Hello Everyone!

Hello everyone, I am making this blog so I can update family and friends on my stay in Australia. I thought this would be easier to manager instead of using email all the time.

Although my travel time to Adelaide was about 20 hours total, my flight here wasn’t t bad. Air New Zealand is an impressive airline, and everyone had personalized touch tv screen in which you could choose between 80+ movies. The travel went by pretty fast and I even met an older Australian couple on the plane in which I conversed with.

On my first day in Adelaide, I was determined to find an electrical outlet adapter for American plugs (I needed it for the computer). Therefore, I trekked into the city determined to find one. It was quite a journey, and it took my forever to find my way around to find this plug! After hours of searching and bleeding feet (literally) I finally came back with one. Unfortunately, internet is costly here in Australia, I have unlimited usage in hours, but I only get 500mb of bandwith per month at home (which is hardly anything). I think I can upgrade my plan but I am still looking into it. At school, I have much more access to internet because I get more bandwith, although there is still some kind of limit that I am not sure about yet.

My second day was Orientation, it went pretty well and we learned about the program and took a tour around the campus and the city. I love the city due to the fact that is large (1.5 million), but has this amazing small town feel. You can walk or take a bus most anywhere and there is a great little shopping area around here. At night, a few of us went to go see a professional cricket game. The Redbacks vs. the blues! At first it was dull, but once we started to figure out the rules, it was a lot of fun to watch. I think I have a new sport I like! Unfortunately, the local Redbacks lost to the blues.
Well that is it for now. I started classes today and I will try to update soon. Good day everyone, and no worries!