Arriving to Melbourne

Wednesday May 23 2012

Arriving to Melbourne

           Sorry for the delay.  We have had such a hard time getting on Internet as most the places we've been don't have free wifi. Anyways.. on to my blog.

Koala just hanging out

           Well its been a busy couple of days with not having a Tuesday as we lost a day with the time change.  We flew from KCI to DFW, then to LAX for a four hour layover.  And finally our last flight which was 15 hours to Melbourne from LAX.  The last plane we rode was a Airbus which seated around 500 people.  That was the biggest plane and the longest flight I've been on.  I was really worried about how long the flight was at first, but we were fed supper within the first 3 hours. Then I fell asleep for several hours and was up again for a small breakfast. Thank goodness for the personal TV and free drinks! Our mimosas were delicious this morning as we watched the sunrise from our window.

Kangaroo posing for me.

            Once we landed in Australia it was 8:30 a.m. so we headed to the lovely McDonald's for breakfast/lunch. I had a sausage McMuffin, which the sausage definitely tastes different over here. Then we headed for Healesville Sanctuary. Which is where we saw many different animals such as dingoes, wombats, Tasmanian devils, koalas, and of course kangaroos. We watched Spirits of the Sky, which was a bird show. It was interesting to see how well they had the birds trained.

Spirits of the Sky

            Now we are riding the bus back to our hotel as I am typing this. We are all so excited to take a shower finally! Then we have our welcome dinner at La Camera.

Until next time!

Elizabeth