It's official, this trip is beginning to fly by. Thursday will mark 2 weeks in Australia and bring this trip down to 3 weeks to go. The weekend flew by too! It could have something to do with having a field trip on Friday to the Hyde Park Barracks downtown which is where the first buildings were built and the prisoners were kept. Very nice, interesting museum which we just had to follow up with class lecture! Which reminds me I have an assignment to do, writing a diary entry for a convict Thomas Walker, convicted to the 7 passage and sentence for stealing a handkerchief and money. Noted.
After a busy week of class and commuting to workouts it was nice to have some down time. Of course MSU study abroad did not waste a moment of the night life and we had some very interesting and fun nights out in the city. No elaboration needed! On Saturday my roommate Alex and I made the run from Bondi beach down to Coogee beach. It ends up being about 12k and it runs along the coastal walkway which is beautiful. You go up and down the cliffs and along some really nice beaches. Lots of stairs! But we made it and spent the rest of the afternoon on the beach and swimming even though it was just about 5 degrees to cool for a beach day.
It was a vintage Sunday for me. Let myself sleep in a bit then took off with my backpack to see some sights! Ended up on Tamarama beach which is my favorite spot i think. It's a smaller beach, right around the rocks from Bondi but is referred to as more of a local beach. It's never crowded or loud, just very relaxed. I sat the little Tamarama cafe and got some school work done and read my book. It was a really warm day today and just perfect to be on the beach or walking the rocks and I fell into the sense of "i'm on vacation". The school work quickly lost favor against my copy of Old Man and the Sea and it was really nice. I made the walk back to Bondi along the cliffs to see if any other study abroad folk has made it down the beach (I couldn't imagine why they wouldn't it was so nice out!) but they didn't. I wanted to swim but in a classic A.J. move took the swim trunks out of my backpack to acknowledge I had remembered them...but by doing this forgot them. So, i was forced to sit on the beach and watch a surf competition...tough life.
We have an exam coming up on Tuesday for the kinesiology course and a lot of my classmates spent the day studying, or worrying about what the professor will put on the exam. I can't seem to be reached for comment. I'll have the day and the night tomorrow to study and it's only over 3 lectures. I've had bigger odds against me in past study expeditions. I'm on vacation. Why spoil a great day of beaches and surf-side coffee with matters not needing worry? Besides, the Tour de France comes on in a few hours! In conclusion, I plan on spending the night typing my 400 words about the convict Thomas Walker and all of his foiled escape attempts. (That won't take long). In the famous words of Mr. Ferris Beuller..."Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
*Don't worry mom, i'll do well on my exam!
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