Over the weekend we went up to Brisbane (in Queensland, known as "The Sunshine State") for an ultimate tournament. The weather was cold and rainy for 3/4 of the weekend, and I still get cold at the thought of playing in that wind and rain. We had the privilege of staying at a teammate's mother's apartment, which was nicer than staying at a hostel or hotel like most of our friends did. A hotel or hostel with friends would have been fine, but there was the added amenity of our friend's sweet mother offering to put our towels in the dryer and continually trying to feed us cake and fudge.
Michael is currently in Adelaide, where he will have to travel back and forth a little over half the time in the next few weeks for work. Since he was away and our friends were under the weather, I represented the trivia team all by my lonesome tonight at the local pub. I came in unsurprisingly second to last, which means I won us a few free drink vouchers to use next week. The only team I beat was a team of five people- FIVE. That means I am smarter (at least trivia-wise) than those five people combined. Either that, or my team has managed to get on the good side of the trivia host more than that team over the last few months. Either way, it's a small win at least.
More random thoughts on our trip to Fiji:
-It was nice to travel somewhere where the currency exchange was in our favor. It's been a while since we have. The exchange in Australia is technically in our favor, but I don't count it because most things are more expensive despite that.
-I feel more "Australian" since it's a common holiday destination for many Australians, and a very rare one for Americans.
-For the most part, the food we had during the trip was mediocre. Perhaps it we went at a time that a lot of the local produce is out of season? Maybe was just bad luck? Maybe just personal taste?
-The native culture seems relatively in-tact, compared to other countries I where I have traveled that had been at some point invaded by other cultures.
-Locals are friendly and accessible. We were able to have a few relaxed chats with some of them.
-Where are all the people walking and hitchhiking at night on the one highway around the island? We would be driving back to our resort around 8pm and see people stick thumbs up (or not) while walking along the side of the road kilometers from the nearest village. Roads are mostly unlit and most people didn't have a flashlight or "torch" with them.
The Spotify 90's one-hit-wonder list is making my night right now. Time to spend quality time with the cats. Buenas noches.
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