Hey there!  Following in the wise move of my BFF Kami I decided that this would be a good way for me to keep people updated on what is going on with me while I am in Australia.  First of all the flight was great, if you ever make it down here I suggest going Qantas, I got to watch premier movies when ever I felt like it, TV shows, the food was decent and they even give you a little tooth brush to get rid of that nasty flight breath.  I flew from MPLS to LA then straight to Melbourne (Mel-ben) where I am sitting writing you this.

The weather is great, it was about 80 degrees the first couple of days and led me to an awesome sock tan line.  Today as I sit and 7am Wed. there time, 2pm Tues. your time it has already rained which is good because the Aussie land is in severe drought status right now which means you soak in the shower, turn water off, lather up, then give yourself a final rinse and spin cycle.

So far I have not done much while I have been here, still getting over the jet lag a little bit, thus me being up at 6 am everyday so far and in bed by 930.  I just wanted to let everyone know that I made it safe and will keep you up to date on what fun and crazy adventures I get myself into which hopefully will end up with me swimming with great white sharks!

If you don't know my email is exston04@smumn.edu and that is the best way to get ahold of me.  Still working out the cell phone situation so I'll get back to you on that one.

Talk to you later,

Erik

P.S.  Australia is home to something like 8 of the worlds top 10 most poisonous animals, Sarah's dad had an encounter with one and won the battle, I hate snakes and spiders.