One week countdown

Meet Beber (German for Beaver), our trusted travel mascot. His first trip with us was to Germany 9 years ago. He is just as ramped up for the trip as us. Wish he’d help us with the packing. Our goalLue lisää
Wood Castle partial day (David)

Getting way ahead at work so I can really enjoy the vacation.
Bit of a rainy morning to start.
Pre flight lunch

Loaded Soup at Qdoba
Last Minute Disc Golf

Round at Adair
All packed and ready, but...

Our flight to SFO is delayed. Crossing our fingers we are still okay to make connection.
On way to Eug airport

On road now, just got another update. More delay. We now have 30 min to get to our plane leg to Sydney. 😞 in another terminal.
This is such a sad situation...

Next available they say is Saturday!!!!!! We are still at airport trying to find a better situation. ☹️😖😣😧 many emotions, none good.
Home until tomorrow

So, here's the current situation . . .
Tomorrow we will be going to the airport for a second try. Both Brenda and I will be flying from Eugene to San Fran together (Econo Plus).
We are leavingLue lisää
On our way to Eugene airport again

We are gonna try it again today. Wish us lots of luck.
Negotiations at the counter

Still trying to get him on my flight in Business class. No luck yet.
Eugene Gate

Waiting for our flight
So, finally good news!
We are both flying First Class from Eugene to SF AND we are now going to be on the same plane and both of us in First class there as well.
Took aLue lisää
First Class leg 1

Here we go!
California Fires

On the way.
San Fran Global Lounge

Our home until flight time
Getting ready to board soon

I think this is really gonna happen!!! Whoa, get ready for the adventure. 😮
Coming into Sydney

Just about there!
Some recaps from the trip.
I managed to move my seat once again, so this time I was in row one of Polaris class, two seats away from Brenda.
The nice man sitting next to me wasLue lisää
Landed and ready to go to the place

Brenda hooking us up with Uber
Customs was super easy.
Most of it was electronic since we have the passports with the chip. You go to a self serve station, scan the passport, answer a couple ofLue lisää
Our Sydney Home Base

Our main location for Sydney
We got the tour from our super awesome host. She even was nice enough to discount the day that we were unable to make it, so now we have a little bit of Aussie $$$ toLue lisää
First Walkabout

Checking out the bay
We went for quite the walk. Saw an intense cricket match, lots of excellent views of the bay including a long distance view of the Sydney Bridge. Plus, our training to use theLue lisää
Pies for lunch!

Tandoori Veggies for Brenda, meat pie for me.
We also got some chips that seemed to be Aussie inspired.
Visited the grocery store and had fun picking up a few items for our week. Brenda wanted toLue lisää
Dinner Walkabout

In search of Elvis.
Public Transit Day

Let's check out the city! But before heading out we got to enjoy the Aussie version of ‘Lassie’. ‘Skippy’ the kangaroo. Older show, about same time as Lassie. Very cheesy with fake animal pawsLue lisää
Sydney botanical garden

We only got to see a corner of Gardens. They are huge.
MatkaajaI get the big suitcase. 😉