Eumundi Markets

Well... Let's just say when I woke up Friday morning, I knew Brisbane was no longer an option. I was still feeling quite sick so I called around and informed the crew. Fortunately there was someone to take my place at the hostel so I didn't have to worry about paying - my friends are so good to me :) For those of you that know me, saying no was so stinkin hard... I just hate to miss out! Luckily enough, my loving roomie, Macaela, was sweet enough to make my stay home enjoyable.

I just slept all day Friday and watched too many movies. But Saturday, Macaela was so sweet and took me to the Eumundi Markets. They are about 40 minutes away and they set up on Saturdays and Tuesdays. They are a huge attractions with thousands of visitors weekly. It was so fun while still quite relaxing. It was like a festival with tents of crafts, photography, and fair-type food, but no blow-up bouncers or loud music. There was a women manning a tent with amazing canvased photography of local Australia. I wanted to buy every picture, they were amazing! Conveniently enough, she also sold a book with nearly 100 pages of the photos with descriptions - even better! Needless to say, I bought it and a SWEET new pair of Ray Bans (sunglasses) :) It was a perfect morning. 

Original Eumundi Markets!

Real Passionfruit halves!

Macaela and me

Macaela headed to work when we got home and I worked on a few assignments due this week. My illnesses atrocious timing may have actually been a blessing in disguise because I have two huge reports that I... well, haven't quite finished... But they're coming along quite nicely now :) 

Later Saturday night, Cat invited Macaela and I over for a delicious lamb dinner! I brought the pasta and salad - Macaela insisted on bringing something so her contribution was Salt and Vinegar Chips! We're saving them for later though ;) Cat's lamb was unbelievable, she added this cream sauce which was simply to die for - Go Cat!!! Unfortunately we ate our food and cleaned up before I remembered to take a picture... whoops!

We licked our plates clean ;)

Sunday mostly contained studying... I need to see the sun again soon, I'm starting to miss it! Everyone came home from Brissy around 6 and wonderfully bombarded me - I was so glad they did, I missed them so much! They had an amazing time so we will definitely be back. They did the test run... the real trip is to come ;)

Not too much else here - my friend Erik's 21st birthday is tomorrow so we'll definitely do something fun for him. Not nearly as big a deal here as it is in the states though! We have a breakfast date at his place at 8am so off to bed for me! I love y'all so much - send your prayers for success with my first assignments and quizzes!!!