Australians are Heaps Fun!

For the past two weeks Mesa families have been hosting Australian students. Callyn was lucky enough to have Jess stay with her! They all came to a day of school at Mesa High on Friday. After school we hung out at my house and then me, Ashley and Emily went to the potluck dinner that was supposed to be for the students and their host families only haha. We met some gorgeous boys and hung out with them for a little bit that night. When they left we went to the park and played some more!

Swinging

Bottom to top: Jess (Our new BFF from Australia), Sarah,  Lyndsey, Emily, Callyn, Taylor, Ash, Me

Kyle Clifford and Jess

That night we also hung out w/ Blondie and he was nice enough to take a picture w/ us!

( Yes, he is really 6'11)

While Jess was here she was nice enough to answer ALL of our questions about Australia and I learned so much! Here are a few things about Australia and it's people:  

-They don't have Wal-Mart

-They say "heaps" in the context of this post's title

-They call flashlights: torches

-Gas stations are called Petrol Stations

-Surfer boys don't wash their hair

-Australians can't say aluminum (They pronounce it al-ooo-min-eee-um)

-They really eat Veggie-Mite which I tried on bread with cheese and almost threw up

-They are a whole day ahead of us and it is currently summer there

-They thought my house was, "Freakishly Clean"

-They call french fries: chips

-They don't have In-n-Out Burger

-No QT

-No Sonic

-No Taco Bell

-They call McDonald's: Mackers

-They rarely see kangaroos where they live

-They think Mesa is peaceful

-Their drivers license is a magnet that they put on the outside of their car

-They are gorgeous and have beautiful accents

-They think we have accents too

-I love them!

 

Me and Ash w/ our "torches"

We all loaded into Chris's "bus"

Me, Emily, Ciara, Ash, Callyn, Kyle, Jess, D'Arcy (Or as he says it Dawcy), and Kort