Our trip continued to be full of entertainment! We hung around the hotel lobby being entertained by an ADD guy who was training to be a Methodist minister as he continually hopped on the computer and muttered to himself as he sent emails or something and asked us the same things about Australia. He was very informed and intelligent and was waiting for the train too which was going the opposite way, but still in the wee hours of the morning. When Raye picked us ...

Our trip down to Nebraska was about 21 hours driving - pretty much like taking a road trip to Brisbane, except that we actually stopped for the night in a hotel just over the border instead of sleeping at the side of the road. Berry, Sam's other evil twin would have driven through the night as well but they decided to be kind to me so we found a room about 1.30 am and slept until 9.00 ready for breakfast. Unfortunately, we didn't allow for the time zone differe...

We waited outside the Bus Terminal and were collected by Berry and Katie in Katie's red truck. After a coffee stop at Tim Hortons we drove 2 hours back to the farm. They are staying in a neighbour's worker cabin as the madman who sold it to them burnt down their whole farm - he blamed his divorce on them buying the place!!! We visited the site a couple of days ago. What a traumatic thing to happen to anyone. It was kind of like being home when we went to our be...

It was sad leaving Malibu as we had such a great time with Sandi and Gord but the adventure must continue - there is hunting to be done! We flew to Calgary with slight trepidation, as we had been unable to contact the B&B that we were booked in at, but we caught a taxi to the address and it existed so we piled on in. It was really well placed, right in Downtown and within walking distance of the bus station and town so we wandered around the corner, had ch...

Well here we are in Canada after a long but not so torturous trip. Wednesday was the longest day - literally - was a bit like ground hog day. When we arrived at Sydney airport at 4am, after a lovely evening the night before with Aunt Rene, Ed, Tom, Stephen and Graciela, and 4 hours sleep, we discovered that we had not been seated together for any of our flights, and did not have any aisle seats!! - this after I had prayed for good seats and a possible upgrade!!. ...