I’m in Australia! After 37 hours of traveling, we were landing in Sydney, watching the Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge pass us by. That’s when it sunk in… I’m in Australia! Once the 37 of us ignorant American students passed through customs, we were ushered by over-excited ASC staffers to a bus where we traveled to Wesley Institute. The 30 minute excursion was accompanied by an extremely entertaining native, narrating our trip with stories of the outback. Some true, some not. Of course I believed them all like they were straight from the Bible. The “Drop Bears” were the most frightening new discovery for me. Apparently they’re fuzzy creatures that drop from the trees, the females fall and knock their victims to the ground while the males come up from their burrows in the ground and attack. I was freaking out picturing myself walking around the city, constantly looking above my head for fuzzy bears that are gonna kill me…
The Aussies are apparently extremely sarcastic, funny and adventurous... I love it!
The ASC group (the American group of 37 students) seems to be really fun so far. A lot of different personalities, and I can already find myself making great connections with certain people.
The staff so far have overwhelmed us with information, tea, warnings, excitement, cookies, tea, run-around games and more snacks, with TEA!, to keep us awake. So far it’s working but crash time is soon to come…
My host mom is adorable! A middle-aged mom of four grown kids, Sue is a smallish woman who fits every description of a sweet Aussie mom. Sue (has to be said with an Aussie accent) came to pick me and my roommate, Sam, up today and brought us back to her house where we met her 82 year old mother, Shirley and her 21-year-old daughter, Georgia. She lives in an absolutely adorable house in town with a small patio-type terrace that joins to an apartment-type part of the house where we will be living above Shirley. Shirley is hard of hearing so the soap operas will be a constant companion I’m guessing… She’s a cutie J
Sam and I are now unpacking and waiting on dinner. Dinner will be sure to set us up for the final food coma of the day, except this time, we can actually crash afterward!!! And tomorrow’s going to be a busy and early day…
I’m so thankful that God has really been changing my outlook and attitude already. I know that this semester’s going to be chaotic and unexpected… I can hardly wait. It doesn’t mean I’m not a bit nervous still J
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