Road Trip

Hello Everybody!!

I hope everybody had a good long weekend! We went to the Gold Coast and had an amazing time. Surfers Paradise is one of the coolest places I've ever been. If you ever travel to the East Coast of Australia it is a must see. It is only about an hour and a half from Sydney on a plane.

We arrived around 12:00 on Friday and the weather was beautiful. We had some drinks, walked around and throughly enjoyed the pokies ( every bar in Australia has pokies - you can usually get a 100 credits for a dollar ) On Saturday we woke up early and headed to the beach. It was 26 and sunny. We spent most of the day lounging and headed out to an awesome birthday dinner. Ryan took me to Grumpy's Warf which is the best Seafood place I've ever been to. I had fish and Ryan had a mixed seafood plate. Everywhere we went we kept seeing "Bugs" on the menu. It turns out that they are not real bugs- they are a member of the lobster family and are only found on the Gold Coast. Of course we had to try it and they are so good. The look and taste alot like lobster except smaller and not as fishy tasting. We had a really good meal! So good we even took pictures of the food! That night we went Glow in the dark bowling and had some drinks- and more pokies! Sunday we went to the beach again and went souvenier shopping. When we were walking down the main strip we ran into Jim ( an old friend from St Catharines) on the street. I knew he was going to school on the Gold Coast but I had no idea where. It is crazy to just run into somebody from St Catharines randomly on the street. Ryan and I haven't seen him since Western and it was nice to run into an old friend so far away from home. We headed home and were back in Sydney by 11:30.

Overall the trip was awsome and I will never forget Surfers Paradise. It does feel nice to be back in Sydney and this week I am going to try to see some of the sights here. It is my birthday here and I am going to spend the evening eating chocolate cake and watching the Sopranos. (The perfect was to spend a birthday in my opinion)

Hope everybody's 24 was as good as mine!!

Cheers!

Brandy