1 week down, 17 to go!!

This is my side of the room!

This is the group at South Beach

(The man that took it was trying to be artistic?)

South Beach!!

More South Beach!!

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I made it through my first week in Australia. It was a whirlwind and I loved every minute of it. This week was orientation and it was hectic. Tomorrow is the last day of it and I am thankful. Tuesday was our first full day here and we had such a blast getting to know South Beach. South Beach is just a free bus ride away and it was amazing! Huge beach and not that crowded. We laid out and got a lot of sun! When we got home we had a good barbecue with the other international students and then came back for our family meeting. Tuesday was a pretty sweet day. Wednesday was our tour around Freo and I really fell in love with the city. There is so much packed in to such a small city, but I really love it. I really feel like there is tons and tons to do and we will never really have a dull minute here in Freo. Thursday (today) was a long, hot day in Perth. We had an "Amazing Race" type of contest around the city to get to know it, but let me tell you, my group was not all for it. We had no ambition in this 100 degree weather to run around a city we knew nothing about. But we finally finished it and made it back to our home at Cleo's for a nice evening. We got a free dinner at the Orient, which is the bar across the street, and it was definitely edible. I did not finish it all but it filled me up. After dinner we played this really awesome game called Bananagrams, its a really awesome form of Scrabble. I bet I would beat my Grandma Loretta at it. You basically play a game of Scrabble with yourself but you race with the other players to end sorta. Its really fun! After that we went to this really cool place and we got Churros and Chocolate. I got the kids meal thing, so I got sprinkles. It was a good end to a long, hot day. This first week was full of firsts and it was pretty amazing!! I love it in Freo and I am ready to see what it has to offer me these 4 months.

For those interested, my dorm is called Hotel Cleopatra, Cleo's, and I love it. I love it so so much! There are 14 girls and 1 guy from UP and 4 great girls from Saint Mary's College which is in Indiana. I share a room with Megan and we get along really well! I love Cleo's so much! It is nice and small and just a lot of really amazing little things that make it great!

School starts Monday and as nice as this 2 months break has been, I am ready for classes again. But I am nervous. I am taking a nursing class, an ethics class, a children's literature class, a sociology of childhood class, and the australia history class. They all seem really interesting and I am ready for them to start! Well off to bed! But I can't wait to tell you more about my time here! Talk to you all soon!