Australia
Well, it's actually here. For the first time in my life I have left the states and I am now going to be in Australia for four whole months, can you believe it?! I know I still can't. There are so many small things here that remind me I'm no longer in the USA... Such as the comments I get from others liking my accent, the fact that there is ice cream in the ice coffee here, the pace of restaurants and how you pay at a counter, not having to tip, not being served anything with ketchup, having 80 degree weather in January, and having cars come from the opposite side of the road when your instinct is to look the other way first. Even though there really is no way to fully describe what it's like to be here, I hope my blog will help share a little bit of my experience while I'm on the other side of the world from all of my friends and family.