With only four days left in Australia, I'm starting to get more and more excited to return home to my family and friends. At current, I am spending my last few days in a hostel titled "Backpackers in Paradise". This is the first time that I have ever been in a hostel, so truly I did not know what to expect when I arrived. Apparently, you bunk with strangers and share bathrooms, showers, cooking tools, and stories. My hostel, in particular, seems to be catered towards a 'party' crowd. Not to say that I don't enjoy parties, but I don't enjoy parties. I like getting up at six in the morning to go running, spending time near the ocean, walking/exploring the city, reading, and then coming back to the hostel to sleep around ten at night. But everyone at Backpackers in Paradise seem to like a different schedule of sleeping until noon and getting drunk until three in the morning. Again, that works for some people, sure. But I like my mellow agenda. I think with my final four days, I will try to finish some of my projects (for my online classes back home), spend as much time in the sun and next to the ocean as possible, pick up a few more souvenirs, and possibly do a few more inexpensive excursions (the Botanical Gardens of Surfers Paradise, attend mass at the Greek Orthodox church in Bundall, and try out a few more intriguing restaurants). I loved being here in Australia, in all honesty. Right now I am just eager to leave because I am missing my sisters, brothers, parents, and dogs (mainly). But I think after a week or so of being home, I'll wish that I was back in Australia soaking up the warmest rays of sun and enjoying the therapeutic sounds of waves beating against golden sands. Australia stole my heart.
Follow me on my journey to fitness while pursuing a life-long dream of studying abroad in Australia! Throughout the next 8 months I will be sharing with you my fitness goals/inspirations, my process of getting to Australia, and (hopefully) my experience abroad at Bond University in Gold Coast, Australia!
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