Being in the southern hemisphere is quite special this time of year. For one, I get a break from the 6 months of Fall/Winter I’ve experienced (score!). And secondly, summer here is no joke. The sun rises at 6:30 and doesn’t set until at least 9:15PM. That’s a lot of daylight. And it does strange […]
Moto GP – Not the Video Game
As many of you can tell, Mandy is the primary voice of our blog and I handle the photos and technology. With her gone the past 2.5 months, I just realized that while I still did a few interesting things I wrote about it very little (aka not at all). Since no time is like […]
55 Nautical Miles as the Crow Flies
Let’s just say when the pilot said this over the intercom on my way back to Charlotte, I was less than hopeful of his overall skill. What does that mean anyway? Apparently it meant we are 45 minutes away from landing. I’m thinking just saying that would’ve been more to the point. But way less […]
Vacation Mode
We are in full-on vacation mode. I’m talking pancakes for breakfast, fro-yo for dessert, forget you have work to do kind of vacation mode. Where did this come from you ask? This little slice of heaven is due to our obligatory 90 day visa requirement; otherwise known as a “save our Visa excursion”. Australia has […]
Like New
It’s funny how quickly you become adjusted to new things, new places, new ways of being. We have been in Melbourne now for almost 3 months (that little anniversary will be in 3 days…) and it feels like it’s been forever, in a good way. Maps are a thing of the past, buying groceries is […]
A Visitor!
For the past 8 days my mom has been in Melbourne visiting. We attempted to jam pack all of them with as much Aussie stuff as humanly possible. As you can imagine, this doesn’t leave much time for reflection and blogging. Our days were full of walking, seeing sights, taking pictures, eating great food and […]
To Travel
If you haven’t guessed by now, this blog is about the many adventures and mis-adventures had by us as we travel. We have both come to love the feeling of planning a trip, packing the suitcase, even saying goodbye…to a certain extent. We are always left feeling somewhat different than when we left. We learn […]
Da Nile
No, we aren’t going to Africa (I wish!). And there hasn’t been a new river discovered in our corner of the planet either. Unfortunately, this is all about me…and my denial over the fact that my time here in Australia is coming to an…end. Ugh, there. I said it. Or wrote it. Whatever. The point […]