In The House

As Julia and I approached Sydney Harbour, we couldn’t contain ourselves any longer! We started squealing and jumping up and down when we laid eyes on “The House” (as we affectionately called it). It’s kinda like the Mona Lisa – it looks much smaller up close but it is still beautiful nonetheless. Julia and I signed up for a tour of SOH (as the locals call it) to learn more about the building. It was designed by a Danish architect in the 1950s but because it was such an unusual structure, the Opera House took much longer and cost more money to build than anticipated. When it was finally completed in the mid-70s, SOH cost over $100 million!

Julia and I decided to take full advantage of our vacation so we caught a ballet performance in the House’s main drama theatre (it has 5 halls all together). The performance itself was weird but we didn’t care; the important thing was that we can now say we attended a show at the Sydney Opera House.