It's So Surreal..

Yes, I'm home. =]

So Much Traveling..

Almost too much, I'm thinking.

Going into Australia wasn't so bad, although we did spend the night at the airport, since our flight was at 6:30am. But after that, there were days just full of traveling. The worst was coming back to Auckland from Sydney. Eddie drove us to the airport, the flight was about 4 hours, and the shuttle into the city was more than an hour. But with the delays and everything in between, it really was a full day of traveling. We woke up at 6:00am, and we settled into the backpacker here at 6:00pm (technically it's two hours less because of the time change, but seriously, it was a long day, and it was already getting dark by the time we were done). Crazy.

I know I'm making it sound like our travels in OZ were horrible, but all that put aside, Sam and I had a great time in Sydney and Melbourne, so I shouldn't be complaining.

One more day of traveling left, but I'm so ready to go back home. Seriously. I think in the end, I'm just a homebody. Someone already told me this before I left, but now I can see that he was probably right. Sam can travel the world for a couple years, and not really miss home, but me, I don't think I could bear it.

Can't wait!!

The Land of OZ

Sam and I are in Australia!

We've been doing a lot of sightseeing, thanks to our great tour guide, Eddie Bang. He's been taking us to all the scenic spots around Sydney, and telling us most of what he knows about the different areas and people and culture. It's been great hanging out with him, meeting his wife (who is really sweet, by the way), and just chatting it up. I'm not going to bother writing it all down, because I'm tired. Maybe later (with pictures included). Ebanger himself is taking a nap right now.

But this weekend, Sam and I want to go watch the first Red Bull Flugtag in Australia, which fortunately happens to be in Sydney tomorrow! If you don't know what this Flugtag is, just go on YouTube to find out. I'm sure most of you have seen this before, just didn't know what it was called or what it was for.

We're having a great time, and we can't wait to go home to Chicago. Hope you're all doing well!!

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Crap. It turns out that the Flugtag is actually on Sunday.