Casey's Visit

Well I guess I'm due for another update yet again!

Casey came to visit me this past week, which was awesome! It was so nice to see someone from home. She flew in on Saturday and I had gotten on the 3AM train to go to Sydney to meet her. Her flight got in at 6-ish in the morning, and then we went and checked into our hostel. We met up with Maria and Lauren for breakfast before heading out to the market. We did the classic sightseeing- Circular Quay and the Opera House and all that. Then that night, we went to see Iron Man 2 at the world's biggest Imax! It was sweeeeet! Then Casey went to bed, and I went to the hostel bar with Maria and Lauren for a little while.

Casey and I at the Opera House

The next day, Casey and I set out for the Taronga Zoo. We had to catch the ferry over to the zoo, and it was really cool! They have some awesome animals. The zoo is kind of confusing though. It's set on a big hill, so you're walking up and down everything. It's a little weird. But really cool. After that, we headed back to Circular Quay to get lunch, and then went to Manly Beach. I love Manly Beach- one of my favorite places. After that, we headed back to our hostel and passed out pretty much. It'd been a busy day.

Our All-Day Passes that got us EVERYWHERE.

Us in front of the Taronga Zoo! :)

Me at Manly Beach
Baskin Robbins!!

The next day we woke up bright and early and caught the train back to Newcastle, seeing as I had class that day. Goodness. After class, we just hung out for awhile and did nothing really. The next day we went shopping and to the beach, which was super nice. Then that night we went to trivia. Trivia is a big deal among us here at Brown Street. It's really hard, and we usually don't do well, but it's still really fun. Wednesday we took it fairly easy, and the same with Thursday. Thursday I managed to lose Casey on campus though. With a fair amount of freaking out and running around searching (actually 5 hours' worth) I had my friend call campus security and they found her. Finally. It was scary. A whole big ordeal.

Friday night we went over to our friends' house for a party, and had a good night on the town. Saturday we went out for a short while, and then got a couple hours of sleep before she had to leave on the train to catch her flight home. Good to see her, sad to see her go.

Other than that, I've been hanging out around Newcastle, trying to get things done and preparing for Lindsey's arrival in a few weeks. I think we'll be going to Cairns to go diving, so that'll be really fun!!! :)

That's about all I have for now, but stay tuned!