Down Under

Australia was quite something.

I went kind of because I could.  I didn’t have many responsibilities at the time… and I really wanted to go!

After the surprisingly not as painful as I thought it would be 14 hour flight from LA to Sydney, I spent a good week in Syd with Tricia, one of my best friends from the year I lived in Paris.  She has a bunch of French friends from her job at the Alliance Francaise, so my trip was a mixture of Australian slang and Parisian French.  Quite a one-two combo.

Sydney has to be on the most idyllic places on Earth.  There are young people everywhere (from around the world), the entire place is clean as could be, seemingly everyone dresses sharp and fitness obsessed… not to mention the incredible beauty of the harbor, the architecture, the landmarks, and everything in between.

One of the biggest eye openers was the big foodcourt in the center of town.  Whereas US foodcourts have your usual assortment of fried death on a stick, the one in Sydney has almost nothing but organic, green, so healthy you almost want to puke selections of goodness.

I also spent a week in Queensland (hicktown according to people in Sydney) with my business partner JD.  He’s my age and basically lives the dream of every 8 year old boy, with a huge house to himself, giant entertainment system and home theater, a pool, and two spas.  Basketball took up much of the time we weren’t working on our projects.

Overall I had a great time… and would love to go back, especially to travel a bit more widely, such as to Perth, New Zealand, and beyond.