Day 23 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia First day of classes…It was pretty frustrating, and I'm not sure if it's a LaTrobe University thing or just the Outdoor Ed department, but there is just mass confusion. My first class, OLATS (Outdoor Living and Traveling Skills), is a first year lecture class, and it went pretty well.After that I had EI (Environmental Interpretation), which is a second year course, and I could tell right away when the...

Day 22 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia Today was the first day of classes…but my only class of the day was cancelled, sweet! It's technically not cancelled, just rescheduled for tomorrow. I felt weird not having class when everyone else seems to. The schedule (they call it a timetable) system they have setup here at LaTrobe needs some work. I had to assist some of my first year flatmates try to understand and read where their classes were....

Day 14 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia I spent a lot of today socializing, which is always fun. My RA, Lil, graciously took me to the police station so I could see about getting a proof of age card.Clubs won't take my Michigan Driver's License as a proper form of identification/proof of age. I refuse to take my visa to a club because if I lose it I will have to make a nice little trip to Canberra where the US Embassy is to get a replacement....

Day 13 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia Today was filled full of new experiences. This afternoon I had the pleasure of skyping with room 307. I actually skyped longer with them than with my parents. Of course they were interested in Aussie guys - and the guys wanted to see American girls - so I brought Sam, Nathan, and James in during the chat. It was nice to hear of what's going on back in Beddow Hall, but the actual content of what is going...

Day 12 (LaTrobe University) - Bendigo, Victoria Australia They told us it would happen while abroad, and last night I encouraged it: What do Aussies really think of the US? It was a friendly debate/discussion that lasted about three hours. Of course we had to go over the basics, "How do you pronounce _______?" "I have no idea what you are saying, what is that word, what does that mean?" Always a fun conversation to have while visiting a for...