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Update from Jeff Nealon: Greetings from Monash University in Melbourne Australia

Hi everyone, I just wanted to post a quick message letting everyone know that I have arrived safely in Australia and am having a great time. It’s been a whirlwind of a week so it has been tough to communicate. The last few days have been pretty packed with orientation activities helping us get acclimated to the campus. We’ve gotten to become somewhat familiar with the city as well. At night there has been school sponsored trips that have taken us out to a few dinners, clubs, and a pub crawl (they know how to have a good time here). You would be surprised how similar things are half way around the world in terms of living styles and customs, it is true however that the people are generally very nice here the pace of life is somewhat slower. I’ve met some good people so far, both from the United States and various countries. Some of the other countries that I have met some students from are the UK, South Africa, and a few Australians. School does not get into session until next Monday so there are not a lot of people around campus yet.

It is 3:45 in the afternoon here on Saturday the 10^th (so it is 1:45 in the morning at home) and we just got back from a trip to the supermarket and beverage store. I was looking for anything that would resemble one of Aunt Kathy’s peanut butter blossoms but there is nothing in the world (realistically speaking) that can match them (not trying to drop any hints Aunt Kathy- my address is Nealon, Jeffrey/Roberts Hall/Building 47 Halls of Residence/ Monash University VIC 3800/Australia).

I hope everyone is doing well and I am looking forward to continuing to update everyone on how my trip is going. My email is janealon@loyola.edu and for anyone that has skype my user name is "Jeff Nealon". Talk to you all soon.

Jeff

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Liz and Ralph's cruise pics!

Liz and Ralph just returned from an exciting Alaskan cruise and wanted to share some photos with everyone.

WOW! Absolutely amazing.