So Far So Good

Tuesday the 16th of June I flew out of Cincinnati. I had a lay over in Denver where I met up with Jenna, one of the other girls on the trip. We had an hour and a half delay do to the replacement of several parts of the plane. This made me a little nervous as I only had 3 hours from the time we landed in L.A. to get my bags from baggage claim and re-check them in a different terminal of the airport, get through security again, and get to the plane. I cut it pretty close and was able to by pass the 30 some odd kids on there way to Fiji in security. Otherwise I would have probably missed the plane. Any how I got on board for the 14 hour flight from LAX to SYD. It wasn't too bad had a nice Australian on their way home on either side of me who slept most of the way and I had on demand movies and TV. Needless to say very little ready was accomplished. 

I arrived in Sydney around 6:08 AM and got through customs and what not then went off to find everyone else who were to get in shortly after me. After a little time we found one another and got a vanish kinda taxi to take us to Billabong Gardens in Newtown where we call home for the next four weeks. 

We couldn't check in so we dropped off our bags and got some coffee in the shop right behind our building then went on to venture down Kings Street. 

We ended up finding Uni Sydney (the University of Sydney) where we spent a few hours exploring and looking at different buildings. At this point I was wishing I hadn't opted to carry my laptop the whole time. But overall it was well worth it.

We then were able to check in to our rooms and get a much needed shower. And got ready for the lecture we were to go to. Michael met us at the Hostel and we all went back to Uni Syd for a lecture by someone from the U.N. who I cant remember her name or what the lecture was really about because we all fell asleep for most of it do to our lovely jet lag. 

That is about it for the first day I will try to catch up more tomorrow however the internet isn't working as well as I would like.