The author visited their family in Sydney, Australia. Their family took them to Olympic Park, which they found beautiful. People in Sydney were very nice to foreigners. The author also visited a dock where people relaxed and did nothing, and thought it seemed like a wonderful place. They were impressed by student art for sale at their college and thought about learning from the students' creativity. The author found a quiet place on campus to read textbooks between classes without interruption. They visited a mall in Calgary and noticed it was not very busy at 10:30am, though a Victoria's Secret store had at least 6 salespeople working, which they felt was too many for that time.