Here we are, a month and a half after returning from our adventure of a lifetime and I still have not completed about our trip!! We still have not come down from the excitement of this trip. It was just that awesome.
On Saturday, Aug 30th we decided to have an easy day and went back to the Rocks to see the street market. This was a great way to spend our final day. Walking among all the vendors, buying some things, stopping to have tea at an English tea house. Yummy scones with homemade jam and Devon cream. Heaven... After we were finished at the market we took the bus back to our hotel to drop our purchases in our room and then quickly head over to Paddy's Market for some last minute things.
We had to buy another suitcase just for the stuff we had purchased throughout the month. Some were gifts, some were brochures, magazines, advertising about all the places we had seen. A nice bright ORANGE one. It would not be missed at the luggage pick up.. I just do not understand why that particular suitcase was labelled HEAVY ?
For some reason, the 14 hour flight to LA did not seem as long as the flight to Sydney. I was able to sleep for a bit on the trip back. The wonderful thing about this day was we arrived in LA before we left Sydney (according to our tickets.). We were not impressed with LAX. It is just as convoluted as it was in 1978 - the first time I was here. Oh they are building new walls and corridors and rooms but it still looks like a dog's breakfast. There isn't any choice in restaurants or fast food places. I was very hungry when we arrived here but had to wait until the 5 or 6 food options opened. Not what one would expect of an international airport!
The flight to YVR was uneventful. Nothing exciting, no turbulence, nothing memorable. I expected to find that my van had a flat tire but it had stayed inflated for the whole month and got us home safe and sound. All in all, I am happy to be home but sad to be home. There are so many more sights to see and places to visit in Australia, just not enough time this trip.
On Saturday, Aug 30th we decided to have an easy day and went back to the Rocks to see the street market. This was a great way to spend our final day. Walking among all the vendors, buying some things, stopping to have tea at an English tea house. Yummy scones with homemade jam and Devon cream. Heaven... After we were finished at the market we took the bus back to our hotel to drop our purchases in our room and then quickly head over to Paddy's Market for some last minute things.
We had to buy another suitcase just for the stuff we had purchased throughout the month. Some were gifts, some were brochures, magazines, advertising about all the places we had seen. A nice bright ORANGE one. It would not be missed at the luggage pick up.. I just do not understand why that particular suitcase was labelled HEAVY ?
For some reason, the 14 hour flight to LA did not seem as long as the flight to Sydney. I was able to sleep for a bit on the trip back. The wonderful thing about this day was we arrived in LA before we left Sydney (according to our tickets.). We were not impressed with LAX. It is just as convoluted as it was in 1978 - the first time I was here. Oh they are building new walls and corridors and rooms but it still looks like a dog's breakfast. There isn't any choice in restaurants or fast food places. I was very hungry when we arrived here but had to wait until the 5 or 6 food options opened. Not what one would expect of an international airport!
The flight to YVR was uneventful. Nothing exciting, no turbulence, nothing memorable. I expected to find that my van had a flat tire but it had stayed inflated for the whole month and got us home safe and sound. All in all, I am happy to be home but sad to be home. There are so many more sights to see and places to visit in Australia, just not enough time this trip.
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