Days 7 & 8 - In Town, Relaxing

After a few days of intense tourist traveling, Wednesday and Thursday were relatively relaxing days.  I traveled into town both days just to the mall and some local shops to get a few things.  I have noticed things are generally more expensive here, but not as expensive as I thought they would be based on what people told me.  The Australian and U.S. dollar are very close to equivalent nowadays, so perhaps that is part of the reason.  The two things that are much more expensive are gas and liquor.  Gas here is around $1.50 per liter which would be about $5.70 per gallon, and liquors are almost double the price of back home.  Wine is actually cheaper, I guess because they produce so much wine here.  

The one thing I've noticed and been surprised about Australia is just how diverse the country.  There are people from all across the world, and it really is a melting pot of cultures, I'd say even more so than back home.

I was able to find NHL games on TV which was a nice surprise.  They televise one per night (or morning for us here) but unfortunately none of them are Devils games so I'll have to watch those on the computer.  I'm spending the weekend with a teacher from my school, and we are going to horse races tomorrow, so that should be a very fun time.  I think next week when Brittany comes back we may spend a night or two in downtown Sydney to experience the nightlife and what not before we have to start teaching. 

Leroy the dog stole my bed!

-Andrew

Aussie Words

Bloke - A guy

Rubbish - Garbage