Culture Shock

Hello Hello!

I'm sure if your reading this your wondering how Australia is! Well... ITS AWESOME!!
Seriously! It's everything I could have wanted. An awesome family, an awesome sister Brianna, an okay brother (hope he reads this he he), perfect weather,and the ocean!! I'm a beach bum for sure. I could live in my swimsuit.

I live upstairs in Brianna's house in Yarrawarrah. I've always wanted a room upstairs, weird I know! I have some pet fishes and a nice open window, plus the walls are a nice green. It's all very nice!

Nicky is a great cook and I had potato bake on Saturday night. SOOOOOOOOOOOO YUMMY! The sausages are different but they taste good as well and the bread doesn't have high fructose corn syrup. Actually, I dont think a lot of the food does, I had to explain to Bri's friends what it was. Geezz America, liquid sugar????

So here is a little summary of my days so far. I got off the plane at around 8am on Saturday. OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MMMMYYYYYYYYYY GOSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. A wave of humidity! Regardless to say, my hair is in for the long haul. Ohh and by the way 14 hour plane rides are just no fun! Just no fun. But I did sit next to a guy who resembled the main character in CSI:MIAMI (the one with the red hair and sunnies)

We went to the beach and met all the other familes, had a little welcome thingy, though our Barbeque is next week. They drive on the left, its soo crazy!! No wonder we cant drive here, there's no way I could without crashing. They also have a lot of roundabouts to keep the flow of traffic going and the cars are nicer to pedestrians.

Ohh and I did try to get on the wrong side of the car to ride shot gun. But thats okay, Brianna did that in Winterpark when she was here :)

So now basically Im settled in! We met her friends Pip, Britney, Nicole,Zach, Alex, Jess, and Jesse I think. Oh and Bri's brother's girlfriend, Nat. Lovely girl!

We rode the train, which makes RTD look even more awful than it is, and spent the day at Cronulla! We shopped a bit and I got one top, YES ONE MOM, for cheap. I could wear it at parties and at the beach. Very versatile. I must say, Australia is very fashion forward. The girls and their attire are very cute! I belong here :p


Then the beach. The ocean is beautiful. Everytime I see it, I am just in awe. Me, bri, and alex got knocked around in the waves, which were little, however there was a surfing competition going on, so that was cool to see! I love swimming, and I love the waves. Once again, I belong here!

I ate lamb for dinner last night! Yummy! Also, beans to us are different here! Nicky thought I meant green beans, he he how cute! But no I love green beans, not black beans and such. I dont think they really have those here, though Im not entirely sure.

The slang is different and everyone talks so fast!! They tend to shorten their words too! But I have no doubt, I'll come home talking like an Aussie.


All in all, everything is going well, I'm still just getting used to things. I miss people back home! Shannon, Marissa, Marlyce, Zander <3, my family! You know who you are! I'll keep posting and look on my Facebook for pictures.

I love you all!

Later, mate :)

Evan