The Whitsundays aka Paradise

This past week was study week here at uni and so what did all the Americans, including me, go and do? We traveled. I guess you could say that we just chose to emphasize the ABROAD part of "study abroad."

Anyway...I spent Sunday through Thursday with 5 other friends from college up in Airlie Beach and out in the midst of the Whitsunday islands. It was seriously so awesome! We sailed around for 3 days on the Apollo, snorkling, scuba diving, basking in the sun, jumping off rocks, visiting pure white sand beaches, watching sunsets/rises, seeing the most stars we have ever seen in our lives, etc. No joke, it was paradise! We kept asking each other, "Did you know that we're sailing the Whitsunday's right now?" There were about 20 other people on our boat and while it was definitely close quarters, it just seemed to work out. No one got really sea sick and we all just enjoyed the magnificent beauty displayed before us. The pictures don't even do the place justice.

***For my family and the Fullers and anyone else who might appreciate our craziness***

Patrick was meeting the rest of us at the airport Sunday because he was coming straight back from Melbourne and had planned it so he didn't have to come back to school before leaving for the Whitsundays. He had given me the key to his room in case he forgot something and as expected, he forgot a towel. So, the night before we left Tim and I went in his room to get the towel and started trying on his hats and clothes and just messing with his stuff. We then got the brilliant idea to wear his clothes to the airport when we went to meet him. Needless to say, Patrick has a few token clothing items that define him and we decided to sport them. Tim wore Patrick's Redwings jersey and I wore his pimp hat and pink fanny pack. Yes, Patrick does actually wear all of these things in real life and sometimes even together. So...the whole point of the story was to tell you all that I brought the airport dress up tradition all the way to Australia. Be proud! (*check out the first pic of this blog)