I guess it's been a while since I last wrote.. there's really too much to write to catch up, but I'll try a bit! Umm.. well, I ended up staying in Sydney an extra week. I stayed in a few different hostels right in the centre of the city which was really nice. I met some amazing people who I was really sad to leave. Everywhere I stayed everyone was so nice and welcoming. I ended up spending a lot of time with 3 people - a girl from Finland, a guy from England and a guy from New Zealand.
The week was pretty relaxed; during the days I would explore Sydney with one of my friends - I went to the Sydney Aquarium which was fantastic, to Hyde Park a few days just to lay in the sun, to a few markets and down to the harbour to name a few.
We'd usually stay out pretty late at night, which was how I met my friend from New Zealand - he worked the night shift at reception in the last hostel I stayed at. I had some really good talks with him until the early hours of the morning a few times. He was so interesting and gave me such good advice. On my last night we talked until about 2 or 3 am, then he took me out for breakfast at 7. I ended up almost missing my bus to Melbourne actually, but made it at the last second for the 12 hour ride.
This last week I've been exploring Melbourne quite a bit. I'm staying with my uncle who's been showing me around. Yesterday we went for a drive through a rainforest in the mountains in his convertible, which was amazing.
Two of the girls from my first week program are here as well, so we went to this beautiful neighbourhood called St. Kilda, which is right on the ocean, the other day.
Melbourne is absolutely beautiful, I love being here. There's all kinds of art everywhere, which I love - graffiti murals, sculptures, paintings. I'm having really good luck here as well for some reason.. the other day I found $110 on the ground, and the next I found $20. It was crazy! I might not have to work here after all if I keep up like this.
That's about it for now.. I think I'll fly to New Zealand next week for 10 days or so, which I'm really looking forward to.
Oh, and I did laundry this week for the first time on my trip! Having clean clothes after 3 weeks was so nice.. (I may or may not have smelled pretty bad by then..)
Anyways, that's all for now!
