Here I am!

I made it to the other side of the Globe on Tuesday after about 32 hours of travelling. (To be clear: it was still Monday in Finland since the time difference is 7h) Was it worth it?  OH YEAH! All the people here are so nice and welcoming and I get on with the kids really well. I still haven't taken it all in. Even the fact that I'm really here has taken me some time to really wrap my head around :D Next Monday I start working for real and then I can start getting use to the routines and properly settle in, I guess.

I'm doing Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays with the half Finnish family that I live with and Tuesdays and Wednesday with the neighbors. The neighbors moved here from South Africa about 8 years ago and they have three children. Two young girls and a baby boy that I mainly take care of. He's a lovely boy and such an easy happy baby.

I still haven't made any friends outside the families as I haven't really left the house by myself yet. There's a bike that I can use and I think the train station is within walking distance so I can go to Penrith and Sydney if I want to. I'm probably going to take up some sports to make friends and keep myself in shape :D Right now I'm thinking Australian Touch Football. We'll see.

GILBERT - my new best friend

SYLVIA, GLODIE OR BRONZIE - can't tell them apart yet

xx.
Ems