We don't have the memory card?

There was no way that we were going on campus today if we didn’t have to. Teachers and students were once again striking, for 48 hours this time! At first I thought it was all about getting better paying wages, but students have told me that it was also about the working conditions since apparently some of the lecture halls were old and outdated. This is true though since it is the oldest university in Sydney, but I do not think that is reason enough to strike for 2 days. We were waiting to hear if our Tuesday night class was cancelled so we tried to get internet from the shopping centre down the road. Ten minutes into connecting and un-connecting we realized that we could just text one of our classmates to find out from them. Turns out our professor had emailed saying he was intimidated coming on campus with the huge picket lines so he cancelled class! This was exciting for us since that meant our Spring Break had officially started – 3 days early!  With the rest of the afternoon and day to ourselves we headed back to drop off the laptop and back out to explore the Botanical Gardens! This is something that I have wanted to go see for a while so I was more than excited. We scootered and skated all the way across Sydney it felt like, but really it wasn’t too far at all. We passed through Hyde Park again and stumbled upon a reflection pool that resembles the one in DC. We promised ourselves we would get pictures on the way and ventured off. We finally came across what looked like the Botanical Gardens next to the Harbour and it was way bigger than either of us had thought! The pathways were endless with forks in the road every couple of steps so it seemed nearly impossible to cover the whole park without getting lost. We were super excited with all the wonderful plants and huge trees that we were seeing so we pulled out the camera to start snapping away only to realize that we hadn’t put the memory card back in the camera from uploading pictures the night before. We were a little disappointed that we couldn’t get pictures to capture our first time there but since we were in the beautiful gardens we still made the most of it. We walked around for quite a while and ended up at the exit closest to Hyde Park which was perfect for us. It was also right in front of St. Mary’s Cathedral which Riley had wanted to take me to so that's where we headed next. We walked into the hugest, fanciest church we had ever seen, which really reminded me of the Sisteen Chapel! We also wanted to take pictures of this magnificent sight, but of course our camera was out of commission for the day. Once again we promised ourselves that we’d be back to take pictures! Afterwards we decided to walk down the famous pathway of Hyde park which is also one of the best views and take a seat on a bench to enjoy some people watching. With our tummies grumbling we headed back to Broadway to figure out dinner.