We Have Arrived in Sydney

Welcome to Sydney, Australia!

UA 101 landed at SYD 10 minutes ahead of schedule.

Since we qualified for using the Smart Gates to enter the country, after deplaning we quickly went through the two-step DIY process that included scanning our passports, receiving a pass, and going through a biometric-verification gate.

The only time we saw Border Forces Agents was when they collected our entry passes and customs forms (completed on the plane) at the “nothing to declare” gate after we collected our bags.

Then it was just a matter of ordering an Uber to take us to the AirBNB apartment in The Rocks … our home away from home for a week.

We’ll refresh ourselves and then head out to do some grocery shopping.

The plan is to stay active so that we can start adjusting to the 18-hour time difference. What we will actually do is still TBD.Read more