Thought I might make this a regular list for the blog. Below are some of my observations from our first two months.
AUSTRALIA IS:
Crazy weather--down coats and flip flops, freezing cold temps but no central heat in the houses, bundled up in the morning & steaming hot by noon.
Laid back! Phrases like, “No dramas!” and “How you going?”
Ocean/beachy fun! After school and weekend activities at the beach, little piles of sand on the floor after sorting the laundry, sand in my sheets, sand in our food, sand everywhere!
It’s buying whole fish at a time because it’s cheaper. (Then leaving the fish market with the bones & the head for stock. “Madame? Do you want the bones & head for stock?” “Um...yes? Ew. Okay! YES!”)
It’s being woken up by kookaburras laughing in the trees in the back garden. (Because it’s ‘garden’ not ‘yard’ and ‘gardening’ not ‘yard work.’)
It’s pretty darned great so far!
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