Blue Mountains

How did I forget? I totally didn't write about going to the Blue Mountains the other day. My last day with a car, I drove out to Katoomba, the main city in the Blue Mountains (which are an hour outside of Sydney). There is a great lookout there where you can see the "Three Sisters" (some rock formation). As I was driving out there I was skeptical about the mountains being blue, they looked pretty green to me. But as I stood looking out over them, they were pretty blue. The blue haze comes from the Eucalyptus trees. Also while I was there, I got my picture taken with an Aboriginee guy. I can't wait to get the picture back on that one!
Yesterday I walked to church (in the rain) and ran into Jimmy, a friend of Gentry and her roommates, who was in town to visit the city church. So, after church was over I went with him back to Gentry's because today is Hillsong performance day. All the singers and other music people have a concert/show thing as a final test. And tomorrow is my last day in Sydney!!!
I'm kind of bummed that my last week here has had the worst weather ever, though. Seriously it has been nonstop chilly, rainy, and just all around gross! I had hoped it would be a last week of "summer " before going home.
Tomorrow is also the event that stops the nation: The Melbourne Cup. It is like the Kentucky Derby, but such a big deal here. And the fashions on the field are all the news. I had totally wanted to go and get dressed up for this event before I realized how not-so-fun it would be to try to go by myself and then I moved my flight to the 8th, so I'll just watch it on TV and that will have to be just as good. And I'll save my getting dressed up to when I come home!
This may be my last blog, so I just want to say "thanks" to everyone who reads this. It is very flattering to think anyone other than my immediate family reads it! This has been an incredible journey to "see the world". I'm so blessed to have the resources in my life to be able to do something like this and now I'm looking forward to being home and seeing y'all!