Finally! A new post! After several comments from friends and family about not posting for a while (okay, 3 months) I decided I should probably sit down and jot a few lines about my recent adventures. There definitely has been a lot happening in the craziness I call life and suppose it will most likely take a few posts to get everything in...so, here's your practice in patience (as if you haven't been waiting for at all right?).
I guess we'll start with the big trip...
Saturday morning, August 29, 2009: Start out with a haircut ('cause I'm gonna be gone for 2 weeks!), final packing details, load up and head to the airport. Fly to LAX, grab our luggage, pay $5 after being guilted by the lady at the airport offering directions, find the right terminal, check in at Air New Zealand, board the really big plane at 7 ish pm.
Sunday, August 30: Fly...for a long time...
This was actually a surprisingly nice flight. More leg room than expected, lots of movies (although I only watched one before falling asleep...for almost all of the 12 hour flight), and decent enough food for airplane food. Nice work Air NZ
Monday, August 31: We finally land in Sydney, Australia! We take a fairly ghetto shuttle to our hotel--right in the heart of the city, check into our fancy hotel, shower, and hit the city.
Darling Harbour...gorgeous day, great view of the city!
Piermont Bridge connects the 2 sides of Darling Harbour
Tuesday, September 1: My favorite day in Sydney! We visited the Hyde Park Barracks (where they used to keep the criminals sent from Europe), St Mary's Cathedral (impressive), the Royal Botanical Gardens (beautiful), caught our first glimpse of the Sydney Opera House, and witnessed the delightful talents of Ben Folds at his concert in the Opera House (can I say amazing?!)
Wednesday, September 2: A little R & R on Bondi Beach. On our way to catch the bus however, we ran into some sort of military ceremony where we saw military representatives from all over the world including the good ole USA and some awesome gentlemen from Papa New Guinea wearing what we fondly termed the "fuzzy wuzzies"
The military guys from New Guinea in their traditional garb...awesome right?
Bondi Beach...beautiful, but a little too cold for me and my swimsuit!
Here's to Installment #1. Stay tuned for part 2 to appear shortly...I promise!
