airplane food is not the best I decided to explore to find a breakfast place. I dropped off my luggage in my room, which had an extended chair and got me hyped up. The people at the front desk of the hotel told me that Basket Brothers, the cafe right next door, had a discount for everyone who is staying at their hotel. So that was the answer to my breakfast problem.

Basket Brothers is a cute and small cafe tucked in the city. I ordered pancakes or “hot cakes” as well as an iced chai (which tasted like pumpkin spice and had a literal ice cream on top) and my friend got an Acai bowl because she’s in her “preppy” phase, as well as a chili egg meal.

Afterwards we were getting pretty bored in the cafe and started to wonder what we could do to get acquainted with the city. In that we found Darling Harbour and the many interactive and fun things to do there. We got some gelato from a store called Gelatoissimo (I got the matcha). Whilst eating the gelato I saw a group of girls dancing to Supernova by Aespa and was constantly being pressured by my friend to join. But that’s not how that works. I can’t force myself to be with people. We also stumbled upon a cute park with a nice playground. It really enhanced my childhood playing on the big net.

Afterwards there was a sign advertising the Chinese Garden of Friendship, and I believe that was one of the best decisions we did that day. It was filled with serene sights of native Chinese plants and etc.

Since the jet lag was real, I napped most of the day (which apparently you aren’t supposed to do so womp womp). I skipped lunch AND dinner, which was a pretty bad thing because the next morning I was super hangry. Which results in the next day of Sydney.

Sydney Day 2:

My friend was watching things to do in Sydney on TikTok and came across a cute cafe called Koto Kawaii. It’s a cafe where you don’t only eat food, but make keychains or phone charms as well. I made a phone charm that was super coquette. It was made up of pink and white beads and a little hamster attached at the end. For food I got an iced Strawberry and Kiwi tea that came with an iced bear. As well as a karagge burger, which is essentially just a chicken burger.

After breakfast we wanted to go on a walk to burn off calories. What better place to do that than a very touristy destination. The Sydney Opera House.

I went on a Ferry ride that went around that little lake area and saw many things such as Luna Park, which has a very creepy face as the entrance. I was shocked to see how tiny Luna Park looked. Afterwards, I did something I wasn’t expecting. I did the Sydney Harbor Bridge climb, where I climbed up to the summit of the bridge and got to witness the breathtaking views. The only problem is we couldn’t bring our phones as a “safety” hazard so I wasn’t able to get any pictures of the moment. It was more of a soaking up moment.

After the climb I did get really hungry therefore we found a restaurant called “Foreign Exchange”. It was an Indian restaurant with an interesting menu. It had food from all over India, not just one designated state. I ate some Bombay Shrimp with Ghewar and Pistachio Kulfi for dessert.

Sydney Day 3:

I got up especially early as for today we were going to a restaurant called High tea where we would be dining and eating “royal” food. Such as British Tea and finger sandwiches. It was such a fun experience to have such fancy food and be like the Royal Family.

The thing is even after eating so much we still went to a little Korean restaurant called Nene’s Kitchen where we ordered some Korean Fried Chicken. I really wanted to try a K-dog because I heard those were super popular and such. However, I never got the chance too. After that my friend had a reservation for this thing called Quiz Room which is literally a place where you can compete against your friends or family as if you were on Jeopardy. I won because I literally have nothing else better to do than learn useless knowledge and watch a lot of pop culture references. Which is why I won.

After being praised for my epic win my friends and I wrapped it up over there and started ordering an Uber to take us to Bondi Beach. Of course it was too cold to actually swim, though we did see some surfers and casual swimmers, we walked around the beach and basked in its beauty. The ocean was this dark blue and it really contrasted to the light blue sky. To get away from the cold we found a gelato and cafe store Anita. I got myself a Vanilla Madagascar gelato, which didn’t help with the cold. No figure. As well as sharing a hot chocolate with my friend.

When finished with everything it was still pretty early in the afternoon. Therefore we decided to go to Strike, which is a bowling alley/bar/escape room/karaoke room. It was pretty fun, I did lose because it’s been years since I’ve last bowled. I got 39 points while my friend dominated with 142. I ate way too much and since today’s the last day in Sydney before heading to Port Douglas. I just decided maybe I should go on one final walk around the city. It was one of the best decisions of that night with all the city lights.

Some of my favorite sights today ❤