Albury was great. It's a big city as far as Australia goes. In AU there's the major cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Byron Bay, Darwin, Perth, etc. but then if your not a rather iconic city, a "big" city is anywhere from 70-100 thousand people. Albury was about 80. When I landed in the zero terminal ariport (all flights are boarded via tarmac from one gate) I texted Will and he said "Yeah, I heard it come in." He explained that when a plane comes in, the whole city can hear it, so you know when your guests are arriving. His family was really great, his dogs were fun, and it was SO good to have a home-cooked meal and sleep in a proper bed. Everything was really low key over there, which was great because I'd been going flat out for the past two weeks. We came home today and had a good four hour drive. I'm trying to convince Will to study abroad at MSU. We'll see how that goes.
I just registered for classes at MSU. If you've ever done that you know how much of a nightmare it is. This was the smoothest registration I've ever had. I got into all the classes and even all the sections that I wanted, except for one that was closed but I've emailed the professor and over the years I've gotten pretty good at sweet talking my way into full classes. So I'm stoked about it all.
I updated my YouTube channel with heaps of quick videos that just give you a bit more perspective of where I've been. So yeah, you can get amongst that. youtube.com/danielernce
If you only watch one video, watch the backwards fireworks.
As promised, here're some photos from Sydney and stuff.
"Home Sweet Home"
I absolutely loved this painting.
For some reason, I immediately thought of Kevin Alumno...
This room was a lot of fun. It had a conversation loop playing in the background that reminded me of the narration in American Psycho
I was so drawn to this.
Safe.
View from lunch
Scallops. Cooked perfectly.
Lamb and sweetbreads.
Bailey's Creme Brulee and chocolate biscotti
You Are A Tourist
Sunset from Sydney Tower
CBD
That's my backpackers from a few kilometers away
Night.
I looked at it for a while before I realized it was the first star of the night.
Sydney was good as
Words to grow up by
This morning, Will came out of his room and told me he just had a dream about the zombie Apocalypse only it involved lots of zoo animals and he'd been killing zombie animals all night. I actually had a dream a few nights ago about Jen Hartsell wielding a giraffe as a weapon against a gorilla. Yep.
God Loves Ugly.
~D
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