Brizvegas

Well, well, well more weekends have passed and, like always, there are stories to tell. I'm not really sure where to start from my last blog so I'll just start with my sister coming to visit! It all started when Meredith and I went to good 'ol Nerang station to pick up my sister. I wasn't sure what time her flight was coming in, since I hadn't checked my facebook for a couple of days, so I took my roommates advice and went at 11:30ish. Little did I know she came in at 7:10 am and got to the station at about 10. After looking around for about a 1/2 hour I finally got a phone call from the reception desk at our hotel. My sister was on the other end explaining to me her morning and how hectic it was. I decided to take a cab back since the bus wasn't coming for another hour. After Meredith gave the cab driver directions to our home, we ran in the rain to the lobby where my sister was surrounded by all her bags with an exhausted look on her face. It was so weird seeing a familiar face in Australia! Anyways, after getting her all settled in, my other friend from home who was staying with us finally made it to Burleigh! It was already a full house with Harrison and my sister there- but we didn't mind adding two more. When we got him all settled in we decided to make a 7-11/BWS run for some ice and beer so we could kick off our BBQ right. When we got back we all decided to play some beer pong which turned into Matt and I dominating the table 6-0.

After some nice burgers and chips we all called it a night since everyone was tired from a long day of traveling. The next day we took a nice little trip to Bond since I had a presentation due Wednesday that I hadn't started working on yet. That night we all took a trip to Surfers since it was Josh and Zac's last night in Australia (they had been studying here for 3 months as well) and my sister had never been! We went to Waxy's where we ate and hung out for a few hours and then decided to go play Laser Tag since both my sister and I had never played. An Australian couple was playing at the same time as us so we did boys against girls. It was really intense, but super fun. Since my sister was leaving for Sydney in the morning we all went back and went to sleep. Tuesday basically consisted of an adventure to Robina and an all nighter with Meredith. Wednesday was St. Patricks day and sadly I had to spend the whole day at school- but once it was over we all dressed in green and went in search of a fun Irish pub! We found just that. One with live music and a lot of Australians. It was a lot of fun and one of my favorite nights here.

Thursday my sister came back early in the morning and later we took a trip to Cooly. It was a perfect day which was exciting since those have been very scarce lately on the Gold Coast. It was a lot of fun swimming around, eating Nandos, and looking for shells. However I did get stung again... those Blue Bottles just know how to find me.

That night we attempted to go out... which started out good when we went to a karaoke bar, but then turned out not to be the best night. The next two nights were following the same pattern. Which to read about the Brisbane night you can go to Matthew's blog. He explains it very well. Alisha and I did make it to the Wildlife Park near our house on Saturday which reminded me of Cairnes! It was fun. We saw some things that I didn't see when I was in Cairnes so it was a different experience which was nice :).

I'm sad my sister is gone, but it was a fun having her here! Now time to get working on school. One more paper and I'm done with my hard work for the semester!