So, I'm finally here. I've been here since Wednesday, but I haven't had an internet connection. I've moved into my apartment. Hailey & I are living together. We have American roommates, which was kind of a disappointment.

Wednesday - We landed in Melbourne and from there went to St. Kilna for lunch and some nice beach time. After St. Kilna we went to see kangaroos in the wild! Finally, we went to Sorrento. We had apartment style housing and I stayed with Hailey, Erica and Georgia. That day we met the kids going to our schools and split up by state. After our sessions we had dinner and went on a night walk to the beach. I saw the most amazing stars. We could see so much from Mornington Peninsula.

Thursday - Today we had some sessions in the morning. After the sessions we went to the beach and walked on the rocks while the tide was low. It was so beautiful. We were on our own for lunch, so Erica, Georgia, Hailey & I went into town, got the makings for lunch and walked to the beach for lunch. It was great, minus the seagulls. We had a few more sessions, then we took a nice little cruise and had fish (shark) and chips for dinner. It was a lot of fun, very pretty. We then had talks, separated by sex. Very interesting.

Friday - Today we went to Melbourne, what a gorgeous city! It was so much fun. We took a walking tour of Melbourne and were then let loose. We grabbed lunch, I got sushi (yum!) and we ate in a graffitied ally way... But it wasn't sketchy, I promise. Everyone got phones today (I already had mine though). That night we went out and ate at Nando's, a Portuguese restaurant. It was so good! And the manager was hilarious! After Nando's we just ran around Melbourne and took pictures. Poor Jeff, we made him our official photographer of the night. There was also a street performer that Hailey & Cresentia were really enjoying, so we listened to him for a while. In the meantime, some Aussie was getting people walking around to look on the ground while he pulled his pants down and his butt was there for everyone to see when they turned around. It was pretty hilarious. Some of us called it an early night, and went back to the hotel. That included me.

Saturday - Saturday we left Melbourne for our schools. We boarded a flight to Brisbane, and I slept most of the way. Once we got there, UQ and Griffith students split up and we made our way to our new homes. GUV (Griffith University Village) is nice. Lots of international people. Two and a half bathrooms, five bedrooms, kitchen and a common area.

Sunday - Hailey and I went to Surfer's Paradise today to do some shopping for both our apartment, and ourselves! It was a lot of fun, and really hot. We ate at Hard Rock Cafe for lunch and went to Macca's (McDonald's) for a Frozen Coke. Delicious. We also met our new roommates today. We met a few people down at the basketball court too, two girls from Australia, a boy from Dubai, a girl from Arizona, and a boy from Zimbabwe. We chilled with them for a bit, then went to bed.

Monday - Today. We went to get our student IDs today so we can get discounts (Woo!). We then went back to our apartment and chilled. It was much needed. At two, we had the study abroad and exchange student orientation. They gave us free drink vouchers for the UniBar, and we met a lot of people there. I met THREE Germans! We're about to go to a barbeque, and afterwards we're maybe going into Surfer's for some kid's birthday party? I don't really know.

So that's all for now. I'll update as much as I can!

♥ caitlin