And now a blog dedicated to my two favourite people in Australia..Emma and Ana. It all began in Magnetic Island where shortly after we met, they taught me how to pronounce "no" properly in Australian, which later spurred me to be renowned as an Aussie local where ever I may traverse, so for that I was already endebted to them, but it has gone much farther than that since I arrived in Melbourne.

I want to first say that Ana, Emma, and her family are honestly some of the best people I have ever met in my life, and I will be forever grateful for their hospitality. I was a complete stranger to Emma's dad, Tony, and he was gracious enough to arrange a room in his house for me to stay in while I was just some stranger from Texas, and they have truly made me feel welcome, not to mention made my trip infinitely better by showing me around and getting to see the highlights of this amazing city. And in a couple weeks her mum and stepdad, Trish and Bryan, have offered to let me stay at their house as well; so being a weary traveler far, far from home, to have all these people to do life with for a bit really does make this the trip I had hoped for when I first started planning this.

And since Emma and Anastacia are professional talent scouts for Calvin Klein models here in Australia, they have shown me a few "tricks of the trade" if you will, such as the slicked back hairstyle of the Europeans, the "pout" look that all good models have, and of course the secret language of the model industry...I think my portfolio is well on its way.

So, all that to say, thank you Emma, Ana, Tony, Trish, and Bryan for already making this the trip of a lifetime!