Sydney, Australia

To everyone in Minnesota: All I've been doing for the past eleven days in Australia is
a) lying on various beautiful beaches
b) checking out some of the world's best surfers
c) getting a suntan
d) eating ice cream
and
e) wearing tank tops and shorts

I'm sorry, I just had to rub it in. I think the best way for me to do this blog is just to promise you better photos and stories when I get back to the US, and to just live them right now and write little bits of it on here. Suffice to say, the Great Ocean Road, Sydney Harbor, the Sydney Opera house, and the Otways National Rainforest are more beautiful than any photo I could take or words I could write. You just need to go see them, period.

I'm off to bed now because I have an appointment to go surfing at 0600. It's a rough life.

Auckland, NZ

Waiting in Auckland's airport for my delayed flight to depart for New Zealad. I am so tired I feel sick. Our flight was supposed to leave at 655 and now it's leaving at 1130, putting me in international transit for roughly 24 hrs. Just....want...to....sleep.....

In other news, I really liked my day and a half in LA! I stayed with the lovely Amanda and her great roommate Lynn and got to do all the various touristy stuff, including taking pictures of the Hollywood sign and seeing the Walk of Fame. I took a picture of Arnold Schwartzenegger's hand and foot prints. I think it's time for a little coffee right now, but hopefully I will get to Australia by 5 pm tonight. g'day!