We Made It!

So, we made it to Melbourne! It was a bit harrowing at the beginning, as our flight out of Seattle was delayed, so we had to take a different flight on a different airline (and drag what felt like 800 pounds of baggage along with us!). Luckily we had Lari and Amos around to act as our pack mules. But, we finally got that all sorted and then found that we were marked to get "extra special" attention from airport security. But, we made it to our flight on time and we were off and running.

Our flight from SF to Aukland was quite nice. Air New Zealand was super cool, with On Demand movies, TV, and video games in the seatbacks in front of you! On top of that, we were served an excellent dinner. With good food and all that entertainment, the 12 hour plane ride went by quite quickly (and I was even able to sleep a bit too).

Once in Aukland, heavy fog rolled in and our flight to Melbourne got cancelled. We got put on a later flight, but this meant instead of having a 3 hour layover in Aukland, we now had a 10 hour layover. Although they gave us food vouchers, no airport is entertaining for that long.

But, we finally arrived in Melbourne, with all of our luggage. It's winter here, so it's a bit cold (about 50 F) and it rained today, but it's a great city! Today we went to the aquarium, which is the best I've ever been to (more on that in another post) and had a great time.

OK, we're off to bed now. It's late here and we're tired.

We can't wait to hear from you all!!!

~S & E