Hello all!

Deepest apologies for not writing in ages.  I’ve been quite caught up in life abroad and all too many times I’ve put blogging on the back burner.

In the past weeks, I’ve seen much of Australia: Melbourne, Wollongong, Uluru, Alice Springs, Adelaide, and Kangaroo Island.  ANU has had two week break.  I’ve completed countless assignments.  And it’s now up to the bittersweet last few weeks of classes.

It’s been so easy to fall into the Australian lifestyle.  School is much more low key, although with that, it has posed to be much harder than I was expecting.  It’s all self-motivated and that can be a hard system to deal with when planning trips for the weekend or exploring the Canberra area itself.  A few weeks ago, Canberra had its famous flower festival: Floriade.  It had amazing displays and it was incredibly refreshing to go to.  I love being taken out of student-dominated life and being reminded that there are so many more people out there.  Seeing a community of people coming together as families, partners, groups of friends is heartwarming to see, especially if I’m missing home a bit.

I’m intending to keep up with this blog now, so I’ll begin posting some pictures today, and some others from my travels in subsequent posts.

Location: Canberra, Australia