So before I left, my family and I went to dinner at BJ's in San Francisco. Obviously it was delicious. My brother, sweetest brother ever, gave me a dress from Anthropologie and a cute frame with a collage. My parents gave me a book and chocolate. They know me so well. And for dessert we had pazookies. aka i left the U.S. very satisfied. Then I was off on a 14 hour flight with none other than Jake B. Omick. Naturally he tried to scare me during the turbulence, but he actually helped calm me down, so that was nice. I watched some movies, slept a lot, ate a lot.... When we got there (at 6 am!!) we met some other UC students and we all took a shuttle to our hotel. The hotel was really nice and it was super easy to walk everywhere. We decided to go get some food and explore. We went walking down a street and this guy James goes "Wow, we are definitely in the Red Light district" and this lady walking her dog by us starts laughing at us. We were all embarrassed but she actually was really nice and helped us find a nice little restaurant. We all got mochas and they were SO good. The coffee here is much better than in the US. Then we started exploring. We went to a museum that we accidently went into without paying and then went to the botanical gardens. The craziest thing there were these huge bats hanging in the trees. They have like a 6 foot wing span and there were at least a hundred of them. We also saw cockatoos. We walked down to the harbor area, which was beautiful. I had no idea how pretty Sydney is. We walked over to the Opera House and took lots of pictures, like the tourists we were. Then we walked back to our hotel for a gathering with all the 79 other UC students. They served us appetizers and we were able to order drinks from the bar- woo! We were so jet lagged (and it was dark early cuz its winter here) that by 7 we were ready to go out clubbin. haha so we went to this cheap bar called star bar and had some drinks. then we decided to go somewhere else so we went to a gay bar for jake. a guy came up to jake and then the night began. The guy's friend bought another guy we were with a drink and then they bought us all drinks. One of the guys we were with was so homophobic and being in a gay bar was freaking him out. We danced a little with Jake's guy, and then decided to leave because we were so tired. The next day we had an orientation and then we went on a boat tour around the harbor. I fell in love with sydney about then. there were houses with their own private beaches and it was just so beautiful. We took a group picture at the opera house and then we were on our own again. we decided to pre-game this night, because drinks at the bars are so expensive, and we pulled out the quaffers. you know that means a good time. we had a lot of fun in the room just jumping on the bed and listening to jake's crazy life stories. then we went out again. this time we decided it was a night for the girls. so we met a couple people on the streets, but we found out that basically every bar has a cover charge. so we were all disappointed and the guys separated from us (we were determined to get into a bar and meet some australian guys). we finally found a bar that let girls in for free, woo! so we get in and start dancing. super awkward. the guys are so different and dance so funny. they clap and dance like a foot away from you. we then got this call from a UC guy who wanted to join us, so he met up with us and payed $20 to get into this bar, only to find out that it was not what he expected. i was like "dont worry, we'll find you some girls!" and he was like "girls? i'm gay" hahaha so we sent him off to find jake, naturally. then we danced some more, met these guys who were super excited that we were american (they took pics with us) but dancing with them was awkward and we finally decided to leave. we came back to the hotel and ordered room service and then went to sleep. the next day we had another orientation and then we went and got lunch at this great place. after i went back and said my good byes. i took a shuttle to the airport and i met a nice lady and her son. she told me about how the school system works here. on the plane i met two more, young australians, a guy and a girl. i told them about america and they told me all about perth. they were really nice, especially the guy next to me. i thought i was going to die on the flight because before we took off they said the engine wasnt working and they had to reboot it or something and then apparently it was really windy and the turbulence was terrible. i really thought i was going to die. anyway, the guy calmed me down and then i had some wine to help me calm down even more haha. at the end the guy gave me his number in case i needed help with anything while im here, so that was really nice, although i dont know if i will ever call him lol so then i got here late and basically just unpacked and went to bed. the next day we had orientation and today we went into the city. it is such a pretty area and from the pictures i've seen of the rest of the west coast it looks amazing. i cant wait to explore!
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