From the airport, Heather took me to her sister's house where I am bunking for the week whilst they are at the beach on holiday.
Dug through my three ginormous suitcases and fished out a bathing suit, flip flops and my toothbrush. Then off to Heather's (a 5 minute drive) for lunch and some floating time in her fabulous pool which includes a 20 meter lap lane!!
Some similarities to the UK: left-hand side of the road driving. i continue to try and enter the driver's side when i am not the one driving. signs and expressions such as "way out" meaning "exit" and "give way" meaning yield, the toilet flush button is sometimes on the wall.
Some things that have tipped me off to the fact that i am not in Kansas any more: in response to "thank you" people say "plih-jha" (pleasure). When something is "cool" or "excellent" people say "bewdy" (as in "beautiful"). to wipe off counters and clean the dishes Heather uses brightly colored furry rags like smurf hair or those neon pink throw rugs from the 70's. when I inquired about the smurf wipes I learned that they are actually hi-tech environmental products from Austria that clean and kill bacteria without the use of chemicals (www.enjo.net). And yes, everyone actually does have marmite and vegemite in their cupboards and they do eat it. I will give it a try, but not just yet.
On my first night I went to bed at 10:30pm and slept until 11:30am the next day--13 blissful hours! Yea! Excellent shower with no scary issues (i.e. while showering outside of the US, I've historically managed to flood bathrooms or found myself naked, freezing and puzzled by all of the knobs, unable to get the water to come on).
Had the plih-jha of meeting Ryan, Heather's amazingly adorable four year old. When I left last night he told me "I'll miss you!". So, of course I'm in love and have my first Australian boyfriend :o) On our first date we jumped on the trampoline and then had dinner side by side.
Today will set up a bank account, get a mobile phone sim and check out neighborhoods.
Ta for now!
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