six years later in sydney

I first came to Sydney at 19 years old.

I'd been abroad on structured school trips and family vacations, but Sydney was the first time I was free to explore a new city on my own and make it home.

Almost 6 years later, I got to visit my long-distance forever friend and experience the life she's built over the past two years. It's strange to walk through a familiar place and feel the bittersweet tug of old memories. But it's beautiful to make new memories with an old friend. The big ones, like a Sydney Harbour boat party - or the little ones, like laughing so hard I spit out water all over her bed. These memories I'll add to my 19-year-old Sydney collection, tying my heart even closer to this lovely city.