ohhh culture

this week surely was an interesting one being abroad.  what with the election AND halloween.  it was all so much to handle!  

like i said for halloween, i went on a ghost tour.  dressed up a little, looked like a freak and most aussies really didn't know why.  they just don't celebrate one of the best holidays!  the tour was pretty corny, but still fun!  the tour guide made everyone wear a cape and it was about 2 hours and then there was a halloween party afterwards!  i had high hopes for candy corn... but no luck.  overall a fun night!

thennnn... there was the sydney open event where they opened up a bunch of buildings and things and gave guided tours.  the really fancy looking chairs are from the parliament building!  how awesome would it be if that big velvety red one was your desk chair at work!  ah... very cool.  there were a lot of other awesome chairs to view throughout the day... haha.  but really, a lot of the buildings had a lot of history behind them and others were modern and eco-friendly.

tuesday was the big melbourne cup!  (a big deal of a horse raise in australia).  it took place during the day and my new job took a 2 hour break to eat a catered lunch and drink wine and watch the 3 minute horse raise in the board room.  someone set up an office wide sweep also.  they were pretty pumped for the event.  an underdog won by a hair... it was shocking.

while at work on wednesday, i paid attention to the constant updates on the election.  also, the election made the front page of the free paper for a couple days and the aussies seemed genuinely interested.  i got a lot of questions at work about politics... most of which i tried to avoid.  i don't really talk politics.  i'm excited for change in the states when i get back!

i think that's it for the play by play.  i've really grown accustomed to life here.