Brisbane

Since Jordan (my roommate from Towson) came to visit we planned a nice trip to the city. We stayed in a backpacker and hit the town for some fun. We visited all the popular spots and walked ALOT, but it was a really good time so it hardly felt like we went sooo far.

The city really reminded me of a mini London. It was pretty with lots to do. We walked to the main shopping strip called Queen's St. It had all the name brands and UGGS galore. I think Corinne was in heaven. We also walked through the tropical botanical gardens on the river. It was so pretty! It was full of palms, hibiscus and bamboo. At one point we saw some guys walking tight ropes tired to palm trees. They were doing tricks on it so Etienne and I applauded them. When we did this they invited us over to try! Of course I couldn't turn down a chance to do something new and weird!

So we walk up and take off our shoes. Then this super cute Aussie guys says "hold my hands" (I'm thinking ummm OKAY!) He helped me up onto the slackline and helped me to walk across and turn around. It was soooo fun and all 3 guys were really cool and willing to help all 5 of us learn to do it!

Later we went to a market and stopped by a pub for a drink and some live music. The band was pretty good and they loved us because we sang along to most of their songs. Especially me since I love music, he asked for my name and dedicated a Matchbox 20 song to me! This pretty much made my day!

That night we had dinner and met some other people at the backpackers. We actually got to know some of the staff and they invited us up to their room after the bar closed. It made for a fun and inexpensive night. The next day we went to town where we layed around and hung out at the artificial beach till we had to catch the train home.