Crazy! Long! In desperate need of a shower!So, we flew from Montreal to Chicago, had a lay over of 3 hours (plane was delayed), then flew to Los Angeles, another lay over for 3 hours and then flew for 15 hours to Sydney. Tanya and I were wondering that since the flight was so long, if the economy class seats would have more room...hmmm....that would be no. But we did have some cool movie choices and our very own remote controls on each seat...I think there were at least 150 movies to choose from, as well as music, games, t.v. and books! We also got a pillow, blanket, eye mask, and toothbrush and paste...so that we did not have breath that smelled like dead goats once we arrived in Sydney :)
Once there, we had to pass through customs...but since Tanya and I both needed a pee stop and freshen up, the line in front of us was very long. Just as we were finally joining the actual start of the line, a nice customs officer says, "Ladies, go on right down to the end over there." Ha! We completely by-pass the whole line!!! Then, we get through customs, pick up our luggage, and now have we see a whole new crazy long line to get out. So, we see another airport security guard, and bypass all the people, and simple ask if this is really the way that we need to go through to get out. "Let me see your declaration cards ladies...no,no...go right on through here please." Yes! Another crazy line by-passed. We get to this whole crazy circle aisle with eight possible choices, aisle eight being the only one that is clear of insane lines of people...and again..."Right on through aisle eight ladies please." OMG! A cute little doggie sniffs our bags...was thinking of taking a run with Tanya's but decides otherwise and voila! We are in Sydney baby!!!!
Off we head to take a train to our hotel. We buy our bus pass for the week, hop on the train, and very easily make our way to our stop. Tanya and I were wondering what to do that day, and after realizing that there was a huge race with 80,000 people in the city happening that day, and starting right were our hotel was and going to Bondi Beach where we had planned to visit first, that perhaps we should reorganize our plans.
We dropped off our luggage and headed out for a Bikram yoga class. We thought the stretching was much needed after being squished like a sausage for 15 hours, plus, we could shower afterwards! Yay! So..at this point, I was sure I was probably going to pass out during the class. For those of you not familiar to Bikram, they heat the room to 42 degrees Celsius and the class is a strenuous 90 minutes. Well, I had the best class ever! The shower was amazing after, and we were refreshed and ready to head out sight seeing.
Needing some fuel first, we headed over to "The Commons" for a late breakfast, a suggestion from the yoga teacher. Not realizing at the time that the teachers idea of a nice big yummy breakfast and our idea was not the same at all. We sat down ready to order pancakes with butter and syrup and a side of bacon and were confronted with a list of breakfast items that we were very unsure as to what they were exactly. So...after a healthy breakfast...we headed back out.
We decided on the Australian Museum. It was huge! There were cool skeleton displays, tons of stuffed local animals that you could touch, a gem display, and a 'Survive Australia' display...were every display was warning about the dangerous wildlife...and how no anit-venoms were available! Yikes!
By this time, it was nearly 4:00 and we were almost falling on our faces. Being allowed to check in, we headed back to the hotel, checked in and promptly fell onto our beds and did not move until the next morning!
So today was our hike at Bondi beach...but I'll let Tanya tell you all about it :)
Love you all and miss you even more,
All the way from Sydney, Australia,
Angie
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