Alright y'all, sorry that I haven't posted anything in a week but I realized it was time to go to school! Anyway, last Friday Avi and I went to check out another apartment in Bondi and we LOVED it! Not only is it a 5 minute walk to the beach but there's a bus stop right outside the apartment that goes into the city and Glick's bakery (with the delicious challah) is about a 2 minute walk. Also it has a brand new full size fridge, plenty of storage space, a sun room, and an extra twin bed. We got our application in that afternoon and found out around 5 that we got it! It was really exciting.
Then we had a nice Shabbat dinner and on Saturday we walked to the Sydney Opera House and the Circular Quay area, which is beautiful! (Here's a Wikipedia description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_Quay) The whole time I kept saying that I wish I had my camera, especially since we saw the boardwalk and the area where Dance Academy is filmed (if you don't know what this show is, look for it on netflix, it's amazing!)!!! On the way home we walked through the Sydney Botanical Gardens, which is also quite pretty. After Shabbat, we had our first Australian date night, dinner and a movie! Warning: movies in Sydney are even more expensive than in New York! However, they do have student tickets. Avi's ticket was $18 and my student ticket was $16!!! Probably the first and last dinner and a movie date night (although I think we can get $10 tickets through our cell phone provider, I gotta check that out). On Sunday, we went to Darling Harbor and checked out all of the boats and then walked 3.2 km around the Sydney Harbor back to the Sydney Opera House and Circular Quay so that we could take pictures (see facebook for pictures). It was about 70 degrees, in the heart of winter, and they said it was the warmest day in Sydney since mid-May. So after being locked in doors studying all summer, it was greatly appreciated!
Monday morning Avi started work and I started my first full week of school (where I attended every class, thank you very much!). I have continued to learn that the Australian legal system is very...different in comparison to the U.S. system since it stems from the UK and the Queen is a part of their executive. I met another student from Ireland who is doing something similar to me so we quickly became friends and are equally lost, both in class and around campus! I think we need to find a few Aussie friends to show us the ropes! I've been finding it hard to get back into school mode after being out of school for over a year and studying so intensely for the Georgia Bar. Although it seems like I was already in some sort of school mode from bar studying, it is much different than school. For one, when studying for the Bar, they give you everything you need to know without all the extra crap. Also, no one asks questions during the lectures (so I didn't have to listen to the extremely annoying kids who ask ridiculously stupid and unrelated hypotheticals). However, unlike in the U.S., in Australia all online access to cases and statutes is FREE! There is no need to pay for anything like westlaw or lexis because they can access any legal materials they want online. It's pretty crazy!
Last night (Wednesday night) we were invited out to this nice Jewish family's for dinner out in Rose Bay. It was really fun and delicious! Then tomorrow (Friday) morning Avi and I are signing our lease and then after he goes to work I am going to set the apartment up a bit and then go back to stay in the corporate apartments for our last free weekend there and get ready for Avi's birthday celebration on Sunday!
Other than that, nothing else is really going on. The posts will probably be more sporadic until I am done with school in November but please stay in touch and become a follower to the blog!
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