Footy!

This morning, I met Corin, Carrie, and Katie, and we went to take the bus to Freo. At the bus stop, we also met up with Matt. We met Isabella there, the woman in charge of the Sustainability part of CIEE, and she took us on a tour of the city and some of it's more sustainable parts. We went to see art galleries, including one that used to be a women's insane asylum. We also walked around town and to the beach. There was actually a wedding going on at one of the areas that we went to.

At around 5, we went to the Fremantle train station and caught up with Paul and most of the other CIEE students that didn't go into Freo with us. We all then went to an Australian Football League footy game. It was between the West Coast Eagles and the Brisbane Lions. They are the two worst teams in the league, but it was still exciting and fun to watch! (They play in an oval, and I couldn't help but think of how awesome it would be to play quidditch there!) I didn't really know what was going on, or the rules, but it was non-stop action and a close game. The lead kept going back and forth, and West Coast was winning up until the last minute when Brisbane scored 6 more points. We also ate dinner there, and it was surprisingly pretty good. The fries are somehow different than the ones in America, but I don't know how. The hamburger also was really good, and had onions cooked in it, although there was gross cold cheese on top. I also figured out a few days ago why the pop tastes funny here... it has sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. I definitely prefer the stuff in the States!

We got back around 9, and a group of us, Corin, Carrie, Katie, Matt, Mike, and I decided to all go over to Mike's flat and we hung out. His flatmate, Tyson, was also there and one of the RAs, Tracie, also came by for a while. Today was a lot of fun, but now I'm exhausted, so I'm hoping my pictures load quickly on flickr and I can go to bed!