i think it's today everywhere now
so... the last two days seems to have been an exercise in getting 12 people to move in the same direction at the same time. not terribly easy, but we're figuring it out.
the flight from san francisco is long. very long. i knew this, but i didn't really understand it, until they announced the titles of the SIX movies they would be showing on the way. it works out pretty well tho, prety much everyone sleeps (or tries) for the first 8-10 hours, and then you're more than halfway there.
after we get to sydney, through passport control and customs, we got on another flight to perth - this one a piddly 5 hour trip, so no biggie. they thoughtfully split us all up on both flights, so we didn't bother the other passengers too much, and we're not sick of each other yet. the rather large woman who was supposed to sit between my and my uncle andy went to the steward and asked for an aisle seat, claiming claustrophobia. i switched with her without making a fuss, and got another offer of whatever i'd like from the beer cart. i thanked him, but didn't take him up on it - i had no idea what time it was really, but i didn't really think a beer would go with the breakfast they served.
we're getting the time change, very slowly. from california it's -9 hours, but tomorrow. like here it's 8 am sunday morning, which means for most of you it's 5 pm saturday. i think we all passed out at some point yesterday. most of us did it in our hotel rooms, i was the only one silly enough to succumb on a bench at the natural history museum :)
woke up in time for dinner, and to have a beer in the bar and watch australian rules football. would take far too long to explain, so ask us later.
perth looks amazingly like the bay area...kind of dry, lots of eucalyptus trees, same weather (if you pretend it's march) but the sun is in the north!
i've been trying to use my GPS but with no luck...laura claims i need to hold it upside down...
the flight from san francisco is long. very long. i knew this, but i didn't really understand it, until they announced the titles of the SIX movies they would be showing on the way. it works out pretty well tho, prety much everyone sleeps (or tries) for the first 8-10 hours, and then you're more than halfway there.
after we get to sydney, through passport control and customs, we got on another flight to perth - this one a piddly 5 hour trip, so no biggie. they thoughtfully split us all up on both flights, so we didn't bother the other passengers too much, and we're not sick of each other yet. the rather large woman who was supposed to sit between my and my uncle andy went to the steward and asked for an aisle seat, claiming claustrophobia. i switched with her without making a fuss, and got another offer of whatever i'd like from the beer cart. i thanked him, but didn't take him up on it - i had no idea what time it was really, but i didn't really think a beer would go with the breakfast they served.
we're getting the time change, very slowly. from california it's -9 hours, but tomorrow. like here it's 8 am sunday morning, which means for most of you it's 5 pm saturday. i think we all passed out at some point yesterday. most of us did it in our hotel rooms, i was the only one silly enough to succumb on a bench at the natural history museum :)
woke up in time for dinner, and to have a beer in the bar and watch australian rules football. would take far too long to explain, so ask us later.
perth looks amazingly like the bay area...kind of dry, lots of eucalyptus trees, same weather (if you pretend it's march) but the sun is in the north!
i've been trying to use my GPS but with no luck...laura claims i need to hold it upside down...
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