Brisbane Bound

Hey Mates!

I made it here!! Woot Woot! After an 18 hour flight I finally made it! The flight to LA was ehhh ok ok, I couldn't sleep because I was so excited about everything so I watched a movie and finally read some of my magazines I've been saving for the trip. The plane for the international flight to Brisbane was freaking huuuuuuuuuuuuuggggge!! The biggest plane I've ever seen, there were two levels to this plane...I'm not kidding! It was incredible. I sat next two really great people, one was a woman from LA who was going to visit her sister in Brisbane (freaking hilarious woman, made me laugh the whole time with her comments and jokes) and on the other side there was an Australian teen named Ellie who lives in Canada now with her family but was going back to visit family for a few weeks (she was adorable and gave me tons of tips and hints on different things to do and visit and try). We had a good time chatting it up for the first hour or so and then we all decided to watch a movie. The cool thing about this plane was that each seat had it's on tv and you could choose between like 100 different movies and tv shows what you wanted to watch. I watched Vicky Christina Barcelona (really good recommend it), some Two and a Half Men and part of Nights in Rodanthe over the 14hours I spent onboard. The food on board was sooo good! We were pampered. Drinks and snacks were around the clock. We also got a hot dinner and a hot breakfast! So yummy! Ate a lot (haha Grandma did that for you!) Took a loooooooonnnnng nap and woke up around 4:30AM Brisbane time and we were landing around 7:30AM so it went pretty quickly. When we got off the plane we took a taxi to Brian's apartment, got settled in and then hit the downtown city of Brisbane. It's so pretty. The city is right next to the river so it makes for great pictures! We came upon this outdoor mall which we went through, they have really cute clothes here (might be a problem). We picked up some lunch at Hungry Jacks (which is like Aussies equivalent to Burger King) however the meat is a little different but I liked it! The area and the people are so nice, I honestly probably asked about 100 questions to 100 different people and they were very kind and helpful with everything. I love the Aussies already! Night time is even prettier though because the lights of the downtown area reflect off the water...ohh there is also a Huge Ferris Wheel right by the water (reminded me of a Navy Pier so I took a picture of that!) They have these really big birds (look like Pelicans but with smaller beaks) that literally walk around like humans around here...I was looking in a clothing shop in the outdoor mall yesterday and one came around the corner and I freaking screamed. It's like non-chalant to have a freaking huge bird in their store. Ohhh!! I was sitting on a bench waiting for Brian to get off the phone with his family, enjoying my soda and one of these massive birds just walked over my foot, not even scared of me, I was more scared of it..eww it was so gross! Haha! Oh for everyone that was concerned because I didn't have anywhere to live, no worries, I found a place today. It's a house very close to campus (like a 5 minute walk) so I'm super excited about that, I plan to move in later today. The weather has been super hot, I sweat ALOT. Haha! But I've already got a nice tan going! I haven't quite got the internet situation figured out yet so I'm at the library right now. Hopefully when I get it hooked up in the house I can be on here more religiously! But for now I hope this suits! Love you all and miss you!
No worries. <3