We met a new family who are here from Australia - Michelle, Troy, and their son, Max - they are very nice people but must at this point must think we are complete idiots - for starters, Chris told them that we must like Australia since we named our daughter after their capital city - they quickly told us that Sydney isn't the capital city - then I said something about loving Fosters beer - to which they replied that no one in Australia really drinks Fosters!
Gotta say, Chris and I were off to a great start! But we all laughed and had a great time - I think I was most excited that Chris didn't know the capital of Australia!
Then today Michelle told me that the Outback restaurant really is an American chain - but she did assure me that the food and details in the restaurant are pretty authentic - I told her that I was happy about that because I couldn't handle another Australian let down! :)
Today we went to a rugby game (It was the IBM semi-pro team) - I've never been to a game like that before - it's crazy! When they scored Nicholas yelled "touchdown" - Michelle had to teach us that it's called a "try" - and after watching this game played with no pads I asked Michelle if they all thought of American football as a bit prissy - she didn't blink an eye and quickly started laughing and said "YES!" I can see why...
It was amazing to watch - players were down several times during the game and the guys just kept playing around them! At the end of the game there were at least 3 men scattered across the field...
We did find out that the USA rugby team will be here in November to play the Japanese team - should be fun and hopefully not too life threatening! :)
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