First things first, my parents are down under! True, they are currently in New Zealand, but I did get to see them this past weekend, which was fantastic. Plus, I'll get to see them this upcoming weekend when we travel to Adelaide and Kangaroo Island. I'm super excited. :)
But I should probably back up.
Ashlee and Stef came to visit me from Lismore, and made an 8 hour trek via train all the way to Newcastle. It was a sweeeeet weekend. I had so much fun. (I miss you guys already- come back!) They loved Newcastle, and kept saying they wanted to transfer. I wish they would. We did tons of stuff. We went shopping, we went out on the town, and we had a good solid couple of beach days. The weather was gorgeous, and there were lots of laughs and adventures (and mishaps) involved. We went to Hotel Delany, which was super fun. It had a live band, and they played pop music- American of course- so it was really fun to sing along and dance to. The next night we went to CDP, which was a little more interesting scene. Much more for the artist/hippie types. Seemed like everyone was on something.
Then, I did the normal week at class. Class is so different here. I walk about 5 minutes to the train station, ride the train for about 10 minutes, walk a solid 10 minutes to get onto campus from the train station, and then another 5-10 minutes to get to my actual building. Talk about a commute. STORY: this week, in art, I had to draw a nude girl. Like, for real. We went into this room and this girl was sitting in there, and I was like oh we're just doing figure drawing, like she'll keep her clothes on, because she was wearing a simple outfit. Oh no, she was completely nude. I didn't know what to do. I think I kept my composure really well. It was super awkward for me though. Fortunately noone was immature about it, since we're all 'artists'. I knew there was a reason I'm not super into art haha!
But yea, so there was a normal week of class, and then I took the train to go see my parents in Sydney! I was so excited, I felt like I couldn't move fast enough. Sydney is a crazy city, but it's really beautiful. Our hotel had fantastic views of the harbor (we could see the bridge and the opera house) and was right across the street from a Maserati and Ferrari dealership. Clean living eh? My parents and I went out to dinner and had fun catching up, while I filled them in on Aussie lifestyle. Like, for instance, everyone walks on the left side of the sidewalk. As well as when you hit the button for the crosswalk, it beeps slowly, and then when it's your turn to cross, it like trills at you- so if you're not paying attention, it gets your attention! :) Little things like that.
The next day, we woke up early and climbed the Sydney Harbor Bridge! Sweeeet! It was so so so cool. We got to wear these ever-so-attractive jumpsuits, and got hooked into these harnesses. My calves still hurt really bad from climbing all those stairs. We would stop every so often to have our picture taken. I'll include one here. We actually got to climb it on the 78th birthday of it opening! How sweet is that! Heaps awesome I tell you. :)
Then we spent the rest of the day touring around. I got to see the Opera House (they had done that the day before while I was in school), and then we went to the aquarium, where I got to see real live Dugongs! (Relatives of Manatees guys...) It was awesome. Then we went to the hotel and chilled a little bit before dinner again. The next day we walked around a bit and then hopped on the bus to head home. The trains were unfortunately shut down due to track work so we had to take a coach bus- which wasn't terrible, just hot. Then we got to spend the day touring Newcastle. It was fun to have them see where I live and the town I live in. They really liked the beach, and the fact that the sand squeaks. Yea, it squeaks. :) All in all, it was a pretty chill weekend, but we got to see and do a lot.
Now, I'm just keeping busy trying to get a lot of schoolwork done so I can have fun and relax at Kangaroo Island this weekend. It'll be awesome- I can't wait. Then, the weekend after, SPRING BREAK. It's going to be so cool! A 10 day trip down the east coast of Australia. Oh yes. It's going to be awesome. We're going sailing in the Whitsundays, spending a couple days on Fraser Island, and then learning to surf in Byron Bay. Woohoo!
I'll try to do a better job to keep you guys updated on stuff in the future. It's just been crazy busy lately! I'm sorry!
Let me know how you're all doing!! :) :)
((Okay so pictures are going to have to wait- my internet is not liking me right now!))
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