Sunday, June 13, 2010

Melbourne, Australia

G'day mates! I spent the last week in Melbourne, Australia, and it was a lot of fun. Here's a picture of me on the South bank of the Yarra River (not visible) with part of the Melbourne skyline in the background.


Little did I know, but it is currently winter in Australia. Weird, huh? And I always thought that Australia only had nice weather. As you can see from the picture, I definitely didn't dress appropriately for the cold.

One night we went to a "Footy" (Australian Rules Football) match -- North Melbourne vs. Carlton. It was really cool and seemed like a mix of rugby, football and soccer. That's me in the picture below -- I know it's hard to tell, but trust me!


Devin and I sat in the upper deck with all the local North Melbourne blokes and they were a lot of fun. They used some interesting words that my parents won't let me say, but they definitely made the game more entertaining. And guess what...North Melbourne won!

Here's a picture of the wallpaper in the hotel room where we stayed over the weekend. It was located in a Melbourne suburb called South Yarra and was interesting to say the least.


According to Devin, all those people on the wallpaper were very famous rock musicians before he was even born. If you look really close, you can see me hiding to the right of some guy named Paul McCartney from the Beatles. I don't know that band, but I like their name.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Champéry, Switzerland

Yesterday I went to Champéry, Switzerland. It's a small Swiss mountain village that is perfect for snowboarding in the Winter and hiking in the summer. Here are a couple of pictures...


If you look carefully, you'll notice that I'm not in either picture. That is because my friend Devin forgot me in the car! Can you believe that!?! It was 80 degrees and he left me in the car to suffer while he enjoyed a nice day in the sun with his girlfriend. I was mad the whole drive home.

But don't worry...everything is okay now since he promised to take me to Melbourne, Australia this week! I'll be sure to upload some pictures ASAP!