Saturday, September 29, 2012

September 29th

This may be a little ironic. but I signed up to go horse riding with the Outdoor Pursuits.
It was up at Estes Park, were the CIE had taken us for that little holiday. On the way there, we hit traffic... caused by this little sucker!

So, I went horse riding. It was a stupid choice but it was kind of nice to be on a horse again. 

We had to stop to check cinches here.

From here on out, I'm running with the pictures. I just want you to experience the atmosphere. It's coming into fall so all the trees are changing colour and it's beautiful!









Emily, Kathryn, Karina, Eavan and I.



Missing everyone xoxo.

Friday, September 28, 2012

September 28th.

So this is my beautiful little suitemate, Synovia Duncan. Hopefully you will be able to meet her some day. I am working on trying to convince her to come to Australia on exchange, too!


Anyway, she took us to a UNC vs Denver University game. Unfortunately we lost this game. But I did experience a fight, a puck flying straight towards my head when Sno and I sat right beside the rink, and two little boys who told me stop being such a princess for screaming when the puck smacked the glass... yeah, let me tell you how hard it was to bite my tongue and not swear at the freaking little shits! Oh, and hockey boy's smell - bad! Kind of like wet musty towels! We sat right next to entrance/exit for the visiting team and oh my gosh, smelly smelly boys!






Le fight, after the Ref had flung his body at the body and pushed everyone to the ground! Hilarious to watch.

Our Cheer Squad:
Behind: Emily, Myslef, Caitorina, Daniel, Leo. 
Front: Marine, Kathryn, An Drea, An Drea roomie (I think). 


Wednesday, September 19, 2012

September 9th

AUSTRALIA REPRESENT!

Karina wearing sheep tags as a necklace. 


We were told to let loose by the CIE (Centre for International Education) to represent our country for a fair. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI. 


 The Aussie Shelia's: Nicole (Canberra), myself, Kathryn (Canberra), Emily (Perth), and Karina (Perth).

Our representaion of Australia. Lamingtons, ANZAC biscuits, vegemite and fairy bread. All the yummy foods of our country! hehe.
And yes we were very popular. 'OMG, you're from Australia?! I really want to go there!' 

Monday, September 17, 2012

September 14th, 15th, 16th.


The best thing about being an international student is how the Centre for International Education keep you occupied with things to do. The 3-day first 'away' trip we did was to a little town called Estes Park.



If you roll around the mappy thingo a bit, you'll see that Greeley, where UNC is situated, is about an hour and a half to the east. Estes Park is this little mountain town that is oh so cute!  We were staying in the YMCA cabins. They were utterly gorgeous! All wood and cabin-y! and two storeys.


With a beautiful fireplace that turned on with a flick of a switch! Oh the ease of it.



This is us all sitting around getting to know each other better.





And then we got to go outside, light the fire up and make the traditional American bonfire food of S'mores. Interesting but not fantastic.


The first taste...

Our 'Bear' bus and the beautiful mountains of Estes Park in the morning. 





Hiking. At over a mile high... yeah, my lungs aren't acclimatised enough to walk god knows how many miles, but I would say it was over 10 km in about two and a half hours of rocky goodness. It was a heap of fun and I can understand why people enjoy it so much. However, with my bad ankle and coordination, it was a little precarious.



The scenery was just so beautiful. We were powering up so much that we really didn't take it all in.









After a hard day's hiking, and shopping afterwards, we were to enjoy a lazy evening. I decided to sit outside by the burnout campfire and work on an assignment in this beautiful atmosphere when these two doe Elk came around the next cabin. Soon enough, there was this entire herd!





This little matey was a bit impressive to see!!!


Yet, as always, the fun has to end. And back to school we go!