November 30th, 2008 by Rachel | Country: Australia | 3 Comments »
As I took the advantage of Australia’s great train system, I ventered to the Blue Mountains, a range of mountains just outside of Sydney to meet a friend whom I met in Lacoste. Her boyfriend was a student at SCAD-Lacoste, and she came to Lacoste for a few weeks to see him. Both of them live in the Blue Mountains region. The boyfriend is still traveling throughout the world as he’s taking a year off from work to do this opportunity, but his girlfriend, Naomi, was back in town. I have to say that it was quite weird to see her less than two weeks later in another country!
Anyways, the train ride was easy and very relaxing. It was only an hour ride and in fact, it was CHEAP! It was only AUS $10! In American dollars, it was only 6.50!
Blue Mountains is stunning. It’s just a land of lots of green bumps like camel humps. We took a short walk on a trail in the mountains and then an awesome train ride that went straight up a VERY steep slope! It was like riding a rollar coaster!
There are also some quaint towns in the Blue Mountains with cafes and bakeries like the ones we would find in Europe.
3 Comments
Naomi
December 5, 2008 at 9:11 pm
glad you enjoyed it! We do have some stunning scenery here Down Under : – )
Candy
December 5, 2008 at 10:30 pm
These ARE cool looking mountains!
I’m not sure about that rail….how big is that train?
Rachel
December 7, 2008 at 7:29 am
Naomi,
Yup, there are sure lots of stunning scenery Down Under! I just learned yesterday that I will get to see the 12 apostles this Thursday! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Candy,
Concerning the rail – the train is not too big. I would say it’s about the same size as the roller coaster cars.