After a long time traveling we finally made it to Australia! It feels unreal! It has been quite an adventure so far. In Indy, Jake's ticket somehow got "un-chcecked" and he was going to be placed on another flight later but a passenger volunteered to get off for him. This saved for a lot of chaos later! On the first 3 flights I sat with BSU study abroad program students, getting to know them. The whole group was a bit awkward at first but has now quickly warmed up to one another. On the 14 hour flight from LA to New Zealand I was worried about sleeping but had no problems. One of my carry ons was taken to be checked due to lack of storage, so I lost my sleeping pill if I were to have a problem. I ended up watching The Social Network on the mini screen in front of me that also held a variety of TV shows, movies, and music. Had a great dinner of Beef, zucchini, potatoes, a roll and juice. I slept for 8-10 hours and woke for a early breakfast. The rest of travel went fairly well with only minor issues among the group. Once arriving in Brisbane our BSU director picked us up in a charter bus. After one of the girls vomited all over the bus we stopped for lunch (not that we were hungry after that). We decided to try Australia McDonalds to see how different than USA. It tastes pretty much the same, the chicken nuggets taste much better and healthier. We arrived in Lennox Head/ BSU campus around 4/4:15.A After dropping our things in the cabins we quickly changed into our suits and walked out to our beach. We played in the waves then took a talk with our director down to the end where the waves are less rouge and rough. The director told us the other day there were sting rays swimming in this area. We didn't see any this time, but maybe the next. After our hour beach walk we threw cover ups on and went to dinner provided and grilled by the center director. We were made barbeque chicken, beef and sausage with onions, watermelon, pineapple, beats, bread and juice. it was delicious. After dinner we began unpacking and getting settled in. A few students wanted to go to the bar and get a drink but a few decided that we were tired enough to stay, get completely unpacked, shower and go to bed early.
Tomorrow we are going to the grocery and having our orientation.
