Hey everyone!! Sorry I have been a slacker on updating my blog the past couple of weeks. Here is a quick update of what you have missed. Two weekends ago Kirsten, Erica, Marianne, Therese, Marc and I went to Surfers Paradise to celebrate EUROFEST 09 where they had various foods and music from Germany, Italy, France and other European countries. After spending the day there Marc, Kirsten, I went to Brisbane for Oktoberfest. Let's just say there was a lot of people, beer, pretzels and bratwurst...not to mention 14 plastic jugs that I collected throughout the night..It was a fun night to spend with friends.
My roomie Marianne and her friend Therese (neighbor in Apt.6) cooked me, Erica and Kirsten a traditional Norwegian meal with meatballs, gravy, potatoes and blueberry muffins. It was nice to have a home cooked meal not to mention it was amazing too. The funniest part of the night was we all had to say the name of the meal in Norwegian, maybe I will upload the video on day so everyone can see. It is pretty funny watching Americans and a Canadian try to speak in Norwegian.
This past weekend Kirsten, Erica, Marc and I went an hour south of Robina to Byron Bay in NSW (New South Wales) to camp for the weekend. Byron Bay is Australia most Easterly point, we drove up to the lighthouse view point that had breathtaking views of the water and beaches. Sunday Erica and Marc left for home while Kirsten and I said an extra day to walk around do a little shopping and hang out. I got a chance to stay in my first hostel called the Arts Factory, pretty neat place not to mention we got to stay in a tee pee too. Monday came around bright an early as we had a 7:15am departure time for our skydiving with Byron Bay skydiving company. Kirsten and I jumped 14,000 feet with a 60 second free fall through the clouds. I will say it was the most amazing unreal experience one could ever have. I never thought I would jump out of an airplane since I am scared of heights. I guess there is a first for everything.
I look forward to a weekend to catch up on sleep and homework before spending Halloween in Sydney.
I want to say Happy 1st Birthday to my niece Clara Van Houten. I miss you and love you lots. Also I want to say congrats to the Martinez Family (Mel, Eddie and Gael) on their newest addition to the family!!
Peace, Love and 60 seconds of free fall!!
Love,
Theresa
