Dandenongs

This weekend was another amazing weekend in Australia! It's sad to think that I'm going to be leaving in three weeks. But I miss my family and friends at home. I want to go home and I don't want to leave all at the same time! This weekend was definitely another fun weekend. Friday night I went with some enviro club friends to go see the movie Prince of Persia. It was actually better than I thought it was going to be. I also had some japanese crepes, which were interesting. It was pretty much desert in a crepe. I got the cheesecake deluxe crepe, which was a piece of cheesecake, blueberries, strawberries, and whipped cream all wrapped up in a crepe. It was delicious, and I'm sure unhealthy too. Haha. That was a fun night. I always enjoy trying new things too.

Saturday was also another fun day. I worked on some homework at the beginning of the day. That afternoon I went to Amy's house. I met Amy through Christian Union on campus, and I've really enjoyed hanging out with her when we've gotten the chance. That night we went out to an Ethiopian restaurant. Another new food to try! It was really good too. I don't remember the name of the dish, but it was good. It had bread like a crepe, except it was thicker and a bit spongy. It also had a sourdough taste to it. In the middle of the bread was some cooked meat. It had been cooked in a sauce, so it had some flavor to it. There was also some curry powder on the side you could sprinkle on top to add some spice to it. You would then rip off the bread and pick up the meat with it. No cutlery required! I also had some mango nectar juice, which was also tasty. That night I hanged out at Amy's house, where we watched Marley and Me. That is such a sad movie! There was some crying involved. It was a sad movie, but still good.

The next day I went with Amy to her church, which was nice since I haven't had the chance to go to church since I've been here. I've been really busy and it is hard to figure out where to go to church when you only have public transportation to rely on. After church we headed to the Dandenongs, which is a mountain range nearby. Not very tall, but still pretty. We did some scenic driving before stopping at a picnic spot. Amy's dad grilled some sausages on one of the public barbecues they had there. That is one thing I've noticed about Australia. They seem to have public barbecues everywhere that people can use. There were some on the beach in Cairns. There were also some at this picnic spot. After we had lunch they had a spot where you could feed wild birds, which included cockatoos and rosellas. The rosellas were so pretty! All you had to do was hold your hand out with some bird seed in it, and a cockatoo would land on your arm. They were pretty heavy too! It took the rosellas a little convincing to get on your arm. They were a bit shy. One of the cockatoos also stole our bag of bird seed! I thought it was kind of funny though. It was a lot of fun feeding the birds. We then took a bit of a scenic drive heading back to Amy's house. I had a lot of fun feeding the birds and hanging out with Amy and her family. It was definitely another fun weekend in Australia.