another typical week...

This week has been full of homework, hanging out with friends, exploring, riding ferries and busses and trains and stuff like that. It's been good. On Saturday I went to the Glebe Markets. Glebe is a part of Sydney that is very alternative and hippy-ish. That was fun! After shopping around there I went to Manly beach and explored the nearby cliffs with Ty. I love exploring! The scenery was AMAZING and it felt like I was in the middle of the movie set for the Chronicles of Narnia.

Monday morning I had to give a group presentation on the Australian stimulus package. It was really interesting to learn about. The most recent package was $42bn aimed at getting the Australian economy from going down-hill so quickly. Much of what happens over in the States effects life over here- especially in the area of the economy. Being in another country I'm realizing how much the world really is effected by globalization.

Speaking of global... for lunch today I went to a Thai restaurant that's about a minutes walk from school with my Australian friend Emma, my French friend Florence, and two of my American friends Becca and Jess. There are tons of Thai restaurants all over Sydney! Australia doesn't really have a national food, they just have a mixture of ethnic foods. My favorite foods at the moment are sushi, Greek salad, gelato, and dried Iranian figs. 

I'm leaving for my two week break trip this Friday so I might not be able to post for a while. After I come back, though, I'll be sure to post all the pictures I took of the Australian rainforests, the great barrier reef, and the northern beaches.