Yesterday I continued to try to find a volunteer organization I could work with while I'm down here. I'm not allowed to work while I'm on a leave from Boeing but I am able to do unpaid volunteer work. I've contacted quite a few organizations but many of them have application processes and minimum assignment lengths and things like that. I'm really only here a month yet so I was hoping someone could give me something to do during that time.... BUT I did successfully get an interview with the SA Volunteers organization so that's something.... We'll see what comes of that next week.
Besides that - I took on attending a Bikram (Hot Yoga) class yesterday. I thought it would be interesting to go to one where they speak in Aussie slang - haha! She did mention our "arses" a few times - haha!
Then last night Tyler and I went to see the movie, Samson and Delilah. The lady at the winery in Adelaide Hills recommended it as a sort of documentary and not very happy film that is really good. It's an Australian film and I guess its kinda a big deal for those to be good so we went to see it. We just went to a normal theater but they were selling bottles of wine (and glasses and beer, etc) to bring in to the theater. All that stuff about the Aussies knowing how to drink is definitely true! haha! Anyways the film was definitely a bit harsh to watch. It was about 2 Aborigine teenagers who were basically living in poverty and became homeless and all this stuff. So yeah - pretty depressing. It was practically a silent film though - there were hardly any lines of dialouge - definitely no conversations! But yeah - pretty interesting.
To end this on a happy note - Tyler and I are heading to the Barossa Valley this weekend and doing some biking around there. Barossa Valley is basically the Napa Valley of Australia - haha! Yay - wining and hot tubbing! :)
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