Sunday, February 22, 2009
School starting
So today was the first day of classes and its actually not bad....i think this is going to be a good semester. One of my classes seems really interesting! But aside from the education...I am getting eaten alive with bugs! I have like 17 bugbites and I am trying so hard not to scratch them! haha...I am going to go see a performance at the Opera House Wednesday night for my roommates birthday! Im super excited to go inside! I miss you all!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Aquarium
under the harbour bridge with good weather
silly asian man on the bus
Jonathan, Josh, Megan, Shannon, Liz, Jeff, Brittany, Me
In the bus on the way back to school this asian guy sat next to Brittany and was falling asleep the whole time. He kept leaning to the side and got closer and closer to Brittany...it was the funniest thing ever! We were all trying to hard not to laugh, but then everyone else in the bus saw it too and they all started laughing!
Tonight we are going out in the city with this Aussie guy Brittany met on the plane. It should be a lot of fun!
Rain
So we wanted to go to the beach...and last night we decided we would go this morning. We woke up this morning to a thunderstorm, lightening, and a downpour! I love the rain...but this is supposed to be summer here! We are going to go to the Aquarium today...im excited! ill post pictures when i take them
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Uni
So im finally all settled in at the University! My roommate is Brittany from Cal Poly Pomona and my other two flat mates are Joal and Bobby from SDSU (I know...boys!) Funny story though...Joel is one of the two or three Child Development Majors at state and we have been in a lot of the same classes! I never would have imagined knowing anyone here...let alone living with them! It is such a small world!
The apartments are kind of ghetto...but ill live. Lots of spiders and apparently there is a cockroach problem! Its ok though...we will make the boys kill them. :)
Internet is hard and expensive to get here so I hope to get on as much as I can. We have orientation today and a dinner cruise tomorrow night for all the study abroad students..it should be fun! There is a restaurant/bar called the Ranch right across from my apartment and it is 2 dollar drinks tonight so I think we are all gonna head over there later. Love you all!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Last night with mom
So today we went to see Mom's friend Cathie in Newcastle. She is the sweetest woman ever! I loved meeting her and visiting with her!
Tonight was my last night with mom here. We went to dinner and then walked around the city. We sat down for a drink at this cute cafe and then decided to walk back to the hotel when it started to sprinkle. Little did we know, it decided to pour rain for the whole time we were walking home! We got totally soaked and my umbrella was already broken so I decided to just throw it out since it was turning inside out every time the wind blew. We got totally soaked! What a last night to remember.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Sydney
Harbour Bridge
Opera House
Ghetto Apartment Bedroom
Amazing Valentines Day :)
Mom and I had our own little Valentines Day in the hotel...it was funny haha! The picture explains it all...they love their Krispy Kream here! love you all!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
PS...wicked
Lots of stuff
They went right for the good stuff!
Flat White (you wish you had one huh?)
Mom and Mark (Thanks again Mark!)
We got to feed Kangaroos, pet Koalas, and visit with huge Eagles that hated long blonde hair :(...seriously though...but its ok he was in a cage. Cafe's are just as popular here as McDonalds is in the US so we have been drinking lots of coffe..and "flat whites" are the thing here (they are really good.) Today we went to the Great Barrier Reef and saw amazing fish and jellys (sorry I dont have pictures yet..we had a disposable waterproof camera). It has been amazing so far and I have been talking to some kids from my University on Facebook and have gotten to know them a little...I cant wait to get to Sydney! Tomorrow we tour the rainforest...should be gorgeous! Love you all! Cheers!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Me and mom at dinner
Sunset on Lake Taupo
View from hotel balcony
Sunday, February 1, 2009
First Day
View from top of Stytower
Skytower
Me and mom in Skytower
Our first day in Auckland New Zealand was exhausting. We got in around 7am NZ time and didn't get to the hotel until around 10am...do to moms fabulous driving on the wrong side of the road, NOT, (tomorrow I think I will give the driving a try). We didn't want to sleep at all because we didn't want to throw ourselves off so we walked around Ponsonby and drank Flat Whites (really good and much needed coffee). Then we went up in the Skytower (the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere) and had a glass of wine. We then decided to just come back to the hotel and order room service. It is only 745pm here and we are thinking about going to sleep haha. We miss all of you and can't wait to tell of our next adventures!
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