I can't believe I forgot to mention the Oprah mayhem that has taken place in Australia last week. Miss Winfrey decided to bring her entourage here for an Aussie adventure. The excitement was on par, if not higher, than if the pope were to pop his head in to the land down under. I mean, she's a big deal but for days I couldn't turn on the TV without seeing Oprah on every news station. Oh, and here's the fun fact that I had to hear over and over. Oprah decided to bring 302 Americans on her trip and apparently 200 of them had never been out of the country. I'm pretty sure it's things like this that explains why a drunk guy said to me, "It's nice to see that you guys are getting out" when I told him I was from the States. What is going on America? See the world! It really bums me out that so few Americans travel internationally. I know it's expensive but the rest of the world seems to find a way to do it. They save for it because they recognize how important it is to have experiences where you're immersed in another culture and completely out of your comfort zone. I'll probably spend the rest of my life traveling and still feeling like I haven't seen enough of the world. I'm not trying to sound high and mighty but I suppose I've just been bitten by the travel bug.
I'm glad Oprah had a fun time here though. It was cool to see the things she was doing (i.e. the Bridge Climb and holding koalas) because they were things that I wanted to do/did as soon as I got here.
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