This morning after brekkie Chari arrived to kindly ferry us and our suitcases down to Jessie's. Poor chicken had a late night and was covered in bruises after derby. Thomas was left in Pete's capable hands while Jess and Char took us in the super Skoda over to Mascot. I think the longest part of e entire trip was the last 3 kms, but being driven right to the door was a real luxury. The girls dropped us off at departures, we found area C and were ushered over to t...

Missing the girls so much, but public phones are few and far between. Our hotel charges the standard rate plus 95%!! Tomorrow we hope to have access to the internet at the airport. Today we walked down to the wharf where the coaches leave from and got great coach seats for our 11 hour tour. Our coach driver was Herman the German, but actually Austrian, whose driving became more erratic as the day passed. We drove down the coast (running 3/4 hour late because of ...

We sure slept well last night!! In bed at 7.30pm and awake when the alarm went off at 6.50am!! School in the USA just started back in their new school year last week, football is starting and baseball has finished! This morning we were collected by a Greyline coach at 8.45am and had a deluxe city tour in a double decker. We saw the iconic Lombard Street, Danielle Steele's house, the area that Robin Williams and Shirley Temple both live in.....we saw lots of "pa...

After a birthday breakfast for me at home, Sophie and Charlotte caught the bus to school, Shannon drove off to work and Jess came with us to Springwood station where we caught the train to the airport. After lengthy checking in, immigration and customs procedures we did a bit of duty free shopping and then made our Business Class lounge where we could relax with champagne, juices, spirits, nuts, cheese, muffins etc. What bliss!! When boarding commenced, it was ...