July 18th , 10.30 p.m.
Dear Diary,
Have you seen today's date? One month ago I arrived here in
Melbourne, and I met my host family. Now I feel like if I have
been living here forever; I miss my parents and my English
friends, of course, but the people that I've met here are really nice, so I
don’t feel lonely.
After an entire month I have got used to the
Australian routine. Every day I get up
at half past seven, I have breakfast with tea and bread with vegemite. I like breakfasts
here more than in Britain, because my
parents leave earlier so I used to eat all alone in the kitchen. On the
contrary here I have breakfast with Eliza, Holly and Brendon. We share our dreams: it’s funny!
Then
Eliza drives us to school. After classes I have lunch at the school canteen
with my classmates.
In the afternoon I play lacrosse twice a week
with the school team, as I used to do in England.
I usually do my homework with Nerissa or with my Australian brothers, so
we can help each other. Then sometimes I go shopping with some friends, or I go
out with Holly. For example last week we went to see Brendon’s football match.
In
the evening we often go to the cinema,
or we watch TV together: Eliza love films, like me. Sometimes in the evening
Brendon and I play the piano together; he’s really good at it and I've realized
that playing with someone is much more amazing than playing on my own.
Now
I’m starting to feel more like a native Australian, I even like the bug, a
really tasty little crab that at the beginning I didn’t like very much.
Yesterday my host family and I went
surfing. I was excited and a bit scared, too, because it was the first
time I had tried surfing and because of the
cold, but Eliza reassured me about it. There I rented a diving suit and
a surf board. Actually the water wasn’t too cold and the waves were perfect for
a beginner like me. Adam and the
brothers helped me and taught me a lot of things. It was amazing, but also
difficult. When I was coming back to the car carrying my surf board, I slipped on a banana skin and,
like in the cartoons, I fell flat on my face. Two fingers of my left hand got
hurt; it was a minor injury, but I had to go to the hospital. I was a bit
scared, but fortunately it was not too serious. Adam took me to the hospital
and a doctor put a surgical dressing onto my fingers. Even if it still hurts
pretty bad, it’s hard to be upset because every time I think of how it happened
, I start laughing. Despite that, I am
happy I have tried surfing. I hope I will surf again when I get well.
Elena Berizzi
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