Saturday morning Derek and I decided we wanted to go to Downtown Sydney with Jess to visit a Lomography store/art gallery. We missed our initial bus at noon but caught the next one at 1 pm. Three buses and $5 later, we met up with Jess in front of the town hall. I haven’t had the chance to see much Sydney architecture during the day, so taking it all in was quite an experience.

A guy I was in drumline with in high school, Kyle Briscoe, is currently in Sydney as well. He’s here doing an independent research project on architecture and has a blog he’s currently keeping up with too. You all should definitely check it out if you have a chance! Kyle’s Blogspot

At the Lomo-photography store/Blender Gallery, I got to see a LOT of really cool cameras that do fun things such as fisheye and using color flash techniques. I learned that Lomography emphasizes casual, snapshot photography, and the motto of “don’t think, just shoot”. Derek got an awesome fluorescent orange fisheye camera that shoots 35mm film (so he can get it developed just about anywhere )

After the Lomo store, we all got some super tasty cupcakes at the Cupcake Bakery. Derek got chocolate chili, I got a chocolate mint, and then Jess bought like 4 different kinds (which I can’t remember).

After cupcakes, Derek and I went to the nearby Queen Victoria Building to check out the Sugar Fix store there. He used to work for Sugar Fix (at a different location) but it was still fun to see all the candy varieties!

Eventually we met up with Erik (Derek’s dad) to eat some super delicious food at the Mongolian Grill. Unlimited bowls made for a super-stuffed Rachel by the end of the evening

p.s. Don’t forget you can see more pictures on my flickr!

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