During orientation week, everyone gets a bit rowdy. The first night we went out to the Down Under Bar – aka “The Dunder”. I personally think the name sounds like a disease someone would catch. Anyways, it was ladies night so we thought we would go check it out. It’s in the CBD – the city. No one here says downtown. They also don’t say washroom, and look at you funny when you ask where one is. The city is only a 15 minute bus ride away, so it’s nice and easy to get to and only a short cab ride home. The place was packed. It’s a famous backpacker bar, so it was filled with tons and tons of international people. I met people from all over! My new friend from Wales told me all about their flag and why Wales is the best place on earth. People from Wales have the most amazing accents! I’d love to go there.
Roomies in the Kitchen!
The second night we went out to the Regatta – it’s an old hotel, I think. We went with a few international students we met that came to our place before we headed there. We definitely had a dance party in our kitchen. It was really fun. We chose the Regatta because we had all joined the QUEST club, a club for exchange students, and it was their opening event. I had a lot of fun because it was mainly UQ students, as opposed to the backpacker bar, where people were from all over. My roomie and I split off and decided to go on a mission to meet people, and the more outgoing you are, the more people you meet. We made friends from all over the world, and also some locals, including a couple of Swedish guys that were in love with the Canucks.
Speaking of clubs, I joined the Wine and Cheese club. When you signed up, you had to put down your favorite wine – I put “dry white,” because I know essentially nothing about wine (that’s why I joined the club!). You also had to put down your favorite cheese – I put smoked gouda. Apparently that was really funny of me, considering my roomies and the guy who was signing up started laughing at me. Smoked gouda is like meat cheese and it’s delicious! Really any smoked cheese is delicious – I have an abundance of memories standing around the island at home chowing down on smoked applewood cheddar after a great shop at Whole Foods. It makes me a bit homesick thinking of smoked cheese. It’s funny what makes you homesick…
It also asked you on the sheet what your favorite drink was (excluding wine). My roommate put gin and tonic, and I put orange juice. I’m not sure what answer was appropriate. If mine was, she looked like a bit of an alcoholic…. lol.
Turns out, after talking to an Aussie local in Law School at UQ, that the club is just a hoax and it’s actually the liberal party at UQ that use the club as a way to still get sponsored by the school for events and such. It’s nicknamed the “Goon and Coon” club. I’m not sure if that’s how you spell coon, but it’s apparently a type of cheese.
Most students drink “goon”. It’s boxed wine, and surprisingly doesn’t taste as bad as it should, considering the cost. One box is ten dollars, and a box is equivalent to 5 bottles of wine. It’s really not a classy drink whatsoever, but its more than famous here.
So far, so fun!
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