Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Memories of Staying in Australia

A couple of days ago, I was seeing at pictures which were taken during our staying in Australia. It's been 3 years since we got back from there. Our high school has two sister schools in the US and Australia. I've been in Australia for a couple of weeks as a exchange student when I was 16 years old. Beside me, there were 9 exchange students. The picture below is the sign board was standing at the front gate of the school. When we found it, we were so excited and happy.

The picture below was taken during our class. The girl of right side, it's me! And the left side, she is my best friend. We are in the same university now, and we know each ather very well. In the class, we learned so many interesting things about Australia. There were many good activities like making boomerang (which is aboriginean tool), helping Australian students with their Japanese class, sports activity, cooking Australian foods and so on. The two women standing behind us are our English teachers.

This is the photo of Melbourn station. I went there by train. In Melbourn cuty, I got some souvenirs for my friends and family. It was so fun! My host family showed me around, and I got a carriage for the first time! It was a little strange for me that there were cars, trams (trolly cars), and carriage on the same street.


We went up the tower which is the highest in Melbourn city. I am an acrophobe, so it was too scary for me to go up the top of the tower! But, the view from the top of the building was so beautiful. I wanted see its night view too. My friends who went there an night showed me the picture of it, and it was more beautiful than that in the daytime.
Of course, I saw some animals which can be seen in Australia! There was a zoo near my host family's house, and they took me there. I saw Koalas, kamgaroos, wombats, wallabies, and so on. I touched an wombat and a wallaby then. To be honest, I wanted to touch koalas, but it was forbidden in the Victoria state. If you want to touch or hold koalas, I suggest you to go to Sydney!


I miss the days and the people there..

Thank you for coming! ;)