The Blue Mountains!

Sorry I haven't written in a while, it has been a crazy week!! I had classes all week and then I spent Wednesday night and Thursday attempting to finish all my work before the weekend! Friday afternoon, some friends from Coogee came to skydive. I ran down by the beach and watched them dive and then brought Ian back to check out International House. It was my friend Lily's 21st birthday, so I left Ian with Kayla and a big group of 12 girls from our dorm all went out for Mexican!! We got jugs of homemade sangria and lots of yummy food! Then, we grabbed the bus back to I-House. I picked up Ian and Kayla and headed to North Gong Pub to hang out. After a few setbacks, we were back in I-House early and headed to bed :) In the morning, I went to Body Pump, did some homework, and layed outside to do some reading! Then, after dinner we met up with our friend Alex from orientation and we took the train to Coogee. We stayed in Coogee with some friends from orientation and went out to the Coogee Bay Hotel. It was really fun to see everyone!! Then, we woke up early in the morning to catch the bus with all the other IFSA-Butler kids, to The Blue Mountains!! It was a two hour bus ride and we all passed out on the way there!! When we arrived, they had morning tea, coffee, juice, and snacks waiting for us! We took pictures of the beautiful mountains and then headed out on a hike down into the valley, where we saw lots of wildlife and waterfalls! Once we finished the 1400 step decent, we took "The Steepest Railway" back to the top of the mountain. It was kinda scary and we were all holding on for dear life, as if we were going to fall out of the rail car!! Back at the top, we got on our bus and headed to the Megalong Valley Farm, where we had a bbq lunch and rode horses all afternoon! It was a beautiful day and so much fun!! I loved The Blue Mountains and it was great to spend time with friends I haven't seen for a while!! We got back to Wollongong, late last night and now I have to finish a paper before 5:30 tonight, so I'm going to be hard at work all day! I have class Mon, Tues, and Wednesday this week and I'm going to work hard to get my schoolwork done because I have a four day weekend trip this weekend to Melbourne and Victoria and then another one next weekend to Nimbin and Byron Bay! Should be a really fun end of the month! I only have 60 days left in Australia. I will be flying back to Vermont June 16th! I can't believe it has gone so fast!!