Life Down Under

I left my apartment in Chicago at 12:15 pm on Friday the 18th and got into Sydney airport at 8:30 am on Sunday the 20th. 4 and a half hours from Chicago to San Francisco, 12 and a half hours from San Fran to Auckland New Zealand, and another 3 and a half hours from Auckland to Sydney. While I hit a few bumps on the way (like not realizing I needed a visa until I tried to check in but having my amazing sister figure out that I could get one electronically)the trip went pretty smoothly. The best part was that the other person who was supposed to be sitting in my row never showed. I had three seats to myself. I literally laid down and slept. I was quite refreshed by the time I landed in Auckland. So step one of proving I'm immune to jet lag went very well. Matt was more tired than I was. I managed to stay awake until ten o'clock or so. Once I got into sydney I was just very anxious to get out of the airport. I had to go through customs though. The drug dogs went over my bags twice. Now this is not because I was trying to smuggle anything in or had any sort of residue. No. This was because my sixty year old down stairs neighbors smoke SO MUCH weed that everything close to our carpet smells like weed including my suitcase I keep under my bed. But I made it through eventually to find my wonderful boyfriend waiting for me with a hand picked bouquet of Australian wildflowers. I will put pictures of the bouquet up because they were flowers I had never seen before.

After getting all settled in we decided to go to the beach. We couldn't actually swim because it was all rainy the day I got in. So instead we got some fish and chips on the shops near the beach. We met up with Matt's friend Rohan who was one of the other guys he backpacked with in Europe. After our fish and chips we went down to the beach to looks at the waves. They were quite big. I walked around a little in the water. It was my first time in the Pacific ocean and it was cold as hell. But it was still fun.

When we got got home we mostly just chilled out. Matt's mom made dinner. It was very good. I really like his parents. They're very nice. We had an early night. We were both worn out. But all in all my first day in Australia was really great.