Today was my first day without a whole ton of stuff to do.  I did some unpacking, got a little homesick, but I think thats normal.  I went with one of my roommates to go look for phones.  The phones here are crazy.  It costs like $60 for a phone then you have to buy the sim card and then instead of paying for minutes, you buy an amount of money per month.  It costs 76 cents per 30 seconds to call anywhere in Australia, but only 16 cents to call the US!!! How crazy is that!!!  Its also 25 cents to text anywhere, so I text people at home!!!

The phone places are on Rundle Street, about a 5-10 minute walk from where I am.    Rundle Street is like a 3 block long, walking shopping district.  Its awesome because there are tons of people out and the shops are very open.  Theres Woolworths where I finally got orange juice ( extra pulpy!!) .  Theres all kinds of people out entertaining.  Some were playing music, there was a clown on stilts, there was a magician climbing through a tennis racket, and everyone just stands around to watch.  I love the openness of everything.  We were actually there last night when we went to the bars, because most of the bars are on Rundle Street past the shopping district.  

Farther south of me, in downtown Adelaide (I'm in North Adelaide), there is a place called Central Market.  Three or four times a week it is open with all kinds of really fresh fruit and meats.  I dont have to shop for myself since I like in the college, but I just think it is so cool!  There is also a really large Asian population here and near the Central Market there are TONS of really authentic Asian restaurants.  I can't wait to try some of them.  I also can't wait to eat my first meal at the college tonight!  If it is anything like regular dorm food, I will be happy.