MY FRIEND!! Goodbyes and hellos...

After hours of tears and saying goodbye to family and friends we finally met up in Los Angeles. "MY FRIEND" was heard for Miles across the International Terminal as Nickumz approached gate 77 for our flight to Sydney. Although the trip started off a little rocky (i.e Nikkys card being declined at Starbucks, glasses crashing and shattering in a souvenir shop and strangers trying to steal electrical outlets) we were more than excited to be on our way!!
We boarded our flight at 10pm, shared our excitement to be on "such a big plane" with the flight attendant and met Lenny (re-named Kravitz) who was our seat buddy. Started off fun but in the end we found Lenny to be a bit chatty and uninteresting.

November 19th (Australian time)
LAND!!
Aussies are so amazing. That's the first thing we learned when we arrived at customs in Sydney. We were greeted by Hugh Jackman-esque customs officers and were instantly infatuated! Haha, enough of that:) We caught up with our bags and hopped into a taxi. Our Asian-Australian taxi driver was super nice and informative, but we couldnt pay much attention to him because we were so amazed that we were riding on the other side of the road!
Our hotel room was super nice, very small but modern and in a really busy area about 15min walk from Sydney Central! Elevator was super tiny but we managed!
We arrived about 7am so we went straight into the city and ran a bunch of errands...met some really nice Aussies along the way...Everyone is extremely nice and welcomming, always willing to dish out directions or answer a question.
Walked all the way to Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge...took in the amazing views...walked back to our hotel and rested up a bit. Showered up and went out for a nice dinner and some live music!!
AND THIS WAS ALL IN THE FIRST DAY!!

written by

lisanikki on November 17, 2009 from Los Angeles, United States

from the travel blog: Aussie trip 2009-2010

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