G’Day Everyone!
Another week has gone by and I can’t believe how fast time is flying by and that I’m over half way done with my experience here in Australia. This past week as been extremely busy. Starting with last weekend, on Saturday when I took my first surf lesson. I wouldn’t call myself a surfing expert now, but I was able to stand up and ride a wave or two. Not gonna lie though, it was pretty hard. But I did have a lot of fun learning and I plan on renting a board and trying again when we get closer to summer time. On Sunday though, I ran in a 9k race which started on the other side of Sydney and I got to run over the Sydney Harbor Bridge which was incredible. I was able to run with two of my friends here in Australia and it was a awesome running atmosphere. The best part of the race though was the fact that we finished at the Sydney Opera House.
To continue the excitement into the week, I went to go see A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Sydney Opera House on Monday night. Right before the show we were able to see the sunset over the harbor bridge(see photo below) and we had the chance to explore the inside of the opera house and it is honestly spectacular. For the play, I’ve never read Shakespeare in high school and I’ll admit that avoided Shakespeare like the plague, but I did enjoy the show because it was a modern interpretation and very funny.
Other than those excursions early in the week, I’ve been mostly living in the library studying and getting work done for midterms. But good news is that midterms are over and it’s officially spring break here at UNSW. Wooooohooooooo!!! For spring break I’m traveling to Thailand for 10 days and I’m honestly so excited. So because I will be in Thailand next week, I won’t be able to post on our blog but I will definitely fill you all in 2 weeks from now.
Hope everyone is doing well with classes and training. Have fun at family weekend!
Allison
This past weekend, my professor took my sustainability class to “Milan”. It took a train, two subways, and a bus to get to where we were going… which wasn’t actually Milan. It was a park outside the city. There we went on another bike tour through the woods and planted some plants. This time I didn’t see any flamingos but I did see a few peacocks (they got away before I could snap a pic)!
