One week countdown
4 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
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 goalЧитать далее
Wood Castle partial day (David)
11 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Getting way ahead at work so I can really enjoy the vacation.
Bit of a rainy morning to start.
David Sallee
This is Buckbeard the pirate Beav-arrr. Our office mascot and distant relative of our travel mascot.
Pre flight lunch
11 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Loaded Soup at Qdoba
Last Minute Disc Golf
11 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Round at Adair
All packed and ready, but...
11 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Our flight to SFO is delayed. Crossing our fingers we are still okay to make connection.
On way to Eug airport
11 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
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...
11 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Next available they say is Saturday!!!!!! We are still at airport trying to find a better situation. ☹️😖😣😧 many emotions, none good.
Home until tomorrow
11 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
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 leavingЧитать далее
On our way to Eugene airport again
12 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
We are gonna try it again today. Wish us lots of luck.
Negotiations at the counter
12 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Still trying to get him on my flight in Business class. No luck yet.
David SalleeThe United App really came in handy. I was able to see that a first class ticket became available and had him do some checking
Eugene Gate
12 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
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 aЧитать далее
ПутешественникI almost cried (for joy this time) when the agent (Jacques) found us at security and handed David his first class boarding pass. We are not sitting together in first class, but we can deal with that. Jacques, you’re the man!! Thank you for helping us, each of the many times we visited you at the counter.
First Class leg 1
12 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Here we go!
ПутешественникThe pilot was really nice. Told me Sydney is his most favorite city to fly to. We started chatting about places to eat and various benefits of different airplanes and cabin pressure. He invited me to chat in cockpit so we didn’t block traffic. Nice guy and he got us to SFO safely.
California Fires
12 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
On the way.
San Fran Global Lounge
12 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Our home until flight time
Getting ready to board soon
12 октября 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
I think this is really gonna happen!!! Whoa, get ready for the adventure. 😮
Coming into Sydney
14 октября 2017 г., Coral Sea ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
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 wasЧитать далее
David SalleeTo add to the entertainment of the Polaris class, I got dribbled on from the landing due to the A/C unit and I also managed to lock up the entertainment system about 45 min before landing.
Landed and ready to go to the place
14 октября 2017 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
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 ofЧитать далее
ПутешественникIt was our first Uber experience and it was pretty easy once I figured I’d need to use my cellular data to connect at the pick up area outside of airport.
Our Sydney Home Base
14 октября 2017 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
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 $$$ toЧитать далее
ПутешественникThe fig tree here in the window is massive. The owner says there are all kinds of native birds that stop by like cockatoos and parrots. David just saw one. We are about to do some exploration about town. This place is in a suburb of Sydney so not in city center itself. We’ll post more later.
First Walkabout
14 октября 2017 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
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 theЧитать далее
Pies for lunch!
14 октября 2017 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
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 toЧитать далее
Dinner Walkabout
14 октября 2017 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
In search of Elvis.
Public Transit Day
15 октября 2017 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
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 pawsЧитать далее
ПутешественникCheck out this link to get a nice feel for how hilarious Skippy is. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r3HkUKoGoc4
Sydney botanical garden
15 октября 2017 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We only got to see a corner of Gardens. They are huge.
ПутешественникI get the big suitcase. 😉