Well, long time no post. :) Alot has happened since the last time I posted. Well, not to much compared to my previous adventures around Oz. In the last month, I've moved in with my actual host family and started school. After my trip around australia with the Evans, I came back to Naracoorte. I moved in with the Bartoseks on the 17 of August and I started School the next day. The night I moved in, Marilyn ( my host mom) put on a family dinner for me. We had lots of food and a pavlova for dessert. It was amazing. Although, Tim Tams are still my favorite Aussie dessert. I fell for the drinking your tea through your tim tam joke. Yes, I'm that gullable.
School is so far so good. I really don't like the uniforms, simply because none of it fits right.Oh well. I do like my classes. I'm taking English, Australian Studies, Art, Outdoor Education and high Maths. The people are nice and I think I've made some friends. I've also met some really really stupid people. I have been talking to them and said I was from America then say that I was from the United States and this is the reaction that I get "wait, are those the same thing?? I don't study the map. . . " YES!!! It's common sense!!! It's annoying. I also have this group of year 8s that follow me around saying 'dude' cause apparently Americans say that alot. It kind of like being a celebirty. I'm popular without even having to try. Not many exciting thigs happen in Naracoorte, so my being here is VERY exciting. Many of the kids here have never even left the Naracoorte area. The farthest they've been is to Mt. Gambier. That's only an hour away. That's the most shocking thing. To be 16 years old and never have been more than 500 Kilometers from your backyard. It's amazing.
Now to talk about travel. I went to Halls Gap in the Grampians for a day and got to pet a Kangaroo and see a koala and a wombat. It was great fun. That same weekend, I went to Horsham to meet all of the exchange students. That was amazing. It's going to be great fun to get to know them. I have many travel plans for the future. I'm going to Adelaide this from the 9th to the 14th of September for the Adelaide show. That will be interseting, well as intersting as cows and goats can get. . .
4 comments:
you can drink tea through your timtam you have to bite a bit off each end..it falls apart quite quickly but it does work for a short time :)
very cool looks like lots of fun ! DAD
ariel they are not stupid for thinking america is not quite the same as the US there is south america and north america that includes canada and mexico so america may be more than the US to australians. We just call ourselves american not u.s.ers Also please explain what a timtam is and did you drink as jacqlyn sugggested.
Ariel, you're probably not that popular... just kidding. What is tim tam? Never heard of it. You're so lucky to have pavlova, I love it. How many Kilometers in a mile? I'm sooooooo sorry that you have to wear uniforms.
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