Travel Buddies

So I have to address this off the bat. 

It has come to my attention that "'ello maties" is not something an Aussie would say. Yahoo Ask and Justin Wei tell me that it's more of an English-pirate-with-a-Cockney-accent thing haha. Oh nooby American Linda...

Anyways, I am here! In Melbourne!

And I didn't tell you guys yet, but I'm actually not traveling alone. 

I'm actually traveling with a stanley, two stanleys actually.... 

my lovely stanleys :)

For when I'm on adventures, traveling. 

For when I go out...

HAHAHA 

Waiting.. waiting... waiting to take off!

wholeee row to mahsself :) 

So those are my lovely high school friends Eunice and Jin <3 Eunice dropped these off for me the morning of my flight saying, "So this one is for when you're traveling around and this is for when you go out at night" HAHAHA and I still cannot stop laughing about it. 

(Oh, for those of you who don't know what a flat stanley is, it's this guy right here: 

No, the littler guy:

 haha apparently, flat stanley's have been photographed in every corner of the world! woah.) 

Anyways, yes so I have two flat stanleys for every and all occasions. Watch out for them in some my photos! They will definitely go to good use and will be popping up here and there :) I expect no less with flat Linda back at Bryn Mawr my dearest small group! 

(Oh man, people here are going to think I'm soooo weird.... but you know what, what's new? haha I just gotta make sure my friends like me before I introduce them to my flat friends :P )

I present to you a quick update in list form of my life down undah:

• the longesttttttt flight of my life. hands down.
• arrived in melbourne about 20 hours ago.
• sooo many blonde people... 
• the weather here is nice and breezy!
• my host family is so sweet and I couldn't have asked for better housing. Seriously, God provides!
• I'm off to a welcome program in a couple hours. I'm gonna surf! or fall off a surf board!! wahoo!

That is all I have to report so far :)

Oh, and congratulations to my Pastor and his wife on their fourth child Sungkwangeeeeee, or just Thomas. haha I am honored to have helped induce labor by eating shin ramyun with you guys the day before :) HAHAHA post lots of pictures!

I am missing everyone back in Philly so so much! I can't say thank you enough for everything I've received the last few weeks I was home. Thanks for making me feel loved and just wishing me well. It was all very much appreciated :)