20 More Days...Am I Dreaming?!

Can it really be true??? Is this really possible....I leave for another country in 20 days and counting! It is so hard to believe that I will be traveling to Australia in such a short period of time. I remember signing up to go on the trip. It seemed like it was so long before we would be leaving and now look.....the time is drawing near! 
As the semester has unfolded, my classmates and I have done different presentations on where we will be visiting in Australia. Let me just give you a quick run down of how our trip is going to be one for the books....
We first become familiar with the geography in which we would be traveling. The most important thing I learned was how to correctly pronounce the city names, so I don't sound too much like a tourist!
The history part was knowing that this land was founded by convicts!!! Yikes! :/
The government fun fact was knowing that their is a $20 fine for not voting in Australia.
The economy fact was knowing the different things that were on the currency, so I will not get jipped when paying for my souvenirs!
The sports section was extremely interesting to me as their sports are so different. The most interesting to me was cricket!

The most important thing about the Tropical Rainforest that I learned was the humidity can get up to 90%...will I even be able to breathe?! 
The Great Barrier Reef was my presentation....the coolest known fact was that you can see the GBR from outer space! Dude thats awesome!

When learning about crops, I found the wine part caught me eye! Surprise...surprise! There is $5.5 billion wine exported, and it is produced in every state in Australia!

Talking about the slaughtering of animals was so different to me. I cannot wrap my head around visiting both JBS and Cargill and seeing such a tremendous amount of animals being processed every day. They are so efficient and its something that I look forward to seeing the most.
The livestock sales were fun to watch, as one of my classmates showed a video. It is definitely a lot different than the USA!
We rounded out the semester talking about the different breeds. So far nothing has really caught my eye that they showed to be different besides the extreme amount of associations that they provide. 
I am most looking forward to the Great Barrier Reef and seeing such a beautiful body of water. I have never been to anything that could come close to comparing to this. 
Also, I can't wait to get to know my classmates better and enjoy this, what could be, a once in a lifetime experience. 
Flight to Australia....this K State Mate is ready to board!