Sydney to Ballina

Today I rode on a plane from Sydney to Ballina. I met my host mom, and am currently in the house I will be staying in for the duration of my student teaching here. I got to Australia on Friday at 8:30 ish. I waited anxiously for all the rest of my crew to arrive from L.A. They arrived but their luggage did not. This was annoying for them, but also for me because I had to hear all about it. There is something about complaining that is so fun to do but so un-fun to listen to. I of course mean them no harm in saying this because I would be pissed and venting about it too. I am, however, grateful that this did not happen to me! Traveling alone internationally turned out to be not so bad. Except, in the Toronto airport I had to get off the plane outside instead of on one of those walkways. Then, we were way far away from the actual airport, and I had to pick up my bags from baggage claim and then run to get through security on time. It was hard!! The seats on my Air Canada flights were not comfortable at all! We stayed in a hostel in Sydney last night, and that was OK. We went to bed early (7:30) because everyone else was tired. I was a little tired, but kinda wanted to party it up. It was fine though, and I know we are headed back to Sydney after teaching so that we will have more time to see the town and party it up. Here are a couple pics of Sydney for you to enjoy! We took these while we walked around Darling Harbor.

Tomorrow I am going with my host mom and my roomie Beth to Byron Bay, which is just a little town with shops and the like.