After 38 hours of flying and being in airports, my luggage and I finally made it to Perth! As I waited in line in customs getting my luggage scanned, a sweet, old, Australian man told me I could hold onto my jumper. Needless to say, I was very confused because I have not worn a jumper since about 1st grade, but he in fact was referring to my sweatshirt. After being in Australia for two days, I have quickly found out that while this is an "English" speaking country, some of the words/phrases over here are completely foreign to me. After our advisor picked us up at the airport, we had just enough time to check-in to our hotel and shower before hitting the streets of downtown Perth. Where was the very first place I went in Australia? Of course, the BYOWS (Bring Your Own Wine and Spirits Store). Our advisor had each of us pick up a bottle of wine to take with us to dinner. I bought my first bottle of wine legally--it was very eliberating. Then we enjoyed a delicious meal downtown, and afterwards were introduced to Australian nightlife. Simply put, it was an incredible first night down under. Today I moved into my flat, which I must say is rather cute; it is almost like a beach condo, except we are not quite on the beach. As of now it is just Kendal and I, and our other 4 roommates are coming within the next few days, none of which are Americans. Tomorrow (Monday, I'm a day ahead here) we have a full day of orientation activities, and then Tuesday we leave to go the "the brush" where we will go surfing, see kangaroos, learn aboriginal dances and other things of the sort. All in all, it should be a pretty amazing first week. It is still surreal to me that I am even here. Perth is absolutely georgeous, Aussies are incredible friendly, and I forsee this as being a remarkable 5 months.
Here is a link to a few pictures from the past two days. I stole them from Ally because I haven't uploaded my own pictures yet. I will post again soon, with more pictures of my room and me attempting to surf, haha.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?&collid=335633652210.571532215210.1234095601121&page=1&sort_order=0&navfolderid=0&folderid=0&ownerid=0
Cheers :)
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Jillie, the pix link didn't work for me, but it was good to see your personal photo on the right and know you arrived OK. We missed you last night at your mom's intimate dinner birthday party. She brought her own wine glass that aid Happy Birthday on it! It was very cool. Hope you continue to have an incredible expeience.
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Aunt Nancy
The picture link didn't work for me either :( so I say that you post your own pictures soon! I'm glad that you had a safe trip! I really am going to call you at 2am sometime so that it's 2pm there (assuming that your phone works down under...)
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Sara