First week in Australia

First week in Australia

First week in Australia already had some ups-and-downs. I’ll start with Monday just like how a normal week starts for most people. For me it started with a walk to the Coles (a supermarket here), where I had to get bread and a few necessities for in my room. Had my breakfast not fancy more typical Dutch, that means bread, tea/coffee and peanut butter for me. Then went on my first bike ride here. Had to figure out where I could ride without any traffic lights failed miserably, but did see the beach and rode along the coastline. And in the Afternoon, I did my first swim session here.

Tuesday, I did a long run in the morning and a long ride after that. Went the other way and found a super nice bike path, that followed a river into a nice super big park. After that I went into the city for dinner. Found an amazing Indonesian where you paid 9,50 AUD and there was only one vegetarian meal with dessert that changed every day and unlimited refills.

Wednesday was my actual birthday. At home before I left, I celebrated it with my family and friends. So, it started out as a normal day with an easy run and a long swim. After that I had lunch at home and did some chilling. Chilling mostly means playing on the switch, watching something or doing some schoolwork. Around 15:00 I went to the city and bought myself some new running shoes a bit as a present and a bit needed. Then I had some cake and coffee in a super nice place with choices I have never heard of went with a cheesecake variant. Can never go wrong with cheesecake am I right.

The day ended with dinner in a nice pizzeria and without sleep. I was having a cold during these days, but it kicked in harder that night. I think I did 2/4 hours of sleep and a lot of coughing.

The next 2 days where a bit similar in bed resting, maybe going out for some groceries and something to help the “cold”. On Friday I started to cough less over the day and a good night sleep Thursday to Friday. So, I decided to go back to training on Saturday.



Saturday I still took it easy with a short run and a short swim, but felt quite good and it didn’t get worse which was obviously a key point for me to decide if it was oke to train or not. On Sunday I started with an easy gym session and my first time in the gym at Uni. In the afternoon I want for my longest ride of 3 hours and made it off-road this time. I SAW MY FIRST few kangaroos or the smaller once I am not the expert on animals here yet.

Next time I am going to write a blog or journal here in Australia it’s not only going to be about sport. This week was a bit weird because I was not 100% and stayed in my room a lot, because I didn’t want to be the reason everyone here has my cold. So next week starts with some orientations and first impressions of what I am going to expect during my study period here. And I will keep you probably tune in after my first orientation and tell you all about it here.