Courtney came to pick us up at 3 pm at we headed to the airport. Our flight was at 6:15 pm. Detroit to Los Angeles and then Los Angeles to Sydney. We have been dreading the flight all week. After crossing the international dateline and a total of 21 hours or so of flight time, we land at 8 am in Sydney on Tuesday, December 31.
The flights we took were incident free if you ignore the delay in loading the plane for Sydney. 3 times the loading process was interrupted because passengers were disembarking from a domestic flight at the same gate we were loading from and the FAA does not allow the commingling of domestic and international passengers. There is nothing like government intervention to put a smile on your face. I’m sure Terri would agree after a recent day long trip to the Secretary of State. Sometimes I think about complaining but then I think of the story Terri had on one of her trips to the VA hospital, another bastion of the success of centralized government institutions. The story doesn’t really matter because they are all so similar. The quote from the government employee I like to remember is: “nousecomplaininbecausethereaintnothinyoucandoaboutit“. (if you read it aloud with a nice southern drawl, it makes it even more memorable) When I remember this, I am able to put my worries away and continue life as a sheep in the government corral.
On the flight, I did lots of reading and watched a few movies. I did manage to get a few hours of sleep as did Terri.
We put in a lot less planning into this trip than our recent world cruise. Being on land allows you to be a little lazier with planning then if you are on a ship for 4 months.
We are spending 30 days enjoying the summer temperatures and long days. We have many days with fully planned activities and also many days left for spur of the moment kind of fun.
If you decided to join us, great! It’s fun getting comments from back home. Doing a daily blog has really made me realize how much I do forget after a short period of time. I blame it on age but I probably have always been this way. If you would like to comment, realize that your first comment has to be approved before it is published. This cuts the amount of SPAM I receive. Once a comment is approved, future comments need no approval
The next post will continue with our landing in Sydney and our first day in the land down under.
Hope your flight was uneventful & that you are now settled in Sidney.
Can’t wait to about your adventures.
Happy New Year! I hope the Sydney Bridge fireworks were magical
Did you happen to fly from LA to Sydney at 10:15 on the 28th? My son was rerouted on that flight. Last row on the plane.
I can’t believe your son was on that flight. What a horrible long long………..excruciatingly long flight. So happy you will be following us. Jeff should do this professionally
Loved Australia and NZ. Worth the travel. On the way there we stopped in Tahiti for 3 days and on the way back stopped in Hawaii for : days, so did not have that 30 hour flight! I would go back there again (as you are doing!). Enjoy
The most important question is………….did you get a string of black pearls in Tahiti?
Oops not 30 hour flight!