Cheers everyone!
How are you going?! Ok, that's my effort to speak like the Australians :)
Last night Sara and I slept with the light on the entire night, we were scared. I forgot to mention dinner last night, which consisted of kangaroo meat in our pasta sauce...luckily I had the vegetable sauce, although I am all for trying new things, but it might take a while. Apparently kangaroo is the new beef :)
A few of us got ready for the day, we went for a run around Freo and the weather was absolutely beautiful! We saw the beach and a little bit of the historic town. It's a Sunday so most shops are only open 12-4pm. Also on weekends there is a fresh produce market and if you go right before it closes on Sunday at 5pm, they practically hand the food to you. We went to the grocery store and Target- which is very different from Minnesota! Hair dryers are about $50, bath towls are $40 each, and makeup, like mascara is about $15-20! Yikes- good thing I packed these necessities!
For the night we got dressed up and headed to Little Creatures, a town pub/restaurant where they brew their own beer! To get to the pub, we have to cross this big park and our director warned us that if we go alone we might get thumped (robbed). There are many homeless people and Aborigines who are in the park late at night. So no worries, I walk around the park and not through it!
After the bar, we all walked down to the beach. There were a group of random people around a bonfire strummin' on a guitar. Now, for those who know me, I'm always paranoid about not only the dark, but also strangers. The people turned out to be very friendly and one guy is a swordfish and tuna fisherman and he'll be leaving Wednesday for a month out at sea. He hasn't seen his family in 5 years! I thought 10 days was hard! They live on the other side of Australia in between Brisbane & Sydney. He invited a few of us out on his ship the following day to go snorkeling- um no thanks!
Tomorrow is an early morning, we start Orientation or "O week" at Notre Dame Australia. I can't wait! As for pictures, I will try to send some and eventually I'll have a website set up so you can all see them. We still don't have internet in our rooms. Until next time,
Peace and Love always~
Molly
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