So I know Lindsay and I have been in Australia for over a week and haven't blogged yet, so I am going to try to recap the last week. Please bear with the numerous simultaneous posts.
We left Fort Lauderdale really early on the morning of June 17. It was actually quite fortunate for us that it departed so early because since neither of us got much sleep the night before, partly out of excitement for our trip and the fact that we woke up at 4 am to leave, we both slept most of the flight. We arrived in LA around 10 am and we were so grateful Becky came to pick us up since our layover was 13 hrs long. She took us to Santa Monica where we enjoyed a delicious lunch of burritos and diet coke. On the way to the restaurant we had briefly walked through a farmers market, but didn't take the time to look around because we were starving, so we took the walk back to the car to browse the booths sampling fruit wherever possible. We bought a bunch of fresh mint, and pre flight mojitos suddenly seemed like a really good idea.
After Santa Monica we stopped by Venice Beach on the way back to Pasadena. It was really fun to see the outside gyms, graffiti and odd street vendors. The one I felt most inclined to buy from was selling magical wands, or rather nobby sticks with marbles glued to the end. The drive back to Pasadena from Venice Beach was awful, the parade for the Lakers was going on in down town LA that day so we were literally just stopped still in traffic on the free way.
After over an hour of sitting in traffic it was great to get to Franklins apartment where we could enjoy hot showers and mojitos before having to head back to the airport. We stopped at
"In and Out" (a burger joint only on the West Coast) to fully get the California experience.
Becky an Franklin were both so hospitable and having the opportunity to put on fresh clothes made the next leg of the flight not only more enjoyable for me, but probably for the woman sitting next to me as well.
Upon getting back to the airport ( a little later than planned) Lindsay and I learned that we were two of the last ten people to check in and there was no way they could sit us next together. We were sad and didn't want to spend the next 13 hrs sitting and sleeping next to strangers. But to our pleasant surprise when we asked at the gate they were not only able to sit us next
to each other, we were also seated in the bulk head, which means about an extra 6 inches of leg room. We also couldn't have asked for a better flight. I was asleep before the plane took off, woke up 9 hrs later, brushed my teeth, watched a movie, had a surprisingly delicious breakfast, and then we landed in Brisbane about 45 mins early. It was really simple getting from the airport into Brisbane. we took a short train ride and then had about a 5 min walk to our hostel.
We stayed at BUNK Brisbane and it was really nice. It had a pool, a hot tub, a bar in the hostel, en suite bathrooms in the rooms and the kitchen was relatively clean (which I would later learn is a luxury for a hostel). Our room was an eight person all female share, or so we thought... I will explain that later.
This is all for now, expect more soon.
Cheers,
Laura
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