蓝山国际酒店管理学院新生欢迎周硕士项目：邦迪海滩（Bondi Beach）。
我在上一篇博客中写到了自己的紧张。随着新生周轻松有趣地展开，我紧张的神经也随之放松。我想把此次的感想与大家分享一下。
那天刚开始是阴天，早上醒来，我知道了当天的行程是去邦迪海滩。我当时想还算是一个不错的决定。
我是到达悉尼校区的第一批人，后来逐渐其他新生才到。我们被分成4到5人的小组，分配了有趣的信息包，内含：地图、一张写着我们应该做什么的注意事项的纸、调查表以及让人颇感意外和惊喜的创可贴和钱！他们真是太体贴了！
挑战就是去探索邦迪沙滩，回答测试上的每一个问题。答案写在沙滩各处的标志和建筑物上。
但是这次的经历对我来说意味着什么：这是我在悉尼，或者澳大利亚刚开始的日子。那时，我去过的地方仅有乔治街（学校所在地）以及不断往返的宿舍。我非常害怕，因为我不知道怎么去邦迪海滩。
很幸运！我们组已经有人知道如何去那里，这显得我有点愚蠢，但是我就没了迷路的恐惧了。我不知道去海滩的总共有多少组人，但是我们感到有点不安，于是我们组就和另外一个组组成了一个更大的小组，非常棒，因为我们可以相互分享观点和经验，共同找出问题的答案。
我们坐火车到了邦迪站，又乘一辆公车到达邦迪海滩。我不知道这是否是最佳路线或最短路线，但是我很高兴，因为沿路我欣赏了很多悉尼的美景。一路上我的情绪都非常复杂，所有新的体验让我感到既兴奋又恐惧不安。望向窗外，我意识到悉尼比我想象中大很多。
我很享受其中。这仅仅只是开始呢！
当我们到达邦迪海滩时，眼前的风景让人为之一振，我的第一印象是，哇！海滩太漂亮了！就像一个海湾，起于岩石，止于岩石！那时是冬天，冬天的各种节日轮番上演，但是令我惊讶的是海滩上居然有一个溜冰场！这是我在我们国家从来没见过的，要知道在巴西，冬天可是很热的，一分钟冰就融化了。
我们感觉就像游客一样，拍了好多照片，从小鸟、冰山（邦迪游泳俱乐部）、咖啡馆到全景。随后太阳出来了，波光粼粼，学生开始了海滩的探索之旅，寻找我们手中问题的答案。但是我们很容易就分神了。
回到蓝山国际酒店管理学院之后，我意识到今天的经历使我更加自信，更有兴趣去探索整个城市。我看到了学校所能提供给我们的，我距离自己选择居住和学习的地方的美丽如此之近。
我不再担心自己迷路或不知道去哪，带着这样的自信我开始探索这个城市。更好理解自己的新家后，让我更有家的感觉，这是你开始在国外生活必须感受到的最重要的事情。蓝山，谢谢你！
Andrea，巴西人
2012级硕士生
澳大利亚蓝山国际酒店管理学院
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O Week at Bondi
A day in the BlueMountains International Hotel Management School O’Week Masters Program: at Bondi Beach
In my last blog Iwrote about being nervous. Nerves were quickly pushed aside as Orientation Weekwas pretty interesting. I would really like to share the thoughts and feelingsI have gotten from this time.
It was initially acloudy day and I woke up in the morning looking forward to knowing that todaywas scheduled a trip to Bondi Beach. Not a badinclusion to O’ Week I thought.
I was one of thefirst to arrive at the Sydneycampus and gradually the other new students arrived. We were separated intogroups of 4 to 5 people and were given an interesting information pack: a map,a paper with an explanation of what we should do along with a questionnaire and-surprisingly lovely- band-aids and money! – Very thoughtful of them, isn’t it?
The challenge wasto go to Bondi Beach and explore each part of it so wecould answer questions from a quiz,. The answers could be found in the areaaround the beach they were written on signs and buildings etc.
But now comes whatthis experience really meant to me: It was one of my first days in Sydney or rather, in Australia. All I had visited sincethat moment was George Street(the School) and back and forth to my accommodation. I was pretty scared I hadno idea of how to get to Bondi Beach.
I was lucky! Thepeople from my group had already a good idea of how to get there – which mademe feel kind of stupid, but less afraid of getting lost. I don’t remember howmany groups there were in total, but perhaps because we were all feeling alittle insecure- my group joined another group so we made a bigger group, whichwas awesome because we could share opinions and discoveries in order to answerthe questions whilst we were there.
We got a train to Bondi Junction and another bus to Bondi Beach. I don’t know if itwas the best choice or the shorter way, but I was so glad that I did as I saw alot of Sydneyon the way. My emotions were all over the place -a mixture of excitement, fearand anxiety for all the new experiences. Looking out the bus window I realisedthat Sydney wasmuch bigger then I thought.
I was just lovingit, and it was only the beginning!
When we got to Bondi Beachand I saw the view, my first thought was ‘Wow’ What a beautiful beach!Resembling a cove, starting and ending in rocks it was so nice. It is Winterthat and a Winter festival was going on, but what surprised me was that therewas an ice skating rink on the sand! That is something I would never see whereI come from, the ice would melt in a minute exposed to the hot Winter weatherof Brazil.
Still feeling liketourist, we took lots of pictures, from the birds to Icebergs (Bondi SwimmingClub), from the cafes to the whole landscape. The sun came out, the water wasshinning and the students started to explore the area looking for the answersto the questions we had in our hands. It was easy to be distracted.
After coming backto Blue Mountains International Hotel Management SchoolI realised that the experience I had just been through had made me feel moreconfident and willing to explore the whole city. I had seen how much was onoffer and that I was so close to so many beautiful places from where I hadchosen to live and study.
It was akick-start for me to begin exploring the city without fear of getting lost ornot knowing where to go. Better understanding of my new hometown made it feelmore like home and that is the most important thing when you start to liveabroad. Thanks Blue Mountains!
Cheers!
Andrea, Brazilian
Masters Student2012
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