Nikita - Day 23 (28.3.) SAYING FAREWELL

Today was my third last day in Melbourne (28th of March 2016). I woke up at about 10:30 today. We had a cheeky sleep in because my host buddy Timmy had 4 friends over for a “farewell – sleepover”. I had a great time with Timmy´s friends as we went for a walk to the park first and had a really fun FIFA tournament after that. Timmy has some great friends and I bonded very well with them. So after we woke up and had breakfast Timmy´s friends went back to their houses. After we digested our breakfast, we had a shower and put on some classy clothes as my host mother Jasmine took the family out for a lunch. 

We had lunch at a Chinese restaurant called “Gold Leaf”. 

The food there was very traditional, so some of the food I have never eaten before. An example they served us are the Chinese dumplings or the deep-fried Won Tons. I was really full after we ate however it was delicious. 

After we returned home after lunch we organized to meet up with some other exchange students at Watergardens shopping centre. Watergardens is a popular shopping centre where a lot of students who live in the area (Taylors Lakes, Keilor & Hillside) would shop, chill and hang out. (Here is the link to the shopping centre: https://www.watergardens.com.au/). 

So then we met Roman, Leon T., Leon H., Kenan and their exchange students. We walked through the mall together and bought some souvenirs for our families back in Germany while Timmy went to get a haircut. After about an hour he was finally done with his haircut. Then the group of us got some food and sat together on a big table at the Watergardens food court. We ate and talked to each other for ca. two hours before the other boys parents came to pick them up.

Soon after the others left my host mother came to pick Leon T., his exchange student Tom, Timmy and me up. Leon and Tom came to our house because Timmy invited them to go in his Spa.

By the time we got home it was pretty late, the sun was just about to set. It was around 7 o´clock when we got home. So we changed our clothes and went to the Spa which was pretty heated. Then we played music and had a deep and meaningful conversation. Afterwards Timmy´s mother called us for dinner. We ate nice dinner and towards it Leon and Tom got picked up by his host mother.

After this relaxed but also exhausted day I was happy to go to bed and prepare for my last full day in the maybe most beautiful city on this planet!

Last but not least I would like to introduce some new words that I have learnt in Australia:

1) Snags – Australian word for sausage

2) Board shorts – swim shorts

3) Banter – having a joke

4) Arvo- afternoon

5) Servo – gas station

6) She´ll be right - it will be okay