I made it!

It is 430 am and I'm wide awake haha the 15 hour time change has been a little rough on eveveryone! I arrived in sydney yesterday at about 830 am after a nearly 24 hour flight. We were bussed to the sydney sports academy where we will be until friday as we get to know other students that travelled using the IFSA Butler study abroad program. I will be bussed to the university of wollongong on friday for another week long orientation. Yesterday when we arrived we were assigned motel rooms and I am rooming with my friend kayla from smc. We also met two boys who are also going to wollongong and one is actually from vermont so we have been spending a lot of time hanging out and getting to know them! Then we had lunch and got track phones to use to call our families. I don't have real internet access yet,only on my phone but I should have it all set up by this weekend! Then, we went on a run/hike up this beautiful mountain that overlooked the ocean the mountains and a small lake right by the sports academy. On our way down we all swam in the lake...it was so warm!! It is in the mid eighties here and really humid...I love it! As we got almost to the bottom of the mountain, we saw a wallabee (baby kangaroo)! It was so adorable!! I took lots of pictures and I will post them as soon as I have computer access! Today, we are leaving at nine fifteen to go to the sydney zoo and then take a cruise of the sydney harbor! Tomorrow, we are taking surfing lessons! I can't wait! I have met so many cool people...I am having so much fun! I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the snow ;)