First Day in Australia

I’ve made it! I’m officially in the land down under.

(Here is a photo my mom took of me at LAX)

After traveling for about 24 hours straight I feel like I can do pretty much anything now. (After I finally get a full night of sleep)
On the lovely 15 hour flight from LAX to Sydney I was able to watch two movies, complete several levels on Super Mario Bros, listen to a good deal of music, and sufficiently screw up my neck from sleeping awkwardly. Overall the flight went really smoothly, I must’ve slept longer than I thought or maybe I just zoned out hard core for the majority of the flight because it did not feel like it was 15 hours. I watched Somewhere, Due Date, and an episode of The Office. I almost cried during the episode of The Office, it was the one where Michael proposes to Holly, so cute! (that sort of stuff usually doesn’t get me but this episode did). The worst part of the flight was the 10 hour mark, I’m not sure why but 5 more hours seemed like the worst thing ever, so I decided to sleep. After landing in Sydney I had to go through customs and lug around ALL my luggage which I’m pretty sure weighs more than I do. Because the line was so long this nice lady gave me a special priority pass so that I could make my second flight.
The second flight was a breeze after the first one, it was only a little over an hour. I swear I have never felt more comfortable taking off before, I’m not sure if it was because I was so tired and relieved I was almost done traveling or if it was because I put the Animal Planet on on my personal tv screen and it happened to be a special about cats. NO JOKE. It was probably a combination of the both. I watched the cat special the entire flight and now know entirely too much for my own good about cat breeds (because now I want them all).

After I arrived in Melbourne and got dropped off at my apartment I attempted to put stuff away and tidy up. The sheets and comforter the apartment provided are like sand paper, it kind of sucks. I am very very VERY glad I brought my own pillow. Seriously, best decision ever. After attempting to make my bed with sand paper sheets/pillowcases/comforter I decided to go on an adventure... I took the tram (which picks up right in front of my apartment) down into the city (which is really only a couple blocks depending on where you are going. I decided I wanted something to eat so I walked around for what must have been an hour and a half and I swear all I saw were a ton a McDonald’s, Subway, and Sushi places. Eventually I found a café, where I ordered a lamb burger with tzatziki sauce on it. It was sooooo yummy! After eating I decided to head back, got on the wrong tram and ended up on some street I wasn’t too sure about. So I just wandered for a while and miraculously ended up back at my apartment. Woooo! So that is pretty much my first day and first experiences here in Australia! Oh and I took a bunch of photos but I can’t find my card reader at the moment so photos will come later. More to come soon!

(Me sitting in my new room)