week numero UNOOO!

well my loves..i have been in the BEAUTIFUL city of sydney and it is beyond phenomenal!
this last week has been my orientation so i'll fill all you eager readers in on my escapades thus far:

thursday february 18th---
i drove the lovely 2.5 hours from poke-a-tell-oh to salt lake city...
boarded my small little flight to LAX and traveled for 2 hours...
then i met a group of Study Australia students and then we trekked across the world to Australia on a 15 hour flight...twas brutal

this brings us to saturday february 20th [yes, i did in fact just miss the 19th of february...i left the 18th and passed the international date line and finished up on saturday]---
i landed about 9:30 feeling haggard as hell, haven't showered in what seems to be forever.
there was a lot of waiting around...and more waiting around...lugging our luggage around...
we did an info sesh...finally got to our rooms and SHOWERED...and i got my aussie phone :]
then we went out to eat at this harbour-side restuarant...and i, brittney lynn terry, ate my first kangaroo...he tasted like rrrrrrreally tender steak...which was weird, i expected it to be really lean and tough muscle...but they have to prepare it wuite rare so that doesn't happen...it was delicious.
the roommates, katie and molly (our fourth roommate was having visa issues so wasn't with us yet), and i went and ventured around the CBD (central business district...the equivalent of an american downtown)...then i was absolutely exhausted from the traveling and messed up sleep schedule and time craziness so i passed out

february 21st---
this day was so spectacular...we went ABSEILING! (for americans...this means repelling)
we went out to the blue mountains...which is about 2 hours outside of sydney...they are BEAUTIFUL! i'll update my flickr soon ;]
we had to hike down this CRAZY trail down to the actualy cliff rock ish things.
then we did a little baby abseil down a 10 foot rock...then i moved on to a 60 foot rock which was a bit scarier...then i abseiled down a 180 FOOT CLIFF! it was so killer...i loved it! i had a shit glove so the rope was burning my hand! it was so crazy...but incredibly fun so in the end it was all good haha
once getting to the bottom of the cliff we had to hike up this MASSIVE gully...pretty sure it was harder than abseiling...ughhhh...haha...i think i probably burned like 10,000 calories that day.

february 22nd---
this day we did a walking tour of sydney...sydney is absolutely HUGE so we didn't get to see everything, obviously...we got a brief history and such from our BRILLIANT orientation coordinator, Russ. and just as a side note...australian men age MUCH better than american men...this guy is in his late 40s early 50s i'd say and has a rockin bod and looks fabulous!
during the walking tour we saw iconic landmarks like the sydney opera house and the harbour bridge...and then went through hyde park, saw the australian museum...lots of stellar sites...like i said, flickr pics soon!
afterwards we took a bus out to a local australian zoo!
and it was even better because it was a PETTING ZOO!
i got to pet a baby wallaby who was oh so tender...lots of kangaroos! and then some eucalyptus doped out koalas :] (in case you were not aware, koalas are quite vicious, the only reason they are always so calm and sleep so often is because they eat a TON of eucalyptus which is essentially like weed for koalas...they're doped out and sedated ALL the time)

februay 23rd---
on tuesday i went out to UNSW to sign up for my classes...ummmm guys...my schedule is WICKED AWESOME! i have no class on thursday or friday and i get done with classes on wednesday at noon.
then i got my student ID...which was the longest wait of my life.
then we went out to cogee beach...which is absolutely beautiful...and layed out...oh did i mention the sun is HOT AS HELL and i have a killer burn?
because ohhh i do.
then this evening we went on a sydney harbour cruise with a delicious salmon dinner :]

february 24th---
today was another long day of waiting and transferring and moving into my apartment! it is awesomeee! my roommates, molly katie, and alli are INCREDIBLE! we get along famously and i adore them :]

future updates will include:::
tomorrow i have orientation with UNSW
saturday i am getting my bartending license...pretty stellar eh?
and saturday evening i am going to the gay lesbian mardis gras parade! -->it is this HUUUGE ordeal here with about 300,000 people attending :] who's psyched!

loveeeeee you all!!
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