It snowed today. Don't believe me? A picture will be posted at the end of this blog. Moving on, I am hugely excited about upcoming festivities. School is starting to get really busy, but I'm really enjoying my classes and excited about my projects coming up. I'm totally gonna rock this degree. But lets be honest, school isn't fun to blog about. So on to the good stuff.
On Wednesday Jackie, Hanne and I planned on going to the zoo. Hanne had class until 12 and was going to meet us after class, but then couldn't go last minute. Jackie and I headed to the train station around noon to catch a train. As we went to buy our tickets the extremely nice lady at the ticket counter (sarcasm) said "You can't go to the zoo now." Thanks mom, but I do what I want. The gentleman behind the counter, who was actually nice, then explained that even though the zoo closes at 5pm the last train back to Brisbane leaves at 4:30pm and the shuttle from the zoo starts leaving at 3:30pm and we would only get less than 2 hours in the zoo if we left at noon. So the zoo idea was quickly shut down. Tear.
But I was determined to have fun on my day off, so we got creative. We caught a bus to Mt Cootha which is the highest peak in Brisbane. Its a beautiful lil place with a gift shop, cafe, restaurant and large decks for viewing the city. After pictures we decided to have some wine and desert at the cafe. It was delicious. We then decided we wanted to steal the cute wine glasses. We are absolutely miserable at breaking the law. Which I guess is a good thing. We took them, then thought the waitstaff knew, so we returned them. Lame. We then headed back to Brisbane for a ride on the City Cat. When your city is surrounding a river, it only makes since to have taxis on the water. The views were fabulous and the sunset was awesome. It got a little cold when the sun went down, but still a great adventure.
And now for adventures to come . . . this Saturday will be our next party. So far the guest list is bigger and the games are more creative. I'm expecting big things. And next week is already going to be crazy. Tuesday Jackie and I are ACTUALLY going to the zoo, and we're leaving on the early train so we can be there first thing in the morning. Then Wednesday is our one and only public holiday this semester. It is the first day of Ekka which is a huge 10 day festival here. Wednesday is also race day. By race day, I mean horse racing. YES! I never got to participate in the sorority big hat functions at the horse races down south. Now is my chance to wear one of those ridiculous hats and cheer on the horses. After class ALL DAY Thursday, we're headin out on the town for a night of mischief. The bar of choice is called the Chalk Hotel and its down the street from my house. This bar looks so fun. One night I walked by they had stripper poles up for a workout class. (Its legit, they really have classes for that and claim its a full body workout) Tonight when I walked by, they had snow on the ground and a line down the street. I have got to at least check this place out.
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