Ian Burn „No object implies the existence of any other“ 1967
One day i „forced“ my family to visit the Art Gallery near Botanic Garden. – for my mum… she didnt had to be forced, because she loves it as well – It was a compromise, because there we could see some „old“ stuff as well. From early 16th century to now.
Fiona Hall „Slash and Burn“ 1997
An installation in which body parts are knitted from video tapes of movies that glorify war and violence.
„…hearts ache… there is pain and sadness in knowing the past, acknowledging was has taken place and what continues to occur in our world today. (…) make us actualy aware of the human impact of violence. (…)“
… and the Touriprogram goes on… after just one day „relaxing“ in the hotel, we visited the blue mountains near Sydney.(When i say relaxing i mean not to go somewhere, but i – of course- did a lot. Had to move, sing and write my blog 🙂 My sister and her friend organised the food at the supermarket. And my parents slept all day, because they have to work kind of hard all the time and for them it’s their holiday of the year. I feel like having holiday for half a year now 😉 )
We decided to rent a car, that was really hard to find^^ and driven about two hours away from sydney…The traffic was kind of terrible.
And I wasnt allowed to drive the car, because „i am not used to“… (you know- in Down Under they drive left) so the friend from my sister did it all day… i was satisfied at the end, because walking through the mountains with all the people – again it was so fucking crowded- was kind of exausting…
My sister wanted to see nearly every silly point. But i f you’ve asked me, three would have been enaugh…We visited six i guess… and it took us all day.
In my opinion a few, maybe three, would have been enaugh. Because all you can find are more mountains and after a while, they all look kind of similar. But no way 😉
So i was happy to sleep in the car. And my sister was happy to see a lot different places. And at the end we really find some, with only a few visitors!
The landscape had something from a wild jungle…
Left my footprint there!
It was good that my family kind of forced me to go there 😉
It was for free and the landscape let you feel the power of nature somehow. Was fascinating to watch it. The pictures never can show that. But you might get an idea 😉
I start to think in english again and even with the German boy from the resception i only speak english. I already feel like coming home, when we get back to our hostel. The time is running so fucking fast, as always 😉 I am sad that we soon will leave Sydney…
Newtown is also called „Kreuzberg from Sydney“
But no words can descripe really. No picture, no sound, no video. Nothing. You will have to see for your own. But here are some points of MY view.
Like little Hippie-Boys from GermanyRainy… near this stupid Opera House.
… und Weihnachten! Ich komm gar nicht darauf klar, dass wir Dezember haben und hier sind es um die 25°C!! Unglaublich – und trotzdem sind hier alle in Weihnachtsstimmung. Wir hätten am 24.12. fast vergessen, dass Weihnachten ist^^
Weihnachtsmann in Shorts
Auch am Strand sieht man überall Weihnachtsmützen^^ Wirkt irgendwie leicht surreal für uns, wobei wir uns in Zukunft wohl auch auf Weihnachten ohne Schnee einstellen müssen.
… am anderen Ende der Welt. Nach einem stressigen Flug mit Umstieg in Kuala Lumpur, kamen wir mit 1 Stunde Verspätung endlich in Sydney an. Alledings ohne unser Gepäck. Gut, dass wir das nötigste im Handgepäck hatten.
Time to relax
Wir wohnen in einem an Harry-Potter-errinnerndem alten Hotel, welches zur Uni gehört. Hier arbeiten viele Studenten, die im Gegenzug kostenlos im Hotel wohnen können. Der Kontakt zu anderen Hotelgästen und Reisenden kommt hier super schnell zu Stande. Egal wo man ist, man wird immer freundlich begrüßt und gefragt, wie es einem geht. Und mensch hat das Gefühl, die Frage ehrlich beantworten zu können.