Christmas and New Year in Adelaide

When I was in Australia, I had three weeks free time, so I visited my host sister who came to Japan two years ago. My host sister lives in Adelaide. I spent Christmas and New Year with her family. My host sister can speak Japanese very well because she studied abroad and stayed in my house in Japan. It was nice to meet her again in Australia. Adelaide is located in South Australia, Australia. If you want to go to Adelaide, you can’t go by direct flight from Japan. You need to get another flight in Sydney, Perth, Gold Coast, or Cairns.

My host sister can drive, so she took me a lot of places in Adelaide. First of all, we went to Gorge Wildlife Park. In this park, we can hold a koala for free. In Australia, there is rule on holding a koala. Before you go to the zoo, you need to check the information about whether you can hold it or not.

Secondly, we went to many beautiful beaches. I don’t remember the name of the beaches, but there were nice beaches there, such as Henley Beach, Glenelg, Brighton, and Port Gawler.

 

At Christmas, we saw a lot of Christmas decorations. Many houses have cute Christmas decorations outside around the windows, roof, and trim.

 

 

 

 

          On this trip, it was my first time to spend Christmas in Australia. In Japan, it is winter, but in Australia, it is hot Christmas and New Year, so it was a little strange for me. I usually eat Christmas cake in Japan. However, my host family held a big Christmas party in Australia, so I had a wonderful Christmas in Adelaide. I think New Year is a bigger event than Christmas in Japan. On the other hand, Christmas is a bigger event in Australia. On New Year's Day, I couldn’t hear the New Year’s bell-ringing or eat Japanese New Year’s cuisine in Australia, so I spent a normal day 1^st of January.