australia!!!!!!

i have arrived!!!!!!!!! i know it's taken me some time to put this post up but the internet in australia is ages behind the internet in the states. so it took me a while to even get the internet set up in my room. but i have arrived safely and i'm settled into my dorm room. before i got to the university i had an orientation in a town called caloundra which is like an hour north of brisbane. the hotel we stayed at was amazing, a great view of the ocean. and we also went to the steve irwin zoo where i got to pet a koala and a kangaroo. so cute. then after three days we came to the university of sydney. here i'm staying in a college called st.johns. there are 185 people in the building. americans and aussies, mostly aussies. since i'm an american i'm condsidered a freshman, or fresher as they say. so most of the people i know are freshers. everyone is soooooo super nice. making a lot of new friends, both american and australian. i still can't believe i'm really here. i'll definitely be blogging more now that my internet is working. keep reading and comment so i know you're out there. feel free to email too: katherine.stoltenberg@trincoll.edu. miss everyone!!!!