I have been meaning to start a blog for since I got to Australia about 5 1/2 weeks ago, but with no internet at my house and dropping wifi signals this is the first opportunity I have had to sit down and get it going. I am loving Australia and still can't believe I am here...not sure that part ever goes away. School is amazing and I absolutely love what I am doing here. To be honest, the culture is not too drastic from the States. It feels a bit like Southern California here. I am about 16 hours ahead of everyone at home and so I would like to think of myself as a psychic since I am living in the future.
There are a few things I've had to adjust to like looking the other way when I cross the street since they drive on the opposite side (I've been nearly hit numerous times-the drivers here are not friendly). They don't use Fahrenheit here. When I arrived it was what I would guess to be about 100 degrees but I would hear statements like "It's going to be a hot one today-near 40 degrees." I have been practicing using Celsius but I suppose it's a mental thing....I don't ever think 40 degrees will sound hot in my head. However, the last few weeks of summer (yes in February) have been in the 70's and 80's. Not too bad. We don't have a clothes dryer at our house so laundry is quite fun mostly because I believe our washing machine was possessed by the devil before we got it. I hang all my stuff out to dry and nothing yet has taken the crunch out of how my clothes feel haha!
One of the weirdest things here are these obnoxious birds that sound like a monkey and a crying baby mixed into one. They are so loud-often early in the morning. We have had lots of friendly visitors at our house. The ant farm has relocated to our house and they all have brought every ant they know to hang out. I would venture to say that there are thousands in our house right now. I feel like I am loosing WWIII. We did have a rat not long ago grace us with his presence. It was quite comical. The video of us trying to kill it is on my Facebook page. We did have a giant spider hang out for a while as well. I went to see the kualas (not kuala bear) and fed a kangaroo. It was such a cool experience.
The people are so kind and friendly. Everyone is quite accommodating and laid back. I love the culture and the fashion here. I have been to see the Opera House, Manly Beach, Bondi Beach, and the Central Coast. I have a long list still of things I want to see but waiting to get some more money as the cost of living is so expensive here. It costs nearly double for what we would pay in the States. It isn't going to stop me from getting out and traveling.
We are supposed to have internet at our house this week so hopefully I will have more posts son and some cool pics!
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