Small World...
So there are almost 40,000 students at UNSW. Eighteen of those students were in my sociology tutorial today (like recitation). I was sitting in class, looking around the room, and I noticed that one of...
View ArticleThe Language
I've been in Australia for over a month now, even though it hardly seems that long at all. I'm finally starting to pick up on some of the phrases and words they use here, but I'm nowhere close to...
View ArticleBeaches and Birthdays
I've managed to fill up almost all my weekends here so far. It's amazing. Last weekend, I went with a group of people to Gerringong, a tiny little beach town south of Wollongong, in case anyone's heard...
View ArticleNewcastle
This weekend was so much fun! On Friday afternoon, a bunch of us headed up to Newcastle, NSW to visit the family of a friend, Amy, who we met here at uni. It's supposed to be only about 2 hours away,...
View ArticlePictures!!
Long awaited, and finally here! I've organized my backpacking photos into albums, but instead of emailing out invitations to every one, I'm just going to attempt to post the links here. Let me know if...
View ArticleQuick Summary
Last Tuesday: I got up at 5 am and went down to Coogee Beach to watch the sunrise. It was beautiful...we picked a perfect morning to watch it. That evening, I got to go see Macbeth at the Sydney Opera...
View ArticleThe Food
Last night, I had the Australian version of Mexican food! I ordered nachos with beef, and I got these thick, dark corn chips with salsa, guac, and cheese, and chunks of steak on top. It wasn't quite...
View ArticleNew Zealand
I'm in New Zealand!I got into Christchurch on Saturday night, all alone because my travelmates decided to book their tickets for Sunday instead....but that just made it even more of an adventure. I got...
View ArticleEaster Break
Back in Sydney! But I have lots of other stuff to do today, so here are just some highlights of my NZ travels:Driving almost 1700 km in four days. Four days of windy roads, one-lane bridges, weird...
View ArticleTwo Girls and a Car
Wednesday was Anzac Day. To Australians, that seems to mean a glorified Veterans’ Day, full of pub games and parades. To us, though (especially since it was hard to find anyone who could explain the...
View ArticleOn a roll...
More pictures!Mardi GrasAnd a game: Is this a man or a woman? (Look closely)
View ArticleA weekend at home
So, I got back from Adelaide exhausted and behind on schoolwork. I figured this would be a good weekend to just lounge around the house and catch up on everything. I should have realized that it never...
View ArticleAtlantans!
The past couple weeks have been a lot more interesting than I expected. I've still had way too much work to do (sadly, with no sign of letting up any time soon), but I'm making it through.To break up...
View ArticleThe Harbor Experience
Friday was GT Band's free day, so Krys and I decided to take on the city. We wandered around, did a little shopping, and got ourselves lost just picking random directions to walk in. Eventually we...
View ArticlePIctures of the family!
My parents reminded me last night that I haven't posted pictures of when they were here yet. So, here they are!
View ArticleArticle 8
I spent my weekend on a biology field trip to Smith's Lake, a few hours north of here. Let me tell you, trekking through bush and swamp in a country where leeches live on land and possums are actually...
View ArticleOutback pictures!
So, a while ago, I took a trip with Kerry to explore the NSW Outback and eventually ended up in Adelaide?Well, here are the pictures.
View ArticleTrain rides
So far, my tactic of ignoring necessary projects and papers is working well. The deadlines haven't gotten here yet, and I'm having the time of my life. Hopefully I'll still feel that way next week.The...
View ArticleMore Pictures!
From the day I spent with Nganga on the trains.And pictures around town, of my life in Sydney, part 1.
View ArticleArticle 4
It's my last day of class in Australia. In a few hours, I have a biology prac test (lab), and then I'm FREE! Well, for a week, at least. Then I have three finals...but whatever.This has been such an...
View ArticleQueensland I
I am back in Sydney, safe and sound, after quite an eventful week of travels. It was a shock to leave the warm, beautiful beaches of Queensland and return to the miserable cold and rainy weather of...
View ArticleOne final week
My second final exam is tomorrow, and my last one is on Tuesday. Right now, I'm sitting at my friend Mike's house with some classmates "studying" for the exam tomorrow afternoon. In...
View ArticleIn the tropics...
Updating from Airlie Beach on the coast of Queensland, Australia.This is one of those small towns where you run into everyone you know. Really. We ran into not one, but TWO of my housemates while we...
View ArticleNo place like home
I am back in Atlanta, and happier to be here than I thought I'd be. Not that I didn't want to come exactly, but it's always hard to leave a place where you're having fun and head for what could be the...
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