Category: Australia: TEAN at Sydney

October is coming soon which means my birthday is coming up.  I do not have any plans to go anywhere for spring break so I will probably just continue to explore Sydney. I really want to make it to the blue mountains and I want to go on the Coogee to Bondi beach walk.  I think…

It is amazing to see how fast time goes by when you are abroad. I’ve been in Australia for two months already and only have two months left before I go back to Venezuela. As I enter the mid semester, the uni (as Aussies call it) has been getting pretty tough. The work load has…

I have moved Homestays since my last report.  I am much closer to school and have a family more of what I asked for.  I have three younger siblings under the age of 12 along with a homestay mom.  The setting is a lot more relaxed and I am much happier with the new accommodations….

This is my blog entry from my outdoor education class, I thought it would be perfect for this. The trip to the Royal National Park was absolutely unforgettable. From the bus ride there (and the walk to the bus since I saw black yellowtailed cockatoos) I was majorly enthusiastic about seeing mountain-looking things out of…

As a kid, I never knew what the word job really meant. For me it was nothing more than a broad term only adults could handle. A few years go by and I find myself in Australia, the other corner of the world, about to have my first job interview with the CEO of a…

Before arriving to Sydney, I was hoping to receiving an internship with a company to gain some work experience and fulfill my major requirements. Luckily, I received an internship at the Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness. I absolutely love it! The people are just so laid back and nice. I am working for the Elite…

I am having the most amazing time in Sydney! I honestly cannot believe how much I love living with a family instead of living with friends in an apartment. Originally, I was a little upset about leaving the other Rollins students and having to live with a family on my own. I now realize how…

Before I came to Sydney, I made my own bucket list adding all the places I had to visit and all the new foods I had to try. As soon as I landed in Sydney, that was the first huge thing I crossed from my list, “Make it to Sydney!”. In the time I’ve been…

I have been here for more than a month which seems crazy to me.  It does not feel as such, the time is flying by.  I am really enjoying my internship as I am learning a lot about marketing. I dropped my biology class due to the fact it was simply too advanced. I have…

I am having the time of my life here!!! Since I last posted, I visited the Blue Mountains with my friends Lizzie (from Ohio) and Emma (from Russia), went surfing at Bondi, and started some amazing classes at the University of Sydney, making friends of all nationalities everywhere. The Blue Mountains were breathtaking, especially since we…