Folkie!

This past weekend I did another mini trip to Port Fairy.  Port Fairy is my rommate, Libby's, home town.  We left by train on Friday night.  All I think about when I am on trains is The Polar Express.  Next year I want to take that train! Although both of these train rides did have one thing in common...they both go to amazing places.

Port Fairy is a very cute small town.  Libby's house, which is her second home, is about a five minute walk to the beach and a 15-20 minute walk into town.  In town this weekend there was a huge festival called Folkie.  Folkie is a big annual folk festival.  The tickets to get into the main event cost over $100.  I forget the exact amount but too much for me.  There were two stages set up around the tow that had free music not to mention a whole bunch of markets set up selling all sorts of fun stuff.  I bought plenty of souvineers this weekend for myself and my friends and family.  For myself I bought this beautiful saronge which is like a tapestry but you can wrap it around like a skirt but what's cool is I can wear it to the beach an then use it as a blanket to lay on =]

By the way this big folk festival could also be seen as a big hippie festival.  My Ithaca girls would have loved it so much and I wish I could bring them all to it sometime.  The smell of hemp was everywhere as well as tons of "hippie" clothing.  Plus the music was very good and I enjoyed listening to it.  I had a great weekend with some great people and am looking forward to another great weekend coming up; I am going camping in the Grampians National Park.

So now about that whole study thing...My classes started last week.  They are not as bad as I thought they would be.  Business Finance will be rough but I have plenty of time during the week to study.  Australia Now is a very interesting class.  So far we have done a very brief introduction to Australian History.  In our second lecture we watched a video on Gallipoli.  Sport and Education in Australian Society is probably the most interesting course I am taking.  We have covered some basic things about sport that I have heard before at Ithaca.  Tomorrow we are going on a tour of the Melbourne Cricket Grounds with the class.  We have a couple other field trips planned- like going surfing and to the surf museum!  That is the best class.  The last class that i am taking is Managing and leading in Organisations.  NOT organizations.  Yes they spell things differently here.  That seems like an interesting enough course and not so difficult.  overall I am happy with my courses here.  The lectures for all of my classes are huge.  Business Finance and my management course both have around 200 people in them.  For all of my classes except the sport one we have a tutorial session that meets once a week with about 15-20 people in them.  This is where you ask your questions and what not.  The class size does not bother me at all in lecture.  I like the school here.  For a really large school it does not feel that big.  I do feel a bit weird not having a million things to do outside of class.  I have been going to the gym often and taking classes which are so much more fun than normal work-outs.

So that is all for now- sorry for the rather dry entry but I am a bit rushed at the moment.  I miss and love all my friends and family =]

Cheers.