Go Brisbane Broncos!!!

AHHH I have so much to write about! It's so hard to keep up with this blog!

Anyways, about two weeks ago on August 31st a group of my friends and I headed to Brisbane again. Megan had written a review about how bad the service was at the hostel last time and somebody from the hostel contacted her and told her we could all stay there again for free to make up for it. There was a Brisbane Broncos "footy" (rugby league) game that night so we decided it was a good time to go and have our free night in the hostel. We took the train to Brissy and got settled into the hostel. Then we headed for the stadium, which was just a short train ride away from the hostel. Megan's friend from home, Sam (he stayed with us for a week before going to Singapore), Sea Bass and I got McDonalds because we didn't want to pay for food at the game. Then we headed to the stadium and met up with everyone. We had the seats furthest away from the field, but the game was so much fun! I think I already wrote about this in a past post, but I like watching rugby a lot more than football. The game only stops if someone gets seriously injured, instead of every other millisecond like football games, so it's a lot easier for me to watch and not get distracted haha! And they only last 80 minutes, which is the perfect amount of time for me! Although I have to say that App football games are more fun to go to than rugby games here because of all the school spirit and everything! I am so bummed I'm missing football season, not to mention the fall season, which is probably my favorite season in Boone! Anyways, the "footy" game was so much fun and the Brisbane Broncos won against the Panthers (from Sydney)! After the game we all got to go on the field because that game was one of the player's last games so he gave a speech. It was pretty cool! When we left we went and everybody but me got McDonalds. Then we were going to go to a bar but we couldn't get in because Sam was wearing shorts (the dress code in the bars and clubs here is strictly enforced!) So instead we headed to the same bridge that we walked across last time- the Story Bridge. We were able to see all of the city lights and they reflected off of the water and it was so beautiful! After that we almost went to the club in the hostel but there was a long line to get in so we just went to our room instead. I was EXHAUSTED and pretty much went right to sleep even though it was so loud because we were right above the club. It was a great night!

 BEAUTIFUL sunset! Took this from the stairs in the hostel and it's not edited at all!

 View from our room in the hostel

 McDonalds and the stadium

 Cheerleaders

 The players warming up

 Can't remember who was in them, but these cars were awesome!

 The Brisbane Bronco!

 We won!!!

 Petero Civoniceva

 Sooo many people!

 We were in the seats in the top row, in the very back row haha 

 Peter!

 Me and Aren

Sam, Max, Sea Bass, Eli, Sam, Megan, me, Aren, and Peter

 This is the bar we were going to go to- I thought the name was pretty funny haha

 Story Bridge

 We threw coins in the water and made wishes! 

 Sam and Sea Bass dancing haha

The next day we woke up pretty early to go walk around Brissy. We basically did the same thing we did last time. We took a ferry and then walked around the markets and then went shopping. 

 The fake beach

 This was seriously so so so delicious!!! Strawberries with whipped cream, ice cream, and chocolate drizzled on top! Ahhh I want one right now!!!

 We went into the candy store again and they had Shockers! Shockers are one of my favorite candies and I hadn't had them in years- I think they stopped selling them in the US for some reason!

Warning: this story is a tad bit inappropriate and you adults probably don't want to read it but I know some of you will find it amusing...

Everyone else stayed in Brissy that night. I had a lot of work to do, plus I didn't want to spend money on the hostel and they were going to the casino that night, which I didn't really want to do anyway. So I went and caught the 5:09pm train, which was supposed to take me to Landsborough station (a station that's just a short bus ride away from school). However, about halfway into the ride they made everyone get off the train because the tracks were closed off. I was so confused but they said they had buses that were going to take us to our destinations. As I got on the bus I heard an extremely drunk man talking to everyone. Of course he got on my bus! He and his new friend, a drunk woman, were soooo loud! The bus driver along with some other guy went and talked to them before we left to make sure they didn't have alcohol with them on the bus (which they did but said they didn't). They were both singing and laughing and were so loud they were annoying everyone on the bus. I have a good sense of humor so I was able to see the humor in the situation, but a lot of people got really mad. The man definitely thought he was a rock star and was singing songs at the top of his lungs and was slurring all of the words and getting them all wrong. Then the woman started complaining about how she had to pee. She wanted the bus driver to pull over so she could go to the bathroom, but since we were all already late he couldn't. So then she started crying and cursing at him and yelling things like "You're evil, where are you taking me??!?!!?" Then she stopped crying and instead started singing "EVERY SINGLE CELL IN MY BODY IS HAPPPPYYYYY" and was laughing and the next she started crying again and yelling. She started threatening to pee on the bus but nobody thought she actually would. Well, after awhile she just squatted on the floor of the bus and peed. Not even kidding. It was so ridiculous! We FINALLY made it to the bus station around 7:15. The bus to USC wasn't coming until 8 so I had to wait 45 minutes. A really sweet older woman started talking to me and we talked about the eventful bus ride and about a bunch of other stuff. She was adorable! The bus got there at 8 and I finally got home around 8:30! I was so happy to be home- I was supposed to get home before 7!

I have a lot more to write about but I need to go get some work done so I'll try to do it tomorrow! Hope everyone is doing well, miss you all!