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Monday, February 3rd, 2025

Paddy’s Market

My favorite part of this week was going to Paddy’s market which is only open on saturdays from 10am-4pm. Since I was little when i would go on trips with my mom she would always tell me not to buy tee shirts on vacation. I think from her point of view it was the same thing as giving someone a gift card. Its getting something just to get it. Everywhere we went she would tell me about the shoe lady. A friend she apparently had (who I have still yet to meet) that instead of buying tee shirts or sweatshirts […]

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Monday, January 27th, 2025

Friends

I think this might have been the shortest two weeks of my entire life. It feels like we just arrived and we’ve been here forever all at the same time. Although I knew I would love Australia because I got to skip winter I never would have imagined how happy I truly would be. I can attribute this in great part to the friends I have with me and the new friends I have made. Friends before or not they have quickly becaome poeple I could not imagine my life without and will continue to thank abroad for bringing me […]

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Sunday, January 19th, 2025

Walkabout Wildlife Sanctuary

This week was full of lots of exciting activities. We were taught how to navigate the city by train, had a group dinner to get to know eachother, went on a guided tour in the Sydney area around the opea house, and in my opinion most excited went to visit Walkabout wildlife sanctuary.  On the tour of the sanctuary we had the opportunity to observe kangaroos roaming free, learned how to throw boomerangs, pet a koala, hold snakers, and pet a variety of other animals. Another aspect of the tour was walking through the wildlife and stopping at spots that […]

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