I’m going all aussie-ish

August 11th, 2009 by Sandra

I’m so neglecting this site right now. I actually feel ashamed about it. I blame it on the fact that I actually have a travel journal in swedish for my friends and family back home so I’m kinda blogged out. But you guys deserve the story anyway. So here it is.

I’m currently living in an on-campus flat in Nathan, a suburb of Brisbane in Australia. I arrive in Australia on July 16 and I will be here for a year forward. I’m studying at Griffith University Nathan campus. This semester my courses are World History, Australian History, Fame & Celebrity and English Pragmatics. I live in a flat shared with 7 other people and I have been lucky ’cause there are some really nice people living with me.

My biggest adventure so far is my three day adventure to Byron Bay where I did the following:

  • Held a koala
  • Petted a kangaroo
  • Tried to surf
  • Wore a wet suit
  • Visited the most eastern point of the Australian mainland
  • Kayaked with wild dolphins
  • Walked the beach in sunset
  • Danced on the table of a bar
  • Shared a room with 9 other people
  • Won a trucker cap
  • Drank drinks from a jar

After that it was time to get back to reality and actually start school. School has been good so far, but I’m used to partying Fridays and Saturdays and sometimes Wednesday. Here  you go to the campus pub on Tuesdays and into to on Thursdays and then if you feel like it, Saturdays.

That’s all I can give you right now ’cause I’m not very inspired to write. I’ll get back to you soon, I hope.

Hong Kong and “soon” Brisbane

July 15th, 2009 by Sandra

So my trip has so far brought me to Hong Kong. My flight for Brisbane will take off in about an hour. I’ve been sitting here waiting for it for almost 6 hours now. There’s alot of waiting on this trip. Waiting for boaring, waiting for takeoff, waiting to arrive, waiting to disembark and so on. Waiting in the terminals it’s easy compared to the waiting to fall alseep during these long night-flights. I have great difficulty falling asleep. Hopefully I can manage better on this flight.

I will have someone form Griffith to pick me up at the airport which is just awesome. After that the traveling is over, but, not the trip.

The trip is far from over.

Peace and love!