Arrived!

Good news! I haven't died yet! My plane ride was excruciatingly long, but neither was that terrible. On my plane to LAX I sat next to a Harvard professor that was heading to give two lectures on measuring lung capacity, and on the second I sat next to a girl going to Australia for 3 weeks for a kind of sports tour, who told me she was my age and dating a 36 year old. Am I the only one who finds that ridiculously disturbing? I was actually able to see wild kangaroos my first day!! We stopped at this wooded area and had to hike through some trails to get to a field with small shrub like things. The kangaroos apparently like to lay down between the shrubs to avoid the wind in the winter and I was convinced we wouldn't see them because it was so cold. Turns out we saw about maybe 20 of them, including a joey which was the absolute cutest thing ever to see hop around.

We're now staying at the a cute little old hotel which I guess is sort of like a bed and breakfast since we get breakfast and dinner here in the dining room. For lunch we tried to find the cheapest place possible since yesterdays lunch cost about 20 dollars each, so we ended up at a take-out chinese restaurant. It figures that only on the second day I would end up eating a chinese place. So far for orientation we've been doing seminars on Australian culture and how to make the most of our trip here. Best news of the day though! I mentioned that I am pre-vet and Lyndon, one of the head instructors here, told me afterwards that his mothers partner is a veterinarian in Melbourne and could possibly set me up working or volunteering with him for the semester! If this works out, this semester abroad will have paid for itself with my happiness.

More things have happened but I will write more later as I am late for lunch!  I love Australia!    

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