Finally a second to breathe

I finally have a second off from all of this crazy orientation to sit down and right a proper blog post. From the moment that we landed they have kept us so busy! I still haven't even finished unpacking everything, whoops. It is hard to even write about anything that exciting considering we have only been here for one week. As I said in earlier blogs the first couple of days consisted of basic orientation information for all international students. There are so many exchange and abroad students here! Luckily we were able to escape on day and head out to the beach. The beach that we went to has these really cool colorful sheds all along it. Also, you can see the complete city from the water; it is so pretty! Once we finished up with those sessions we jumped right into more orientation with all Monash University students. They take the first week of orientation even more seriously here then the evergreens at Loyola! Each dorm building has various activities planned throughout the entire week. Including bbqs, trivia nights, casino nights, toga nights and pizza parties. One day we had an intense scavenger hunt throughout the entire city. The list included everything from cartwheeling across the street to getting a tattoo. It was pretty intense. The city itself is so beautiful! Its hard to compare it to a place in the United States but I guess its pretty similar to NYC except its much, much cleaner and has much less foot traffic. Last night everyone went to "host party night". It was at a club that had three different stories! The Australians definitely like to have a good time!