Mid Semester Break - Surfers Paradise

This will probably have to be a part series as I can't imagine writing everything that happened on this trip in one sitting nor can I imagine any of you wanting to read it. So this is part one when we were in Surfer's Paradise.

Day One -- Jenn, Laura, Devon, Hannah and I caught a 6 AM flight to Syndey and then a connecting one to the Gold Coast. We landed in the Gold Coast at 10 AM and checked into our beautiful apartment at the Blue Bay Resort. It was in an amazing complex with a swimming pool, spa, and tennis courts. Our apartment had two bed rooms, a full kitchen, dinning table, living room with a TV (which came in serious hand) and a balcony. It was just perfect. After settling into our apartment we walked up the street to the grocery store to buy things for the week. It was quite a hike up the street to the store, but the weather was sunny and so none of us minded. On the walk back, we decided that carry groceries would just be difficult, so we borrowed the shopping cart (of course) and pushed it back to our apartment. Clearly looking like a bunch of homeless girls, it was quiet amusing. That evening we cooked a lasagna we bought and enjoyed a relaxing evening in the spa.

Day Two --Woke up rather early in hopes of having a full day at the beach, but the weather had other things in mind. It was really windy and overcast, but we decided to head to the beach anyways. We went to Main Beach and the waves were just massive, water freezing (couldn't go in) and the windy was a killer. After attempting to lay out, we all realized how ridiculous we were being and decided to go explore the town. We went shopping for souvenoirs ad tried to stay out of the rain. We headed back to the apartment and cooked pineapple chicken for dinner. It was really delicious! Then we all got dressed and headed out to a bar in Surfers called The Bedroom where they had free drinks for ladies from 9 - 11 PM. It was a really cool place and even more exciting was FREE DRINKS! WOO. As we were leaving the bar we ran into Steve, one of the Americans from St. Marks! It was so random but so cool to see someone we knew!! We chatted for awhile, but the ran kept coming down so we decided to catch a cab home for the night.

Day Three -- I decided to wake up and cook everyone French Toast for brekky (my one speciality) and it was AMAZING! I forgot how much I missed french toast!! The weather was still pretty overcast, but we decided to try the beach again anyways. We got to Surfer's and there was (surprise surprise) a surfing competition!! We sat on the beach, bundled up in sweat shirts watching the competition until it started down pouring. Scratch the beach...we went shopping around Surfer's again and headed back to the apartment for the afternoon. There we actually got a US channel and got to watch a baseball game!! WOO AMERICA!! It was pretty awesome. Even with all the rain we decided to head out to the spa and sat in the bubbly warmth while it was raining. Haha. This basically knocked us out and everyone took a nap when we came back inside. For dinner we had pasta and salad. We decided to have a low key night and we played card games and watched two movies on TV -- 10th & Wolf and Igby Goes Down. Both were pretty good, though Igby Goes Down was pretty bizarre.

Day Four -- Still raining. Devon and I decided that we weren't going to waste another day shopping or attempting to go to the beach and went to an amusement park instead. We went to Dream World and rode some ridiculously awesome roller coasters. It was awesome because it wasn't raining that hard, but enough to make the lines really short (since no one was there) and it even got sunny for awhile. We also got to see Tiger Island where there was a show with tigers and trainers that was awesome. I have some great pictures of them jumping and doing some cool tricks. It was probably the best choice for the day. The other girls said it rained all day and they just hung out, went shopping and lounged around the apartment. That night we had all headed out to the city for a big night out. Went to a couple of bars and us girls ended up meeting some Irish guys in an Irish bar (go figure!) It was a hilarious night, mainly because their accents were ridiculous and the drunker they got, the harder it was to understand them!! It was all around a great night out.

Day Five -- Our last day in Surfers and how about it, SUNSHINE!!! And lots of it! We spent the entire day on the beach, watching the surf competition, building Hannah into a sand mermaid and even went into the ocean!! The waves were so intense and the under toe was really strong. Devon, Hannah and I were the only ones who went in and we just got knocked around left and right. It was lots of fun though. That night we cleaned up the apartment and decided to head out for dinner. We went to a Thai place that was just absolutely incredible. I had so much to eat and was so full and happy. All full of food and exhausted from being in the sun all day, we lounged around the apartment that night packing up our stuff and getting ready to catch at 6 AM flight to Melbourne.

OKAY! That's part one! I'm in the process of loading my 104389482482038 photos and will have them up ASAP!! I'll try and write the other parts later today! I have dinner at the High Table tonight with the Master and Dean and some other college students like Jemma!! So I have to get dressed up and look presentable! We get to have wine and cheese before dinner and port and dessert after!! Woo =) I am pretty excited! MISS YOU ALL!!