Hello everyone!! I just got moved into my new room at Kieraview. It is well... a little dirty but it will do! Good thing my mom taught me to be a clean freak with Chlorox wipes! Dont worry mom I wiped down every nook and cranny :) My room isnt bad, its the kitchen that is nasty cause there are some boys that OBVIOUSLY share with me! So the last few days I was in Cairns which is where the Great Barrrier Reef is located. Yesterday we took a bus up in the mountain to a place called Rainforestation. This is a nature park, and as you can see this is where I got to hold a koala!!! He smelt kinda funny and the poor little fella probably is man handled many hours through out the day. I also fed some kangaroos and one of them had a wee baby in its pouch!! It was pretty cute! I was very brave and held a snake around my neck- It was soo not cool when he put his face towards mine, that was NOT okay. At the park we watched an aboriginal Australian dance, learned to play the didgeridoo and got to throw a boomerang! This place was SO cool. At the very end we went out on a duck boat with this old man who I could not distinguish when he was joking and when he was serious. The Aussies love to joke and say the exact opposite of what they mean.. At our place we stayed there is a market only open on the weekends. They sell fruit and all kinds of trinkets. I bought a little fruit called a Rambutan and a passion fruit. I had never had either and they were very yummy! Today was the day that I tried the most new things in my life! When we got back to out place I went out the the park and played Cricket- interesting game. I had a lot of fun but didnt understand what I was doing half the time and just ran when people were screaming. After that we walked down to the beautiful lagoon that overlooked the ocean and the mountains. Our Australearn group then met up to talk about what to expect this semester and to my disappointment I found that nearly all my favorite foods do not exist here.... sooo when I come home I am buying a huge bag of recees, stuff to make smores, a jar of peanut butter, oreo cookies, chips and salsa, any and all mexican food, and tons of cereal and eating it allll!!! Later after our meeting a few of my new friends walked down to some night markets where they had some really neat things. I got two small didgeridoos and a sweatshirt since I also found out that Aussies do not celebrate their school by dressing in all Uni apparel. Apparently they do not like others to know they study- I guess that universities here do not really sell clothes that advertise the name. Bummer for me I packed one sweatshirt for the fall and winter... On our way home I passed a little gilado shop and got some Coconut gilado. OMG that is a party in your mouth if you ever had one!
Today we flew out to Sydney- unfortunately our flight got diverted to Brisbane because there were some wicked storms in Sydney. We landed in Brisbane for about 20 minutes refueled and were on our way once again. There are three of us staying in Kieraview and were dropped off last once we got to Wollongong. I was on a plane for 4 hours and a bus for 3 what a long day. Once I arrived here at my new place I met up with Chrissy to go down stairs to meet some of the people here in what they call the fishbowl where you can watch tv or go on the computers. Unfortunately you have to go trough some of the connecting kitchens and balconies to get outside and downstairs. So as I was walking in front of her to go downstairs I walked directly into a glass window in which I misconceived as an OPEN glass door. Yeah I have a HUGE bruise with a popped blood vessel on my wrist bone and a big bruise on my knee from where I hurled myself into the door. I thought poor Chrissy was going to have an asthma attack she was laughing so hard while I tried to pretend like I was fine because I was so embarrassed. I can imagine it was hilarious- great first impression...
Anyway I am off to bed for tomorrow I have to search for groceries a cell phone, hair dryer and straightner while I look like a poodle in the humidity. Take care and I will write soon!
-Nik
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