Acclimation, Sydney Style

Welp! I made it!

Friday night was a bit tough: my luggage was overweight by two sweaters and a pair of heels, I was told that I would be sitting in between two people on the plane, and was just generally stressed. But after two glasses of wine, a glass of champagne, some chocolate dessert, and a few tears, Jason took me to the airport.

But things started to look-up, Jason and I pulled some Macgyver moves and shoved my sweaters and heels into my carrier-on (take that Qantas), even though I WAS sitting in between two people on the plane, they couldn't have sat me between two better people: the woman on the isle was pregnant so she had to pee as often as I did, the guy in the window seat was a handsome Asian guy from Perth with a very strong Australian accent (heaven?!) and to really make my flight, my Aussie friend Rebekah was on the same plane so I had someone to hang-out with at baggage claim and customs! (we stayed at Rebekah's the first time we were in Australia, her kitchen is where we tried Vegamite for the first ...and last... time)

After Alex picked me up at 6:30am I vegged a bit, then we had an amazing first day starting with lunch on the Harbour: oysters, garlic shrimp, and champagne! We walked around the weekend markets at the Rocks (there was actually a product called Scent Logs-- a women standing next to me at the booth told me that I should put the chocolate log in my drawers so that my underwear would smell like chocolate...true story) and after that good laugh we enjoyed some coffee and chocolate at Guylian. A perfect start to my adventure in Australia.