Pub Central

So I figured I'd do some sort of a brief update of what has been happening since I've been here. I arrived in Australia on Monday, July 9th and was checked into the Miami Hotel in the northern part of the city. I met a few girls there, Mallory, Amy, and Stephanie, and the four of us decided to bunk together so that it was cheaper. Along the way we met Kelly, who is the epitome of the all-American girl (but she's such a sweetheart it's ridiculous), and since then the five of us have become something of a group and rather close considering how short of a time it has been. We have become footy fans, namely rooting for the Magpies and are looking forward to seeing them live on Saturday!! We also hung out with a couple of guys from New Zealand, mainly Mani, Caleb, Jason, and Lee at the hotel. Mani has the hots for me and has been persistently trying to contact me since I've been here. It's actually rather annoying now.
After our first two days of shopping, pubbing, exploring, more pubbing, etc, we arrived at the University, and are now staying at Queens College. It looks so much like the Pems and Bryn Mawr- I am going to miss being at home so much when fall semester starts there. I have met heaps more interesting people, one of my favorites being Justin who is a senior at Gettysburg. He is the sweetest guy and a big dork which makes him 100 times better in my book.
The welcome has been good so far- although the food is not as good as it was when we were going out to restaurants. I had the most amazing hot chocolate on Tuesday that my expectations for everything are very high.
I met up with Conall yesterday on main campus, and it was surprisingly nice to see a familiar face, even if it was Conall Cash. He gave Mallory and I an unofficial tour of main campus. Later last night the program took us out to yet another pub, leaving me moderately tired and hung over today.

I will attempt to upload some photos later, but for now that is a (brief) overview of what has been happening. I miss you guys.