Blog Down Under

Greeting from the other side of the planet! Dan and I made it safely to Perth, Australia on Saturday June 16th. I say safely because it was touch and go there for about ½ hour coming into Sydney from San Francisco. We flew into a pretty nasty rain storm that really bounced the plane around. Sydney has been getting hammered with bad weather for the last two weeks and we’re hoping that the latest (hurricane force winds and rain) abates before we transit through again on Saturday.

The trip to Oz is not a trip for the faint of heart, even with smooth flights the total travel time it took us to go from our home in Erie, PA to our hotel in Perth, West Australia was 40 hours. However, other than the length of travel and the shaky landing into Sydney our trip went very well.

It is pretty much the middle of winter here and Perth is a brisk 55 degrees Farenheight during the daytime and 40 degrees at night. The biggest difference is that it is bright and sunny all day long, so a long sleeve sweater is really all you need.

Sunday we traveled south to Fremantle (Freo), which is a port city, to check out some of the markets. More to come… … - J