Day 1 - I'm Here!

Greetings from Sydney!
I thought I would continue my blogging tradition on this trip.  It might be a little harder this time since I am not finding tons of wifi action here.  Nevertheless since I'll be on my own for some days when Mark is not here I thought I'd use the blog as a small measure of security to make sure you guys know where I am and what I'm up to :)

So, the flights here (DC to LA, then LA to Sydney) were good.  I was in Coach on the DC to LA flight - not ideal but it got me there which was the goal, so mission accomplished.  The flight from LAX to SYD was a 747, a huge plane - with an upstairs and all. I was in Business class on that flight which was fabulous.  Once I got settled I went up to the cockpit.  I met the other pilots that Mark was flying with, 3 others, and they let me sit in the pilot seat - fun :)  Mark took a pic on his bb which I will get him to send me when he gets back.  So, United does a great job of Business Class on the 747, the seat goes completely flat, a nice TV with movies and TV shows, even audio books.  I was actually able to sleep on the plane this time which is unusual for me.  I think I slept about 5 hours.  It was a perfect flight - couldn't imagine any better.

We arrived in Sydney on the 16th at 7am Sydney time.  You lose a day on the trip, we left on the 14th and arrived on the 16th - you get the day back though on the return trip. Since Mark and I were both able to sleep we decided to drop our stuff at the hotel and go directly to the Sydney Harbor Bridge Climb.  It was on my bucket list so I was psyched to get 'er done... next stop the one and only iconic Sydney Harbor Bridge!