2 Crazy Sheilas

First off I’ll start by saying sorry for the delay I have had a very busy few days. I have heard that many of you have been checking this and have been dissapointed by the fact that nothing new was up! Well behold another entry:

I’m going to get it out of my system very quickly….its hot as a desert here today! Considering I live on the third floor of my dorm and that my room faces the sun for the second half of the day its becomes a home made sauna in here! Outside the sun is strong, the clouds nonexistant and the breeze perfect, so in saying that, its perfect outside! About 95 degrees today, or at least it feels like it
I haven’t got much to say about Mondays, first day of classes for the week are so far so good. My weekend was semi-eventfull. Saturday I went with some friends to a festival (called Moombah I believe???) in the Melbourne city center. It was basically a county fair of bigger proportion with kiddie rides and games. One cool thing is that it was on the Yarra River (which runs through the city center) and they were holding water skiing and wakeboarding competitions throughout the weekend. When we were at the fair there was a ski jumping competition which proved to be interesting, especially because the first jumper crashed and the announcer compared it to falling from a building! Then we headed to a beer garden and a few other pubs and ended up on Brunswick Street. Brunswick street is basically 3rd street in La Crosse, being that there is a ton of shopping and equal number of bars. Pretty fun day turned into a pretty fun (and late) night! Sunday I played in an intercollege softball tournament in which I ended up being only one of two American girls on our Aussie team, and not only that, I was the only one with actual softball playing experience! All I have to say about that is it was the most interesting game of softball I have ever witnessed, being that softball is not an Aussie sport it was a first for many! My fellow Americans, knowing how much softball and baseball is part of America, it was interesting to have to explain the game and watch the Aussies play it! Quite entertaining actually!

I haven’t got much planned for the day, except for some homework and the purchase of a fan! Will put up some pictures with this entry and tell you a little about the friends I have made here so when I do write further you will know who I am talking about when I refer to somebody! Other than my weekend, which was pretty fun, things are great here and I will continue to tell you all about my Aussie fun!

Just a picture of the girls and I! Miranda, on the far left is from Fennimore! Anne, in the middle, is from Oslo Norway and is doing her undergraduate at La Trobe in Australia. It is her first year at Uni (university) studying internalional relations, and she has proven to be a very fun girl and a great friend!

 These are the boys that I have befriended in Australia. From the left, Sjoerd a.k.a. Shoes is from the Netherlands and is in the same program as I am, he is a third year study abroad student from Tilburg University in the Netherlands and is studying information managment. Second in, Keesjan a.k.a. K is also from the same college as Shoes and the same study abroad program. K is a graduate student in the Law program and plans to be a D.A. in the Netherlands. Sam, who is second from the right, is an Aussie native from Darwin (Northern Territory) in his third year as an international business student. He also takes on the role os our tour guide when in the city and the area and far right is Matt. Matt is from UW-La Crosse and is also in the program as I am. He’s studying business and plans to graduate in the winter at home. I find it funny to meet a friend from home across the world!

Well thats all for now as I am off to buy a fan! The heat is not so invuting when it comes time to go to bed so I am looking forward to a fan! Will write again later!