So it's been 123 days since I last posted, what can I say, I've been busy. But I'm freshly motivated now.
There's nothing like a work trip to get you back in to posting, need somewhere to put up all the pics that I haven't taken yet.
The flight to Australia was horribly uneventful. My traveling companions sadly lacked the ability to get on an airplane, immediately fall asleep, and not wake up until the bump of landing gear hitting pavement, so it wasn't as smooth for them. But after about 20 hours of sleeping from Raleigh to Melbourne, I was wide awake and totally jet-lag free.
So it turns out Australia in January is hot. It was only 34-38 today depending on who you ask, but the forecast is for 40's. Not January weather.
Other than that, it's not as strange as I would've expected. It's just like the US in most respects, everyone just has an accent.
And the sports on TV are wild. I did catch some replays of the NFL playoffs (at something like 8:00 AM, which was weird enough), but that's just the tip of the iceberg. So far, we've also seen the obligatory soccer and rugby matches, and that's before getting to most of the really weird stuff, like "Competitive Stunt Airplane Flying", "Lawn Bowling", and "Snooker". I'm still waiting to see Lawn Bowling for myself, but I'm sure it's just a matter of time.
So, I'll be sure to keep up with the "Things in this strange place that the small-town Ohio boy thinks are weird" posts, and maybe throw up a pic or two. Plus, I've got 97 rants to put up that I've been sitting on for the last 123 days, so maybe I'll get around to those as well.
But, that all depends on how much time I spend enjoying another discovery I've made here in Australia, Kilkenny Beer. That stuff is fantastic. It's like Guinness, but it actually tastes good.
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