mom and dad visit!!

i'm so sorry that i have not been blogging-it's been really busy with school ending and all of that stuff happening.
but the biggest news was that mom and dad came to visit. they were more excited then i was to have people come visit. they got to see a new country that neither of them had been to.
they arrived in newcastle late at night, they were staying at a B&B while i was at school for the rest of the week. while i was at school, mom and dad went to hunter valley on a winery tour. after that they had a day in newcastle. the day after that, i left my class early to go to sydney for the weekend. i was very excited since it would be the first time i was able to spend a long time in sydney.
mom, dad, and i got on the train to sydney, which is about 2 hours. while on the train my mom read up on sydney and dad helped me with my paper that was due the next week.
we got to the hotel and we walked around sydney for a little bit. we went up into the sky tower, which is basically a bird's eye view of sydney and it was beautiful!
the next day we went to the sydney aquarium, we walked around and saw a lot of cool looking fish and other cool animals like penguins.
that night, my parents took me to the one place that i've wanted to go for the past 9 years, that is ever since i saw the sydney olympics: the sydney opera house. it has been my dream to see that place, and when we got there i was like a little kid in a candy shop. i couldn't stop smiling and taking pictures of what i think is one of the most beautiful places in the world. we went on a backstage tour and it was so much fun to see all the different stages and backstage.
the nice thing about mom and dad visiting-besides me missing them less, was having them pay for me. things here are a lot more expensive then i expected here, so money has been tight-but so is the rest of the world, so what do i have to complain about.

anyway, thanks for reading and i'm sorry for being so horrible at all of this blogging business. hope all is well.
love, allsion