Mountains, trains, surf boards and pancakes.

Before I dive into and unpack the latest news and happening, there's some housekeeping that need to be done. First off, in regards to my last log summarizing my day, that was just an example of my MONDAYS (hence why the entry was titled "Monday"). Not everyday is as laid back as that one seems,  though it I said I had only one class, that class 3 hours long (4:15-7:15). Most week days we are actually going between classes and field work from around 8am-6pm.  However, the load here isn't overbearing at all, when considering the down time over the weekend and the amount of time we have to work on assessments. Now, onto the good stuff...


We have had a pretty eventful week showing our friend Schwartz around Australia this week.

Thursday: we took him into the city to show him the works: Sydney Opera House,  Coat hanger Bridge, and a diner at Pancakes On The Rocks.

Friday: We took him to see the Blue Mountains (always a pleasure for me). On the train ride there we ran into one of Australian friends from TV Media who offered to show us a "faster" way of  getting there. We ended up full out sprinting through the train station to catch our mountain bound train Bearden,  our Aussie friend and myself were the only ones able to get on as we watched the doors close on Josh and Schwartz dejected faces. We meet up with them later at Penerith, where we scarfed down some train station chicken burgers (it was Good Friday so everything else was closed), which actually wasn't too bad for chicken patties that was boiled with fries in the fry baskets. Here's a rough video I put together with what shots I could get with Stephan's camera, the SD card is messed up and only lets me film a few minutes worth at a time. Plus the quality on YouTube isn't as good as I had hoped. I'll do better in the future, promise.

Saturday, we went surfing. It was cold, rainy, and the swell wasn't the best, but what type of friends would we be if we didn't give Schwartsy the bragging rights to say he's been surfing in Australia? He managed to get up a few times on his big board he was using, which is more than I can say for myself who was thrashed around time and time again on my little six footer. I'm seriously considering selling it for either for something bigger, or squirrel the money away for safe keeping.