General: how, what, where?
This website or blog is to document my time in Sydney (and any travels?), to share with family/friends and to look back on later : ) I'm studying at the University of Sydney from August to December 2025…
ByCarmen I
Carmen Down Under
Exchange Semester 2025
The University of Sydney, Australia
Study, explore and travel! :D
The University of Sydney, Australia
Study, explore and travel! :D
Cairns: snorkelen in Great Barrier Reef
Vroeg vroeg vroeg opstaan, rond 4u ’s nachts. We waren net iets te laat vertrokken dus met flink tempo gelopen naar de trein met een klein eindsprintje. Wel nog gehaald, al was het ook geen ramp als we de volgende…
Packing for Cairns
Today was mostly a relaxing and packing day. I watched a little movie, played guitar, and packed my bag for Cairns! My room was quite warm today, and it's getting warmer, of course. Oh, and I still had some spinach left, which needed to be used...
Photo hunt at Royal Botanical Gardens
After a quick wash, I went to the Royal Botanical Gardens around 1 p.m. There, Cynthia and Angela joined me in a Photosoc photo hunt. There were about six groups in total, around 30 people.
September 23-26: Uni, trivia, running, guitar
September 23: Beyond the Genome lab wasn't much of a lab; it was basically just computer analysis, but that was fine. I had a great time with Tanya. On my way home, I was bombarded with people trying to get me to participate in the student election. I…
September 21-22: “Farewell” and study session
Sep 21: This morning I woke up with a huge headache :(. I walked to Hotel Hacienda, where everyone else was, and had some tea, but after two paracetamols I still wasn't feeling great. So I went with…
Tour guide day 3: market, museum, gardens and drone show
Went to Glebe Markets this morning with the family. We had a great time browsing the stalls and picked up some gozleme for breakfast at one of the stalls: a kind of tortilla with cheese, spinach, and chicken, yum. Dad enthusiastically took pictures of a…
Tour guide day 2: Manly, Opera House and Chinatown
At 10 a.m., the little ones were at my place, all of us taking the bus to Circular Quay (pronounced like the English "key"). Mom isn't used to buses, I noticed, haha. We took the ferry to Manly. That ferry goes...
Three tourists visiting
I woke up around 9:30 a.m. because my dad called: they were at my door! We'd actually agreed to meet around 4 p.m., after my presentation at the university, but they just couldn't wait, haha.
Uni, book fair and carillon tour
In the morning I had another applied neuroscience tutorial, where we had to answer some questions in a small group, and at first no one said anything... But luckily, right afterward they were willing to work together properly, semi...
September 14-16: Bondi Kite Festival, university, archery
September 14: Worked on my chemical biology poster this morning. At one point, I had to stop because I really wanted to go to the kite festival at Bondi Beach. I took my laptop with me for the long bus ride, though…