A Surfers Paradise

So this past week I got to see one of my best friends! Peej! (The one that came to visit me when I first got here) It was a blast and really great to be around someone who actually knows your life back home! I really missed having a good friend around who I am truly comfortable with! I stayed with her and her roommate Hillary (very cool) in there apartment. (that is a picture of Hillary me and Peej above) Any ways she lives on the Gold Coast which was the other place I was debating on living beside Sydney so I was very interested to see what it was like there. It was beautiful! You can see the beach from her apartment and it’s a little bit warmer than Sydney, the downfall it has is that it’s a bit touristy. Apparently it is the #1 tourist spot in Australia, and I can see why. Much more tropical there than here, reminds me of a Florida type atmosphere. It also is not much of a city, well compared to Sydney. It was awesome, but its was nice to go there and know I made the right choice on which place to study abroad, as fun as it was. Anyway we had a great week there, I even ended up staying an extra day cause I liked it so much. We went to the beach with her friends and there little pool hot tub area. The beach was fun but very windy that day so we ended up with a mouth full of sand hah.

We went out Thursday Friday and Saturday and it was a lot of fun. We actually ended up meeting the guy with longest nipple hair in the world; he was in the Guinness world record for it. Very weird and that is a picture of the guy above, sorry it’s not a very good picture but it’s the only one I got. 

We didn’t really end up doing anything to touristy, just kinda hung out and went about her everyday life there, which I liked. I wish I would have gone to hold a baby Koala but I’m going to Cairns on Tuesday and I can just do that there! I did also get my first, much needed pedicure, and it was quite relaxing. On the day before I left Peej and her roommate Hillary had to get certified for scuba diving and were gone pretty much all day. So I got to go to the beach and just relax by myself. It was great I needed a little alone time and the beach is the perfect place to spend it! 

Then on the final night I was there we did watch two little puppies for the night! They were soooo cute, as you can see. They have a pet store by them that lets you take home there puppies for the night for $1 so that the puppies get used to being around people and so they don’t sleep in a cage every night. We named them Jack and Spike, and they were a blast. I really needed some puppy loving; I miss all my dogs back home so much! The pups did poop and pee everywhere but I think it was worth it, especially since it wasn’t my place ;) haha Anyways I’m going to go because I am going to go do the 2.5 mile walk from Coogee to Bondi beach that I hear is beautiful! I will post pictures of that soon! Also I have to get ready for my trip to Cairns! I will keep you posted on happens over my break! Thanks for reading

Xoxox

Carlee Jean