G'day Mates!

Well kids... I'm here and have been for 2 days. So far it's excellent. Basically I left Louisville and traveled for 36 hours to get here - stopping in Chicago, LA (for a chat with an old high school friend and an 8 hour layover), Auckland, and finally Sydney.

Everything is fabulous. The weather is beautiful. The city is beautiful, and my room is awesome. I'm living right downtown in a loft apartment with one roommate. Her name is Leah. She's great as are a lot of the other people on this trip.

We've basically been doing orientation and seeing a bit of Sydney. We're almost finished up. The only thing left is academic orientation tomorrow and then they are turning us loose for the semester.

So far we've been down to the wharf by Darling Harbor, cruised under the famous Harbor bridge and past the opera house, had very fun presentations about all the places to see, met some awesome surfing instructors and ventured to Bondi Beach.

I'm pretty excited about everything I'm going to get to do this semester. Trying to pick and choose as there is way more than time will allow for.

For now all of you can look forward to hearing about my upcoming weekend trip to the Blue Mountains and later in the semester you'll get to laugh at pictures of me learning to surf. The rest I'll leave you in suspense for, mostly because I don't know what else I'm going to do yet!

I'm shooting pics all on film this semester, but the good thing is there is a Target and a Kmart just across the street. So, hopefully I'll be able to develop film and post the digital prints on flickr!

Love all you guys! Drop me an e-mail or message me on facebook.

Much love and many smiles.
liz