Interesting Australians

When I went to Rome I had met two girls from Australia who were backpacking through Europe for a few months. They told us that for most Australians it’s a rite of passage to back pack through Europe for a few months. They both have family in Spain and the Netherlands because they are cousins and so they were visiting their families along the way. They also told us a lot about their travels and we met up with them again in Salzburg and in Munich.

One night we had a conversation about their educational system in Australia. It costs a lot less to go to school in Australia then it does here. They pay a fraction of what we pay for University and so they can pay off their loans a lot faster. What we pay for one year is what they pay for all four or less. They also told us that a lot of what happens in America really affects their country. When our economy goes down so does there’s. They also get a lot of American television shows and they told us when they were growing up they would pretend to be American. This is something that really surprised me because most of the time as an American I feel like other countries do not like us very much, so its interesting to know others are fascinated by our county.