I couldn't believe how much fun I had today. I thought my lectures where going to be boring, and I wouldn't be able to understand my professors. It was amazing. The best part was, I was able to answer a question in class that had to do with the Bible! Can you believe it? My professor talked about the Bible at a public university. The question had to do with the Bible verse "In the beginning was the Word..." He asked what book of the Bible it came from. Mostly eve...

So, we went on a "Dolphin watch" cruise today. It sucked, because we barely saw any dolphins. The way the school's website described, said that we were going to swim with the dolphins. The exact opposite happened. We looked at the Dolphins from far away because the boat driver said we couldn't get close to them. They were also super camera shy, so I barely got any pictures of them. You will have to look very closely to see anything. WE only spent one hour on the ...

First Day At Newcastle So Newcastle turns out to be my very depiction as a public university. I think that it will take sometime getting used to. Before I came I had an idea that the bathrooms were co-ed, but these are out my comfort zone. The showers are even co-ed, which makes things really interesting. It turns out that everyone hates Bush here, and that includes most of my US American friends. When I told them that I supported Bush, it came out more like "...

Week 2-Arrival at Newcastle University It was a smooth plane ride into Newcastle. We were all on a small Virgin Blue plane, and when the flight attendant announced our arrival, we all clapped and cheered. The flight attendants found our excitement to be quite hilarious, adding to the jubilee of the day. So, I am getting over the first day here. We have such a busy day tomorrow, with a lot of international orientation meetings. We received a complimentary ba...

It's a little over a month before I board a 24-hour flight to Australia. I am a bit nervous about the fact that I haven't even bought my luggage yet, and my bank account is pretty near empty. I am really excited about the first weekI am going to be in Australia. I have the opportunity to go scuba diving, and "opportunity" is the key word, just because I am not sure if I want to take the chance to swim with the "friendly" Great White sharks. The worst fact is that...