Nov 28 - 30, 2009 - Travel Day from USA to Australia - It all begins.....

HI Everyone... Well here we start again. Embarking on a new adventure this time We left Tampa on Sat, Nov 28 flying from there to NYC, to LAX, to Sydney. Well, just so you know, that's 29 and 1/2 hours. Wow... We it was really interesting. From LAX to Sydney it was exactly 14 hours fly time and LOTS of turbulence. We flew overnight, and arrived in Sydney at 9:30 in the morning. Crossed the international date line, so we arrived on Nov 30. We are way ahead of you all. Sydney is a multi-cultural mecca of people. All speaking English, of course, but with a nice accent. We got to our hotel, the Marriot at Circular Quay down by the Sydney Harbor but our room wasn't ready yet. We had them hold our bags while we walked around town and got something to eat. It's a bit over cast today and slightly sprinkling, but nice overall. Light jacket. We found out that today is the last day of spring, tomorrow is the first day of summer. Our room was finally ready in the afternoon and we are on the 29th floor overlooking the harbor and the bridge. You can see people walking on it. My adventure on the bridge is scheduled for Friday. Its very expensive here, so don't bother looking for a bargain. We are going on an excursion tomorrow to the Blue Mountains to see the countryside and some of the wildlife. Then Wed we will hit the Big Markets. I'm really tired, but I wanted to get this out to everyone since we are so ahead of you in the timeline. I think I'll just crash soon. Tomorrow should be interesting and a lot of things to talk about.