From the beginning...

So I know that this is extremely delayed considering that I left "the states" (as they call it here) on January 28th, but the past month and a half have just been a whirlwind of adventure. Two years ago I never would have believed that I would be sitting here, riding The CityCat,a river ferry, home from a day on campus in a city 8800 miles away from good 'ol Overland Park, Kansas. However, ironically enough I did pick a place with the same nickname as my home state... "OZ". I am excited to finally be able to share with everyone my adventures over here, I have been trying to jot down any details that I find particuarly interesting so that I don't forget to share them. As a background for those who are not familiar with my journey, I am spending my second semester of my Junior year studying at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia with one of my best friends Suzanne Robison. We are currently living on the 24th floor of a high rise apartment in the heart of the CBD (Central Business District). I didn't go into college convinced that I would study abroad or being obsessed with Australia, but the opportunity presented itself and now here I am. I just kind of never stopping filling out the paperwork, but being here now I know that I could not of made a better decision, especially with all hopes of Purdue winning the National Championship gone. The life experiences I'm gaining and the spectacular things I'm being given the opportunity to see are something that I would have never expected to see in a lifetime. Given that, next will be the first real blog. We started our journey traveling through New Zealand starting by seeing my amazing family friends the Babbotts in a little town called Warkworth just outside of Auckland. I feel like staying on their farm was years ago, but it's better late than never share. So here comes my blast from the past, I hope I don't bore you all too much, and please leave comments or suggestions, I'm definitely a novice blogger so anything is helpful! I Love and miss everyone from home! Cheers!