Tuesday night saw Texas A&M Wintermester students venture to Sydney Opera House to watch ‘Le Grand Cirque: Andrenaline’. For most students just visiting the Opera House was a big enough event, but a 90 minute show packed with crazy, edge-of-the-seat acrobatics, stunts and skits may have even outshone the setting. The gasps, shocked faces and questions of ‘how is that even possible?’…

As the Sydney program concludes, we asked our students, pictured left, to name their favorite activity during the past eight days. Many said they couldn’t possibly choose just one aspect of the program or their free time, as every day held something new and exciting. Here’s a sampling of what each students cited: John Byrnes: Hiking in the Blue Mountains…

The Blue Mountain World Heritage area begins approximately 31 miles west of Sydney’s city center. The Greater Blue Mountains Area was nominated for listing as a World Heritage Area and was unanimously accepted on November 29, 2000. It thus became the fourth area in New South Wales to be listed. Starting the morning with a stroll around the mountain town…