Well it looks like I've been in Sydney Australia for a week! I feel like a lot has been learnt these last few days in a new country. Before I left for my trip, I was so excited about the unknown. About being carefree with not a worry in the world, about laying on beaches and relaxing, about not having to sit in a classroom, about meeting people my age and prioritizing my social life for once, about having no responsibilities, about discovering the many sights and marvels of Australia, about taking endless pictures and keeping up to date with my little blog.
What I've learnt these last few days: although I may be living carefree I do have worries about primarily money (which isn't necessary, but I have always been a saver rather than a spender!), laying on beaches and relaxing is nice for a few hours but I realistically couldn't see myself doing that for 6 months, I've met a few people at my hostel but when you're going to bed at 6pm due to jet leg you don't have much of a night life, I do enjoy being away from school but I have to admit I'm excited to be back there in the future, I like responsibilities, I like structure, I like schedules, I like having my own clean and quiet space... Taking pictures of the beaches and tourist attractions is great but I realized for me standing in front of (whatever) and taking a picture didn't feel much different then looking at a picture online. Perhaps our amazing technology is to blame for my lack of enthusiasm at these many attractions. Don't get me wrong, these sights are amazing and beautiful, but I didn't have the reaction I thought I would seeing them.
This last week has also been a bit of a emotional roller coaster of highs and lows. My highs included my many morning runs and walks along the costal walkway being Bondi and the neighbouring beaches while watching the sun rise from the oceans horizon in the distance. My lowest of lows was looking at how much it would cost to change my flight to go home. I was feeling so stupid for having this idea to go travelling and experience the world. The more responsible and realistic side of me would much rather stay home, work, and save up money for school. But, instead of starting to look for flight options home, I decided to evaluate what I wanted from this trip. At first I wanted to live in hostels and get a job as a waitress and just enjoy the beaches and my time off. I wanted to explore Australia and then take a flight over to New Zealand and travel more around there. I'm learning that Australia is massive and major cities are rather far apart! I also decided not to do NZ this trip around as the country is very vast and would be a lot more fun renting a car with a friend and driving everywhere.
So, you might be thinking what my plans are, now that I've thrown my original trip idea out the window. Well, after messaging a few families around Sydney and Melbourne I've decided to work with a lovely family who lives in Kensington, an eastern suburb of Sydney. I will start with them on October 6th and work until the end of February. In the meantime between today (September 24th) and October 6th I will be heading down to Melbourne to explore a few sights. I'm currently sitting in a nice little park by central station waiting for my train at 8:30 tonight. Note to self, don't arrive at central station at noon in the afternoon and think it will be easy to kill 8 hours walking around... Anyways, I'm taking an overnight train and arriving around 7:30 tomorrow morning!
I'm exited to take more pictures in a new city and maybe treat myself to restaurant meal!
Bye for now.
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| Sitting in the park waiting for my late night train. |
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| Finally late enough to make my way to the platform! |
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| I'm in carriage D seat numbers uno! Plenty of leg room. |
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| No one next to me, yay!!! |
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