Canberra

Summer School in Bathurst had to come to an end eventually, unfortunately, but we didn't have to say goodbye to everyone right away. Jennine and I headed down to Canberra with our newly acquired friend, Bri. The car ride consisted of lotsa fun questions, like "Who would you choose for your celebrity husband and bridal party?" Niall Horan and Kate Middleton may have been among my answers. Bri dropped us off at Clare and Nathan's place, also friends from Summer School. Basically our entire time in Canberra was made awesome because of our Summer School Friends.

Jennine. me and Amy at Bush Dancing!

Among the weeks activities, catch up sleep was at the top of our list, but we also took time to explore the nations capitol. We toured the parliament building with Nathan and Amy - who I quickly clicked with the week prior. She took us bush dancing, which is an Australian type of dance with a live bush band and traditional folk dancing from Europe and parts of North America. It was a blast! We were the only young people there, with the average age being about 65 otherwise. 

My shake!

The next day we hit up Patissez, the talk of the town in Cannberra. It's a cafe that's famous for their 'Freak Shakes'. I got a Nutella shake, afterwards I felt like I was gunna go into a chocolate coma. It was delish though. 

We meandered over to the War Memorial and were in awe of the thousands of names we discovered on the wall who had passed away during combat. The museum was particularly impressive, I felt quite educated after our walk through. 

Hiked up to the top of Mount Ainslie which overlooked the entire city. Beads of sweat rolled down our faces as we hit the top. It was a blistering hot day, the water in the car wasn't as refreshing as we hoped, maybe we should have saved the freak shakes for after...

View from the top of Mt. Ainslie

The rest of our time in Canberra was spent hanging out, watching the Australian Open (tennis tourney) on TV, going to dinner parties, going away parties, and Settlers of Catan parties. Despite some saying there's not much to see and do in Canberra, it was definitely worth our time to visit. Clare and Nathan were fabulous hosts, it was sad to leave, but we left with the hope that perhaps we'd see the in Melbourne!

Love and prayers,

Silken