Tim Tam Slam

Today was the first day of orientation. It was dull. That's all I have to say about that. We register for classes tomorrow, which will surely be interesting. I'm hoping everything works out that way I hope, or better.

After orientation, I went into town with Mauro and the NY girls and hunted down things for s'mores. We also visited a liquor store the size of Walmart--way cool. Alcohol was a little cheaper there, but not by much. Their wine selection was outrageous. The cheapest bottle of wine I found was $2.80. But we all decided we would go back later and each buy our own box of wine for $10. We're actually not supposed to be drinking on campus until the 27--a week after school has started. Because that makes a lot of sense...

On the way to the supermarket, I discovered that pedestrians DO NOT have the right of way. That was scary. At the market, we discovered that Kangaroo is actually very healthy for you and is reasonably priced (in comparison with all other meats in AU).  We decided that within the next few weeks, we would have a Kangaroo dinner night. I'm already working up various recipes in my head to try on the meat.

After dinner and s'mores with our roommies, we met our final temporary roommate--Amir. He's from Iran. The introduction went something like this. "Hi, I'm Amir. Where are you all from?"  "United States. You?"  "Iran."  "Oh....sorry."  But things have been going well. Everyone is very talkative and having a good time. It gets rather loud in the kitchen. It's like living in a party house again:)

The highlight of my trip thus far came tonight in the form of a tim-tam-slam. A Tim-Tam is a chocolate covered wafer cookie that you bite opposite corners off of, and then slurp hot chocolate through it until it falls apart in your hand (which happens almost instantly) you then pop the whole thing in your mouth and indulge in the overwhelming medley of rich, chocolate flavors. DELICIOUS!!!! Definitely something I'll have to try and bring back to the states.

Cheers
~Daniel