What Happened to February 4th?

We left Indianapolis at 2:30pm Wednesday, February 3^rd, and after 30 hours of traveling, and more specifically after 15 hours on a flight from L.A., we arrived Friday, February 5^th around 9:30am Sydney time (which is 6:30pm on Thursday in Indiana). Our Flight accommodations were incredible! We each had our own space to spread out. Each seat leaned all the way back and had it's own TV with a wide variety of movies. Once we arrived, we grabbed our luggage, which is no easy task with amount of things we brought, and took a cab to our hotel. This was my first experience in a car driving down the opposite site of the road, which is a little disorienting especially when you aren’t sure what day it is.

Sydney basically feels like any American city, but it’s nice to be in the middle of summer on the ocean. Today was a little overcast, and about 80 degrees out. We couldn’t check into our room right away, so we walked around downtown to stretch our legs and get a lay of the land. We got rained on a little, but the warm fresh air was much needed. We made our way over to Opera house and looked out over the harbor. We also wound up purchasing tickets to see an opera tomorrow night – La Traviatta!! This will also be a first for me, and I can’t wait.

Once we checked in, we cleaned up, Little Debbie finally took a nap, Monica and Dad hit the pool/hot tub, and we all freshened up for a night out. We went to an area called The Rocks, which is a similar atmosphere to Broad Ripple only 3x bigger and street vendors everywhere. We ate at a small casual Italian place where I learned that in Australia, “entrée” really means appetizer. We wandered around after dinner, looked at some galleries and took a few pictures of the Opera House and bridge.

It’s only been about 12 hours since we got here, and we’re already having a wonderful time. More adventures coming soon. Have a great Friday, ours was a blast.