"And then I said yes!"
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Jen & I Touring Sydney, Australia |
So many thoughts were flying through my head. Australia? That is so far away? What will my parents think? I had been on trips on my own before, and they were supportive, but Australia? This was a little too far off the map. Then a light bulb went on. I remembered I had family in Australia I had never met! Some of them yes, but not all of them. I quickly picked up the phone to dial my dad and explained the situation. He said yes! His approval was all I needed.
Minutes later, I logged on to the Australian Government's website to apply for my Working and Visiting Visa. In a span of three hours, I had decided I was going to Australia, booked my flight, and applied for the Visa-which took them 20 minutes to accept- insane! I'll never forget how excited I was, and most importantly, how smoothly everything was going. It was as it was meant to be! I was 19 years old, with one part time job, finishing my second year of university at McMaster, and unsure with what I wanted to do with my life. But this I was sure of. I had from November to April to save as much money as I could, and I did!
I will be blogging about the different stops we visited in the two and a half months we were in Australia.
This picture was taken not long after we arrived in Sydney on our way to visit the Opera House.
The beginning of a very fun adventure.
Exploring the land down under;
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