Australia geek
yes. i'll admit i'm a geek for blogging while in australia.oopsies and weird aspects of the trip...
~having erin sign my passport only to have me sign hers because i thought she signed the right one
~not having a visa when we checked in at qantas, LAX and panicking that we wouldn't be able to go to australia only to be told a second later that we could buy a visa at the counter
~getting off at the wrong bus stop on the way to the airport when we went to Cairnes and having to walk for half an hour to get there
~having everyone assume they know erin and my ethnicities. e.g. an ignorant boy shouting "nihao" at us, laughing and thinking he was all that and a bag of chips. a waiter who said "xie xie" and looked on expectantly while we just stared at him. when waiting for a tour bus, a driver who got out and said, "oh you're japanese, the people i'm picking up are korean." one of andrew's coworkers stating "oh, you guys are all chinese" only to be followed by "i feel like such an idiot, i thought you were all related." a lady at a street market saying to erin who was browsing handbags, "these are very popular when you go home to malaysia."
~having a mild panic attack 30 feet under water when erin almost knocked the regulator from my mouth when we went scuba diving
~being hit so hard by erin while she was sleeping that my ribs ached for 2 days
~getting sunburned on the 14th day of my 14 day trip
favorites of the trip...
~seeing andrew after 8 months
~not having a cell phone
~andrew's constant trip ups in conversation... e.g. "there will be shattered scowers today"
~meeting andrew's roommates who have awesome, lovely accents (n. ireland, scotland, and england)
~making enchiladas for andrew & his housemates as a thank you, only to have it be INCREDIBLY spicy since the chili powder in australia is vastly different from here at home. good thing they all like spicy food... they were sweating as they ate.
~seeing jeevan after 6 years have passed and renewing a crush i'd had when i first met him my freshman year at uci
~going to the great barrier reef, scuba diving, snorkeling, and not getting seasick
~seeing awesome architecture everywhere... my favorite building was one that reminded me of a waffle cone
~visiting one of the "most liveable cities" in the world, melbourne. the weirdest thing there being a house whose front was made of panels to show a huge picture of pamela anderson.
~meeting new people (a german student and a couple from scotland) on the skyrail in kuranda going over a rainforest only to have them avoid erin and i at the various stops because i guess we talked too much
~going to a free jazz festival where they played no jazz but there were literally over 100,000 people attending
~eating gelatto or some type of dessert after every meal
~potato wedges with sour cream and sweet chili sauce...mmm-mmmm-mmmm
~learning i can't say "getting tossed" or "double fisting [drinks]" because it means something quite creative and lewd in australia
~going out with andrew's friends and coworkers and at the end of the night being grateful i didn't have to pay any of the $1,500 bill (i guess that's one of the few things deloitte is good for)
~going to the sydney opera house and seeing andrew dozing through the first quarter of the opera
~holding the most wonderful, soft, cuddly koala and feeding a kangaroo
posted by Dana @ 8:18 AM
1 Comments:
i'm so jealous!! sounds like fun, esp the cute koala part =) welcome home! let's run 10 miles on saturday!
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