Day Trip to Freemantle and my pictures are all online now!

First off - for parents and family and those that don't have facebook I've uploaded all my pictures to ->
http://s589.photobucket.com/albums/ss337/amelia_thomas/

If you click on that link and then look on the left hand side of the web page there will be 4-5 different albums and if you click on the different albums you can see my pictures and most of them have descriptions as to what they are, so enjoy! (I hope it works!)


Other than that, my most recent excursion was about 20 minutes outside of Perth to Freemantle or as the Aussie's say... Freo. They shorten all of their words - like McDonald's is Macky's and board shorts are 'boardies'

Freemantle was a really nice city and there were markets and lots of shops on the street as well as a "Cappuccino Row" with a bunch of coffee and deli shops. There was also a harbor with more shops and markets, too. So we did some bargain shopping, got some trinkets and 'Australian knick knacks' and also toured around the city. In my pictures you can see where we went to round house where they publicly humiliated prisoners when it was first built. There was also an old tunnel that the whaling companies used with secret passage ways and old whale vertebrae on the inside. It was all pretty interesting but after the long day we were exhausted from walking around so we headed to the popular beer brewery, "little creatures" for "sunday sesh"

Sunday sesh here in Australia is basically the Aussie's favorite day of drinking activities and relaxing on the beach because hardly any businesses or stores are open. So we went to the brewery and shared some nachos and beers and had a good time for our first "sunday sesh" Although we'd love to do that every Sunday, with a pint of beer costing $9... it is definitely not in our budgets!

Another popular Aussie trend is eating 'fish and chips' or fried fish filets and french fries. So we had a traditional lunch down at the harbor today as well and it was delicious! But again, not in my daily budget since it was about $15 for a filet of fried fish and fries.

So that concludes traveling for this week. We have one more week before class starts so we are going to an island to snorkle and southern western australia so we can do some wine tours and surfing... I'll be exhausted and broke by the time school starts so I'm on the hunt for a job starting tomorrow!

I miss everyone tons and hope you enjoy the pictures and I'd love to hear from you all my email is athomas8@elon.edu if you didn't already have it!
xoxo,
Amelia