This week has been a great time at school. The students at the school at which I am interning are extremely polite and a lot of fun. I have been told that I have an accent (haha) and I need to try both types of Vegemite (apparently the new kind is creamier and not as tangy or "vegemitey". Thursday and Friday have been sunny days and I have enjoyed going for walks to see the area. There is a park near my host's place that is amazing and I will update a few pictures later. The park has a large skateboard park as well as a big playground for kids. There is an dog obedience training field, pond and long walking trails. On top of that there is a field for practising sports, 2 hockey fields, and 3 or 4 softball fields. It was incredible. I also walked to the plaza, which was an hour walk, longer than I expected. I met up with one of my students and her friend and siblings. They wondered what my favourite part about Australia was, she said her class should be my favourite part.
Saturday I got to see my first footy game and I actually understood what was going on! It was a great time and I definitely want to go see another game. Now I can go play footy with the students at lunch time. Last time I went out to play I asked one kid how to play and he told me just to watch and I would catch on, well I didn't catch on until my host family explained the game to me. At the game I couldn't get over how many birds were flying around. We arrived and during warmups there were over 20 birds flying around the oval. It was ridiculous. At half time there were 9 games of footy being played by young boys and girls. Some of them are extremely talented. Nearing the end of the game it was so windy on the field that people's rubbish had blown onto the field. It was unbelievable how much rubbish was scattered around where the players were. That is definitely not something you see on t.v. Overall, the game was awesome and the Hawks won!!! No worries, I was cheering for the winning team. (Not to say I am a die-hard Hawks fan, it was just the team we all decided to cheer for, perhaps because one of the host families is a Hawks fan. I will let you know when I pick a team for good.)
Well, I am off for now, gotta go pack and get some sleep as I have a long and tiring yet fun week of camp ahead of me.
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I'm glad you're having a great time Ash :) Sounds like you're never going to want to come home!
ReplyDeleteHahaha, you're already sounding Australian! Rubbish and Footie. Awesome! I love that they say you have an accent. You must be enjoying their expressions and accents eh? I'm so excited you're there!
ReplyDeleteSo many new experiences :D I'm glad that the students are nice and friendly. They will probably fall in love with you Ashley! You are so good with kids. That park does sound amazing! (They must have better government funding than here??? ha ha ha) Praying for you :)
ReplyDeleteLOL! I love that they are teasing you about having a accent! and this footie game sounds intersting... you will have to teach it to us all when you get back :)
ReplyDeleteWow,you have had quite the adventure already!! I am so glad that you are enjoying yourself. I love reading about your trip. As far as your accent, I don't know how they hear it...The other day I was talking to someone on the phone and they asked me if they could speak to someone that had English as their first language...lol. I don't hear it at all...lol.
ReplyDeleteI also love your Aussie Lingo! I am so jealous of your Australian experience!!! So jealous!
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