September 18th Ferrari Driving and Brisbane IT tour (Technology)
As we woke up at about 9:00 tired from the last night at the Brisbane Festival. Mason decided to yelp a good place to eat before our Ferrari Driving and IT Tour later in the Day. We took an Uber to the car dealership where we were renting for an hour. After the instructor taught us the rules, we each got into a different color car and pulled out onto the highway. Avery took the lead in the metallic blue car, with the others following right behind him. While Dylan was driving, he ran over a nail and his back left tire popped. It only took Dylan and the tour guide about 10 minutes to change the tire, and he said he would not charge us extra for it. The tour guides in the car showed us around certain areas, and we finished up by stopping at Brisbane IT. Brisbane IT is the leading Information Technology company in the Brisbane Area. The tour guides took the cars back to the dealership as we toured the company. The lady who showed us around the server rooms, the main floor where the programmers and the other employees work, and then she took us to meet the CEO (Steve Scanlan.) It was such a pleasure to meet him since he was named the "2017 Brisbane Young Entrepreneur of the Year!" Steve gave us some great advice in both business, and in regular life. Steve also told us about how he started his company, which was so interesting to Dylan that he took 3 pages of notes. Zach started giving Dylan such a hard time about being a nerd that Dylan punched him, giving him a black eye. From there things were very tense and no one spoke much until we left.
After the tour, we walked down the street to a cool bar, that was having a watch-party for the Australian National Soccer Team, as they played American Samoa in a tournament to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. Australia won the match 31-0 and the fans were going crazy in the bar. The win was the largest national team win in all of soccer's history. The food was great and the atmosphere was electric. From there, we did not have a car and the RV was close to 10 miles away, Zach called an Uber to take us back to the RV. Diego was so drunk that he threw up almost all of his food in the car. We stopped at a gas station to clean up the mess and let his stomach settle. Once we finally got back, no one felt like doing much, so we let Diego sleep while we played cards outside. Dylan and Zach finally made up and Avery destroyed them all in blackjack. We turned in at about 10:00, ready for the next day.
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