Adelaide Intro

I arrived in Adelaide yesterday safe and sound and as usual nervous about being in a new place. I explored the city, which wasn't too hard since it is not very big, and got a guide to the Fringe Festival, my reason for being here. I also bought myself a nice pillow, because I couldn't stop here for three weeks without a decent pillow. Today I even bought myself new socks and a couple new shirts (some of the ones I brought have basically worn out after 2 months of rotation). Besides shopping I looked through the Fringe program and bought tickets to a whole bunch of shows today. I think the guy at the box office thought I was a little nuts buying nearly a show a day (and two this evening!). But hey, that's the point right?

As far as meeting people goes, things have been pretty good. I had to go to a volunteer briefing today and I exhanged cell numbers with one woman, I also met a bunch of people from the hostel last night, including one Korean girl who speaks very poor English but is also volunteering at the Fringe and who shared her instant Korean noodles with me. Now that I'm going out to shows every evening, I don't know how much I'm going to see these hostel people- they seem mostly too budget conscious to go to a show every night. I figure if I'm not enjoying myself here after a week, I'll move somewhere more comfortable and slightly closer to the city center (its a 20-30 minute walk to the main streets/museums/etc, although just about 5 minutes to the theaters that I'm volunteering in). We'll see how it goes.

Love,
Emma