Rotary Christmas Party

Today I went to Coromandal Valley's Rotary Christmas meeting. It was really, really enjoyable and everyone was so lovely (again) to me! We played lots of games, the main one being Kris Kringle or Secret Santa (for those of you who don't know what that is, basically, everyone wraps up a gift, but don't include their names on it, and the presents are exchanged and everyone gets a surprise gift) I got an apron that said 'baby boomers, we've worked hard; now we're going to play hard' (which i dont think is very uh, age appropriate for me haha) and a pudding hat. anyway, onto some photos

me and Maija, the Finnish exchange student currently living in adelaide

mum

it was such a fun evening!
the next time I write in this blog, I shall be in Spain, rather exciting.
Until then, Adios Amigos!

Rotary Meetings and Venue

Today I had another Rotary meeting and decided to take pictures of the venue so I could show the Malaga Rotary Club and because its an extremely pretty venue, I thought I would post some photos on my blog also!

The Building!

The native bush land at the front of the building.


To the back, there is a really big gold course, and its a lot greener!

Ducks!
plus this place legitimately has a little moat type thing, its awesome! :D

Last one, close up of the building and mother looking very unhappy!
Until next time,

Adios Amigos~

Final Briefing

Today was my final briefing before my exchange to Spain. The briefing aspect of it was rather dull (I don't mean that really, any possible Rotarians who may be reading this haha) as it was mainly about insurance and luggage weight limits, so while important, kinda boring haha.

Despite this however, I finally got my very sexy green blazer and my even sexier buisness cards, (which, mind you, will never see the light of day!)

Here I am wearing said blazer (and sporting my lovely one dollar peach pants!)
Sorry about the flower face, but I looked rather terrible haha

Rotary patch, 9520 represent yo ;D

The start of my badge collection!

The big Australia shaped badge is my name badge and has my district and my host country information, the little kangaroo pin was given to me by Sarah, my second counselor. The beagle badge everyone received at the final briefing meeting and has something to do with quarantine, luckily beagles are one of my favourite dogs! The top badge is the year 12 badge I was given at Tatachilla (which I never wore) and I thought it was a good memory of home. Last but not least (and my absolute favourite, because its awesome and can cheer me up almost instantly) is the Gandalf badge! I've had a bunch of LOTR badges since I was little and have had no idea what to do with them, but now I've found a place to put them! I do have more, but I will wait until I have a bigger badge variety, otherwise it will look like a LOTR badge explosion (which isn't necessarily a bad thing ;D )

Even more importantly, I found out where I will be staying! Both my Host club and family are located in Málaga, Spain, which is very far south and on the Spanish coastline. Málaga is the 6th largest Spanish city and is a really popular tourist spot, to all those Australians, it has been described to me as the Spanish Gold Coast, if that helps give you an idea of what its like. I'm really rather excited, now that I actually have a host city and family, it actually feels like this exchange is happening! Anyway, some pictures I've found, and oh man, does this city look amazing!

Hope ya'll enjoyed the pictures, I'm getting quite excited just looking at them!
Will post again soon lovelies,

Adios Amigos~

Blackwood Christmas Pageant

Today I went to the Blackwood Rotary Christmas Pageant with mama and my best friend Sam to take pictures of the parade for my speech. With the Rotary Youth Exchange program, its usual to make a speech about yourself to both your Australian Rotary Club and your foreign, hosting Rotary club (for example, I will be making said speech to my host club in Spain). I figured that I would take pictures of the parade to show the Malaga Club how Christmas is often celebrated in Adelaide, as well as illustrating Coromandal Valley Rotary Club's involvement in the community, (they help organise and run the parade).

Anyway, it was an incredibly, incredibly hot night but I still had a really enjoyable time and it was apparent everyone was having a fun time during the parade, despite the horrible weather. No, onto some photos! :D

Coromandal Valley Rotary Club

On the left is my counselor Andrew!

Sam and Mum

Sam and myself (No matter how hard I try, I can never pull a serious face

The Parade (There were a lot more people, however its kinda hard to capture it on camera)

There were a lot of different 'floats' and cars in the Parade, my favourite was the camels!

There were lots of nice rides,

and some not so nice rides haha

and finally, the last float of the Pageant is usually Santa Claus on a tractor, however, it seemed that this year he had been replaced by one of the reindeer, must have been a little bit too hot haha

Anyway, I shall post some more soon when something exciting happens!

Adios Amigos~