Wednesday: a big group of the housemates and I went to see The Bucket List. Before the movie I asked Inge to take a photo of me in my first bit of Australian clothing: a cute little garden dress. It has these awesome pockets and I love the colors and pattern. Of course I managed to get pomegranate juice all over it but I was quick enough with the laundry zap stick that it washed out!
The movie was great! I loved it - but did not cry - I'll admit I had tears welling, but there were no tears. It was a really touching movie. Jack Nicholson is his cooky self and Morgan Freeman is great. I recommend it if you want to watch something funny, meaningful and touching.
Thursday: I got to see the Andy Warhol Exhibit in the Brisbane Gallery of Modern Art (aka GOMA)!
Towards the end of the exhibit we walked through the kid's corner. We created a picture relating to a particular letter in the alphabet. My name, Adam's name, Andy Warhol's name and the word awesome all start with the letter A so I went ahead and chose A. = ) What I drew was a lacy heart with music flowing out of it. On the heart was written "A is for Adam. A is for Amanda." over and over again. At the bottom of the page there was a space for "[insert chosen letter here] is for ____." I put "A is for a song in my heart." Aren't I clever?
Friday I didn't do anything too exciting: maybe a run to the market for some food, I think I hopped online for a bit, read some. Nothing extraordinary is coming to mind for Friday.
Saturday, however, was a full day! Inge, Nick, Richard, Ian, Sam and I got up early, packed an overnight bag and went to the Gold Coast, Surfer's Paradise specifically. The trip there took 2 hours: 1 hour by train, another by bus. On the train the guys sprawled out and go nice and comfy in our cabin. Here's Richard taking it easy:
When we got there we had to check into a hostel - there were tons to choose from. We wound up picking the worst, I'm sure. Cheers. Ha, cheers, indeed! Not. We get there and have to wait until 11 to check in - okay, that makes sense - give the previous room tenants time to check out, etc. They say the cleaners need 20 minutes to clean the rooms before we settle in. Oh, okay. A full hour later we hassle them enough that they finally clean our rooms. By now it's noon and I am craving some relaxation at the beach.
We trek to the beach - the weather is B-E-A-UTIFUL! Here is a picture of some skyscrapers to show how blue the sky was, and not a cloud in sight:
We get to the beach - the place is even more B-E-A-U-TIFUL! Here's me and Inge excited to have finally made it to our destination:
Here is me next to the Surfer's Paradise sign:
We dropped our stuff on the beach and ran straight for the crystal blue water! Inge and I had a ball catching and riding the waves! Here's a shot of me on the sand line:
We swam for a bit, re-applied sunscreen, and laid out for a bit. During this time I read a good bit of my novel and soaked in some rays (not too much, but I'd rather get what I got than get burned and look like a blonde tomato). The ONLY thing that wasn't perfect was that there was quite a breeze which blowed grains of sand against us such that it was almost painful. I had to put my beach bag by my head so sand wouldn't blow into my ear, haha. Not that it mattered too much because by the end of the beach visit we had sand everywhere any way. Inge got tons of sand in her camera case even, haha!
On the way back to the hostel Inge and I took a couple more photos of us at the beach, but this time in the shade:
We showered up and headed to our dinner reservations at the Hard Rock Cafe, Surfer's Paradise. This dinner was my favorite part of the evening, even though my shirt undid itself briefly, haha - no worries - everything was well hidden and Inge helped me with my recovery, haha! It was pretty hilarious, actually. Any way, my close-to-American-big-juicy-bacon-cheeseburger was delicious! Along with my Tropical Rock (pina colada with a twist of lime) drink:
Naturally Inge and I took tons of photos. Here is one of me with Richard and Neil:
And one of me and Inge:
The group:
1 comment:
As usual excellent work with the photos. You really do a good job of giving us lowly people stuck at home a glimpse into your goings on. I especially like the cowgirl kiss. I miss you.
love,
adam
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