Pre-Trip Post by RB

The rock band Def Leppard had a song with a lyric that went ... "Is anybody out there?"


Pink Floyd sang, "Wish you were here."


Pink sang, "I'm coming up so you better get this party started."


And so we begin ... Australia 2017 for SU Abroad. 22 students. 3 chaperones. A lot of miles to cover.


Professor B

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