Photos...

Ok so here are some photos from my time in Australia...when it saw still sunnny. Enjoy

St. KIla in Melbourne before i discovered the fantastic strip full of bars and kitsch little shops.

Moments before this photo it had poured down with rain. 

This was also taken in Melbourne on a river bar.

I meet up with one of my good friends sister when I was in Melbourne which was brilliant. Loved hanging out with her and had a fabulous time.

One again in Melbourne, this was taken at a bar on a rooftop. This is the glorious jug of sangria Connie and I shared.

Melbourne again, exploring the street art.

This was taken at Brighton beach where i went with three other friends to eat dinner and watch the sunset on the beach. (Adelaide)

Although this looked pretty similar to Brighton beach, this is actually Glenelg beach on one of my first days in Adelaide. I miss this weather and going to the beach everyday, winter and uni ruin everything! 

The two above are again Brighton beach on the same day as the sunset. They pretty much speak for themselves...

Oh yeh, I dyed my hair back to red again. Reds have more fun than blondes, FACT.

(Bar in Henley beach, Adelaide... drinking as per..)

My friends and I went to the Adelaide festival and the fringe festival. This was taken at the fringe where we saw a cabaret show which was brilliant. Unfortunately I forgot my camera at the Adelaide festival but it was also really good. We went to an event called barrio which was meant to be like a Spanish street party. It did not disappoint (and made me miss Europe heaps).

This is Flinders Station again in Melbourne. Just to prove I did get a bit of culture and didn't spend my whole time drinking (although that is what I did spend most of my time in Melbourne doing) 

And finally, this was me sunbathing in a park just of federation square in Melbourne. This was before i dyed my hair...

Well I hope I have not bored you too much!!! 

Lots of Love

Lucy 

Oh my... as if I almost forgot this one...

This is me during 'O' week, kinda like freshers but not as crazy. 

Turning over a new leaf...

So, this is mean turning over a new leaf and actually keeping up to date with my blogging.
I did try to upload my photos last week but it didn't work so I shall try again! 


Nothing exciting has particularly happened this week.


I had two assignments due and although they were easy they took me forever which was definitely  not fun! 


I also went out to the bar on campus coopers bar, it is nothing like the scholar back at home. For one it closes at 12am at the latest, second there is some sort of cafeteria which is odd at the back of the room where the dance floor should be and thirdly there is horrific lighting which makes even the most attractive people look bizarre. I didn't have a fantastic night as it was pretty quiet and my essay (which i still had not completed) was due in the next day but it was better than doing nothing and i got to see and catch up with a fair amount of the villagers who were also out.


I have found, recently, that I have been getting a bit restless. I want to go out and do things but do not have the resources to do so, and as i am still in the ranks of the unemployed, despite spending about 3hours applying to various jobs, things don't seem to be changing anytime soon and it is getting to me. 


And on top of all this restlessness It is now officially winter which means milder days paired with horrible winds and heavy rain. It is literally like the British autumn. Its just very annoying to see home heating up already with highs of over 20degrees in the coming weeks, ignore me. I am just bitter. 


Anyway that is my semi-rant over. 
Hopefully next week I will have funner, better things to report on!! #
I always try to have the best experience possible and treasure every thing that I am experiencing, but it is hard to be that fun loving all the time! 


I promise next post, at least, I will be less morbid and I will hopefully have at least one funny story... (to be fair I do have some funny stories from this week however they are not mine to share...*sigh*) 


Over and out...


Lucy x

Patience is a virtue

Ok, so i guess my first point of call will be an apology....


I am so sorry for not keeping up to date, not to make excuses but you know I did kind of move to another country and have been sorta busy, making friends, settling in , starting class and what not.


But, it still does not deter from the fact that I AM SORRY! and I should have kept up with my blogging.


I think my problem is I don't like doing a half arsed job of it, and mentally finding the time to sit down and write is hard, especially when you start to lag behind.


The title of my blog today is, as you can see, 'patience is a virtue'.


This not only is about you guys waiting for the arrival of a new blog but also for me, moving to a new country and all the expectations and things I have had.


At first I felt very out of my depth. During the last month or so I have done a lot; visited Melbourne, meet new people, started class and had to orient myself around a new town to name but a few things.


Stupidly I was expecting it all to click into place straight away but naturally it didn't.


It is hard to describe it, it is kind of like your first day at school  where you don't know anyone and you are expected to fend for yourself without the support network you are used to, however, the difference is you get to go home at the end of a school day (or even if it is University, you always have that option there). I have no such luck being 1000 upon 1000 of miles away and all. 


Moving to another country by yourself is literally the deepest end you could ever dive.


I am aware this sounds quite negative and I don't mean it too, in fact it had been quite to opposite for me. I have dived in the deep end and embraced everything and opened myself to all sorts of people and experiences and I feel a better person for it. 


I have met some amazing people, international and Australian alike and am slowing making friends in my classes as well. I have not done any traveling (besides Melbourne which was the BEST place ever, so good in fact I am actually thinking of trying to get a grad job here after I finish uni). But already , at the start of my adventure the things I have seen and the people i have met in Adelaide have all made it worth while. 


There are three things on my mind at the moment

• future travel plans during my year here
• getting acquainted with class and catching up on things I have missed 
• finding a job

I have come to realise that I have no exams during my first semester (YAY FLINDERS) so therefore have five, yes you read right, FIVE weeks off during the semester break... which means I need travel plans, or as my mother thinks, dissertation plans (bore of mum :P).This got me to thinking what I should do with my time.

  It will be winter and 'cold' in Australia and I am doing all my 'major' traveling at the end of the term or in mid-semester breaks so there is already quite a lot ticked of my list, and no matter how much I love Adelaide I don't want to stay here for 5 weeks alone (most of my friends will be going home for the break or leaving Australia (all the internationals leave in June, besides me. WAH!)

The next logical step in my head is of course Asia, a place I have been before AND LOVE (and would also be able to recapture my tan!). 

 However I am not sure about going alone, and I am not sure if any of my friends from home can make it over... so that is something to think about. Any suggestions or ideas would be GREAT! 

This brings me to my second point, the idea of money.... there are no two ways about it I NEED A JOB! One thing I should have believed but did not about Auz  is the prices are high! Not just like London prices, like HIIIIIIIIIIGH! And that is ok for Australians whose minimum wage is a whopping $15 but not for the likes of a poor British girl who had to also deal with a bad exchange rate nit is not fine. 

A job is on the top of my priority list, however it is extremely hard to get employed around here... SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANY PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME KNOW! 

Lastly, the classes. I have a bad habit of missing lectures and as they are recorded I feel as though it doesn't matter, however catching up on recordings is a hard thing! 

Now i am behind it is hard to catch back up again. This weekend I am going to have a hot date with me and Mr. Toshiba (my laptop) with a meal consisted of  digitally recorded lectures (how sad am I!) and catch up with everything and hopefully start my essay which is due in on Thursday and my primary source thing essay which is due in the week after. It's going to be so hot.

I will catch up and I will do well. Something which Flinders is not lacking is the support for students, all the staff are amazing and the ISSU for international students if super, so I know I can do it, even if I need some extra help along the way.

So guys, that is basically my life as of late, I am sorry I haven't been able to share particular experiences or anything with y'all because of my lack of updates, but i am planing on doing a new blog every Friday from now on to keep everyone up to date with what I have done.

I am also planning on putting up new photos so you can all see what I have been up to...

I I will also have some fun (possibly drunken) stories to tell (it is St. Paddys day after all ;) ) so also look out for that blog soon!

Thank you for returning to me <3

Have a nice night Europe and Have a fantastic day (afternoon) Australia!

Lucy xx