Meanwhile here isAustralia.....

Except for the fact that I am still homeless, so far so good. The Hotel that I am staying in is beautiful.. Jimmy is like a personal chauffeur and tour guide, which is phenomenal, plus I get to take in the awesome sights of the Gold Coast. 

So here is a brief overview of how it's going so far.

DAY 1:

I woke up at 5:47 am, wide awake a raring to go. Luckily the shops and breakfast places were close by so I showered and was out the door by 6:30. I needed to grab some things from a store of some sort so I ventured around to find the closet grocery store. The grocery stores (or a "Wooleys") are freaking weird here. You have to go to  mall. Like a literal mall with shops such as Rip Curl and Foot Locker. So not only do you have to find parking for a Wooleys, but also for the entire mall. Some of which are quite extensive. Thank god I'm car free. At least I'm thanking God for now. When the time comes that I am lugging 40 kilos of food a kilometer down the road I may be cursing his name. 

After successfully getting breakfast food I went back to the apartment. After this excursion I was exhausted. Back to bed I went and stayed until about 11 am. I spent the rest of my day relaxing, reading, and trying to stay awake in order to defeat jet lag and acclimate to local time. It was more relaxing and beautiful than I could ask for and felt like the perfect start to a three day vacation.
                                                                                  Chauffer---------->

DAY 2:

Sleeping on another continent proved to be more difficult than I planned. Once again I was up by 6am but this time I crept on to the balcony with a cup of tea, a blanket, and a book. I stayed there for what felt like minutes but turned out to be hours. After a bit I ate breakfast and while making the eggs I realized how upsettingly white I am. It became my mission then to catch few rays for the remainder of the day. With my mother in the back of my mind I loaded up on sunscreen and reading material and Jimmy and I booked it to the beach.  Needless to say I came back lobster colored and sore. Nap time it was. Later after I woke up another Aussie friend named Matt came over for a bit and we barbecued for the rest of the night while chatting it up and kicking back a few beers.  (btw, beers over here are educational! Check out the picture of bottle caps! AWESOME) .

DAY 3:

Not too much happened this day. I looked to places online to go check out and then ate lunch at a place called Hogsbreath. Appetizing, right? But really though it was pretty good and everything was fresh and colorful. After lunch I drove to the point (pictured below) to read the final chapters of my book until it started raining. Since it rained I went back to the hotel and relaxed for the rest of the day. 

DAY 4: 

 So here we are at day 4. Today I went to two interviews for houses but didn't like either of them. Thankfully Monday I have 5 more promising appointments. The first house was kind of a shit hole but was located close to the school. I would have been totally okay with living in a shit house but the kitchen was unacceptable. There was absolutely no cooking space, and the fridge was mini. Four roommates and a mini fridge, I think not. The next house was immaculate and clean. Then room was perfect and the roommates were really sweet. The issue with this house was the Landlord and the distance from my Uni. Although he was kind and funny, he was a total control freak. He wanted 24 hour access to the house, including our rooms, and absolutely, under no condition, where shoes allowed to be worn in the house. The house had to be clean at all times and only two guests were allowed at a time. Yeah…..fuck off. 

After my failure to acquire housing, Jimmy and I were off to lunch with his Irish/English mother. I was incredibly worried that I would awkwardly be asking "Pardon?" the entire time. Luckily that was not the case. She was a lovely woman, beautiful and full of personality. She was genuinely interested in me and my plans and even offered to help out on the house search. Later she informed Jimmy that she thought the same of me and invited us to go up north to her absolutely gorgeous getaway. I agreed of course. So now here I am at the end of day 4 sipping on a few beers and enjoying the calming ocean and writing to all of you. 

I can honestly say that I miss you all but I am having a wonderful time here. 

Until next time mates!

(Post was written a few days ago but I haven't had internet so I couldn't post it. Another to come tomorrow :))