Arrival in Sydney

After far too many hours in airport lounges and cramped airline seats, we made it safe and sound to a beautiful "winter" day in Australia, with the temperature reaching around 20C. Found our ride to Jodi's mom's cousin's apartment, located about a 15 minute walk from downtown Sydney, and fell asleep for a much needed nap. Spent much of the rest of the day wandering aimlessly through downtown, trying to get some bearings, had a great seafood lunch on the wharf, and found beer and grocery stores.

Second day was spent much like the first, heading over towards the Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. Jodi has seen this all before, but I think Chris was in a bit of a state of awe at the fact that yes, we really are here. We're both still getting used to looking the opposite direction when crossing the street, and we're sure it will be quite interesting when we learn how to drive on the opposite side of the road.

Jet lag is still trying hard to keep ahold of us, as we're barely able to make it past 9:00 at night, and waking up bright and early by 7:30. This isn't our idea of vacation hours, so we're going to do our best to kick it before too long. Hoping to have an easy day today, off to Manly Beach tomorrow on the ferry through Sydney Harbour, then plan to pick up our car on Tuesday.