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FAMILY TIME! AND ALSO, BYE AUSTRALIA ;(

I have now been at an Australian family! The family was really nice and friendly. I got to meet the dad Lee, the mom Karen and their 9 year old daughter Melissa. I've got to know many new things of what an Australian family do everyday. Lee works at a local grocery store and his wife works as a barber. They work between 8 AM - 5 PM. Their daughter goes to a local primary school. She needs too wear two different school uniforms every week. Every morning she takes the school bus that stops nearby her house to get to her school. That is very different from what we have in Sweden.

Melissa’s favorite hobbies are to catch small bugs and then put them in a little cage. After a little while she lets them free. She also likes big fishes. That’s why they have an aquarium full of deep sea fishes. After the school Melissa goes often home to one of her best friends.

The area I lived in is a small town just outside of Brisbane. The house is small with few rooms. The backyard however is really big. It has a large fountain, pool and lots of place too play ball sports. Both the frontyard and the backyard is full of plants I’ve never seen before. And there’s a big palm tree in the middle of the front yard.

The Australian family and I did many different things while I was visiting. On the first day they showed me around the neighborhood and the house. On the second day I went with Melissa to her school and got to see what kind of lessons they have. The schedule looked almost the same as the Swedish one. I was really hungry that day. I thought they gave free school lunch like in Sweden, but no they don’t . On the last day the family showed me around the city and at the and of the day we ate at a beautiful asian restaurant.

This is my final post for this blog. I’m currently at Brisbane airport waiting on my flight to Sydney. From Sydney I’m going to make one stop over in Dubai, then from Dubai I’m going to fly to Arlanda airport in Stockholm. 

It has been very fun here in Australia and I can’t wait to visit it again! I give Australia 9/10.

Thank you for this time!

ULURU!!!!!

Hello everyone, I’m finally at Uluru! It’s so hot here! It’s about 100 something decrease fahrenheit… I don’t know how much that is in celsius and I don’t even want to know… The outback is full of insects and bugs! When I say bugs and insects, I don’t mean small ones that you can find in Sweden, here they are as big as my iPhone 5! Also, the sun is killing me! You really need lots of suncream if you are coming to the outbacks! 

Let’s quit ranting and talk more about the good things. The outback is so beautiful! If I got the opportunity to live here I would say yes, if the internet speed would be increased a little of course, that would make me even more happier! Everything is so red here! The only green thing here is my guides shirt. 
The rock is really beautiful. I wanted to climb it but my guide told me that the aboriginal people does not like when you are too near it. I guess that the view I’m having from about 300 meters are going to be ok… 

My flight to Uluru wasn’t as it was expected to be… The plane to Alice Springs airport was delayed because of a storm in Alice Springs… Why would the storm come when I’m going to Alice Springs? I mean it never rains in the outbacks… This always happens to me… 
After waiting at the airport in Melbourne for about 5 hours I finally landed in Alice Springs. In Alice Springs I needed to change to a smaller aircraft that would take us to Uluru airport. Then the storm came back! So I needed to wait one more 5 hours… When the storm cleared out we took off and landed in Uluru, finally! 

I’m going to stay one night here in the outbacks. Early on the morning I’m going to the rock again just so I can see the red sun rising while shining on the rock. I have seen many pictures of it and it looks really cool! It’s almost like the rock is on fire. 

At noon I’m going to Brisbane so I can meet the Australian family. I’m little scared about it, but I think is going to be okey once I get to know them better. After the visit I’m going back home to Sweden. I’m going to miss Australia very much!

Alice Springs airport.

This is the rock while daylight

This is the rock during sunrise. IT'S ON FIRE.

I think someone lied to me... 

MELBOURNE!!!

Hello friends, I’m in Melbourne! After a two hour flight with Qantas I officially landed in Melbourne! I won’t be staying here for a long time because I’m going to Uluru soon. But I think my only day here in Melbourne was a success!

I did many things like: visited the Victoria Market and bought some fruits, I went to some museums and I also visited the observation deck at the Eureka Tower. The Eureka Tower was really cool because I went to the top floor while it started to get dark outside. I took lots of pictures and I hope you will like them.

I noticed how Melbourne wasn’t that different from Sweden. If you take Stockholm for example, in Melbourne everything is so much bigger. There were lots of food of fish, probably because the water is near. The public transportation was almost the same. They had really long tram lines. We have tram lines in Stockholm too, but not that huge. The first thing I actually noticed was that the buildings in Melbourne was really old but beautiful, just like in Stockholm.

I recommend Melbourne for almost everyone. The city is really beautiful and peaceful, but I would rather stay one more night in Sydney instead of Melbourne because you can see and do more there.

Next time you will hear from me I’m going to be in Uluru! After that I’m flying to Brisbane to visit an Australian family.

Victoria Market. SO MUCH TASTY FOOD.

Eureka Tower. SO TALL.

Melbourne by night!

SYDNEY!!!!

I really recommend Sydney for everyone! The city is so clean and lots of fun!

On the first day I went to the Apple Retail Store. I actually forgot my iPad mini, so I bought a new one! The iPad was on sale so it was a really good deal! I also went to the Sydney Opera House. They had a restaurant there so I tried the crocodile and I tasted a little of the kangaroo. The crocodile tasted like chicken and the kangaroo didn’t taste anything special.

After being at the Opera House for many hours I wanted to go surfing. I took a cab and told the driver to drive me to Bondi Beach. I took off my shoes and decided to check how hot the water was. It was so cold! Even if it is summertime here, the water is still very cold. I decided to skip the surfing and do something else. 

On the last day here in Sydney I met some new friends! Jenna and Justine Ezarik, they are sisters. The sisters are so funny and friendly, we laugh all the time! They aren’t from Australia actually, they are from LA in California. We changed email addresses so we could talk later when we all come back home. 
We did many different things in Sydney, like: City tour, fishing, climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge (which was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done), watching the animals at the Taronga Zoo. It turned out that we all love Apple, so we visited the Apple Store together, the second time for me. 

Tomorrow I’m going to Melbourne! I’m going to miss Jenna and Justine but I can’t miss the flight after everything I payed. I made some research about Melbourne on what I can do there. The city looks really cool and interesting and I'm quite excited about my visit. 

See you soon my internet friends! 

Justine at the Apple Store! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

People climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge. If you look really closely you can see me!

The restaurant at the Sydney Opera House. I HAD A GREAT TIME.

Justine on the left, Breanne (she did not join the trip to Australia) in the middle and Jenna on the right. I'm hoping to see them soon again!