Day 141 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia With only a few weeks left, I was finally able to get to Melbourne (btw: it's pronounced Mel-bin, not Mel-born). Took the train Friday morning and got into the city at 9:30am.Big cities like this scare me. So many people all over the place, I just get so overwhelmed.Thankfully my tour guide, James McLean, met me at Southern Cross to give me a tour of Australia's favorite city. First stop: the Melbourne M...

Day 3 - En route from Adelaide to Bendigo Yesterday we headed to the Boho bar for lunch. This place was decorated in the coolest fashion. Very Moulin Rouge-style, and they even had the movie playing around the place. The downstairs had a bar and a large lounge area for sitting. The couches and chairs were very old fashion with dark colors and had that round rich style. The walls and ceiling was black, as well as the windows covered as to make it feel like nigh...

Day 2 - Adelaide, South Australia Australia This morning Sydney made French Toast because Brodie's never had them. We then watched the last two episodes of the season of Glee (so good!). After getting an outside tour of the yard and collecting the eggs from the chickens, we headed off to the Mt. Lofty Botanical Gardens. It was really pretty. All the autumn colors from the trees, and the serenity! My senses were still thrown off because my head tells me it shou...

Day 1 - Adelaide, South Australia Australia Agh. Finally on my way to Adelaide. It was still a challenge though. I found online that there was transport from Bendigo to Adelaide, but because I couldn't find or determine if it was via bus or train I just assumed it was by train. So when I arrived at the train station this morning asking for a ticket to Adelaide the employee looked at me strangely. I don't know if he was confused about my request or if he couldn...

Day 125 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia I still get excited when I see that it's 11am or 4pm because that means The Price is Right or The Ellen DeGeneres shows are on…even though I haven't seen either for the past five months. Some things just never die no matter how long I've been without them, they're implanted for good! Just finished taking my first Australian exam. It was so different. A big group of us (like hundreds) waited outside ...