So it’s been a pretty crazy month between traveling to Thailand, Singapore, and New Zealand, finishing the semester, moving back to the states, and starting my new job with the Baltimore Examine. I will be writing updates on all of those shortly, but just to catch up I put together a little list to some [...]

It’s 10:30 on a Sunday night and I just came inside from sitting on the big tin roof of my building. From the roof I have a great view of the sky and the huge Norfolk Pines in the Esplanade Park right across the street. Oh, and in between those nice trees I had a [...]

Last night I grilled myself some kangaroo steaks. It was cheap and easy and some of the juiciest meat I’ve eaten. This was my second helping of kangaroo since I’ve been down here and I think I will make it a regular meal. The first time was at a restaurant called Little Creatures right across [...]

Last night I went to my first every footy (Australian Rules Football) game. For those of you who don’t know, footy is played in a large oval, about the length of a soccer field, with four posts at either end. The idea is to kick the football between the two middle posts for a goal [...]

So unfortunately, my 2 and a half month hiatus from class ended this week and I had my first three Australian classes. “The Uni” as they call it down under is different than college at home. Almost all of the students live at home and commute to campus. It’s uncommon to go away to school [...]

The other day our group of American students took the train to Perth for a day in the big city. Perth is commonly known as the world’s most isolated city. The next closest place that we would consider to be a city is at least 3 hours away by plane, but Perth still has plenty [...]

I’ve been down under for five days now, but it alreadys feel like two weeks. My journey here took me from Hartford, CT to Boston to Nashville to Chicago to Los Angeles to Sydney to Perth and finally to Fremantle - a small city in the southwest corner of Oz. It took me well over [...]