Brisbane with Sista Marisa

Many things happened in between thailand and brisbane but o welllll. So i went to brisbane to visit marisa, one of my roommates in amherst. I got in at ten thirty at night and on the flight I had a man that just kept talkin and talkin and talkin to me, reminded me of someone but i just couldnt put my finger on it...haha. anyways wen i landed i took a bus to the train and then when i got off the train there marisa was!! We watched a little Dexter which is a tv show we are OBSESSED with. Her roommates are really cool, i got along with them well, and one of the roommate's friend alex who is a backpacker was also staying there.

The next morning all of us got up, hap a delicious breakfast burrito courtesy of marisa, and then headed to the lone pine koala sanctuary. it was a lot of fun! we gotta to see a gajillion koalas and other animals. it was exciting cause they had baby koalas and i actually saw them move cause usually they are asleep,i mean they do sleep for 20 hours a day or something like that. We also got to learn all about them cause we stayed for a presentation on koalas. We went into a feeding section where there were emus (which i am terrified of, i mean NO bird should be that big), and kangaroos! it was fun and we got to get sooo close to the kangaroos and they were just EVERYWHEREEEE. Then we went to hold koalas. You can hold one for free but u have to pay to take a picture with one... its DEFINATELY worth it. I was the last to hold one from the group and wen i got handed the koala, it just looked at my face and seemed to be like, OH NOOOOOOOO. haha. i thought that the koala was just gonna slap me across the face with its claws but luckily that didnt happen. instead they brought out a new koala for me. I turned around to laugh with everyone and then found out that the koala had POOED on me! ewwwwww! but then i held a cute koala who was nice. We stayed for hours at the zoo, it was a great time. Then we all went back for nap time.

That night we went to a club or bar scene called fridays. it was fancy and we had a good time and met a bunch of people. we stayed out and later walked down the streets of brisbane. brisbane is a nice place, it seems like a much smaller version of sydney. and i liked the train system, it was simple like the one at home. We then took a cab home and when you hail a cab they start the meter at 6 dollars! ridiculousness!

The next day we went to the man made beach! it looks exactly like a beach, with sand and everything! but it is enclosed and has a little clorene in it, just like a pool. We stayed for awhile adn then went to the market right next to the beach. it was a nice little area, we got some churros there which were delicioussss. then we headed into town and got really good sushi! then it was dexter and nap time!

We went out again to a really nice place and of course had lots of fun! after we had pizza from a New york pizza place of courseee haha. but it definitely filled my pizza craving.... i mean for a little while.

The next day we hung out and then i headed back to the airport. i was waiting and waiting and zoned out and then realized my flight was supposed to have already taken off. but no one ever came over the speaker and said so. turns out my flight was delayed which sucked but wat can u do. it was a great weekend tho!