http://blogs.bootsnall.com/australia2006 Or Carrie and Elizabeth's Trip to Australia Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:50:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My flight karma has run out. I'm sure it's my fault for bragging about our AWESOME seats on the trip to Oz. My return flight is COMPLETELY full and I couldn't have picked a worse seat if I tried. As mean as I thought they were when ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/australia2006/flight-karma.html What do you do with your last day in Oz? If you're me, you go surfing. I'm hooked like a crackhead. I didn't get up much on this run, but it was the greatest way to spend my last few hours. Now I'm bruised all to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/australia2006/my-last-day-in-oz.html As I think I'm a rock star about half the time, I was SUPER excited about our Sydney pub crawl. And one of the beautiful things about staying with a friend is that your wardrobe options are expanded beyond the things you crammed in your backpack. Heather had ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/australia2006/sydney-pub-crawl.html The weather was a little sketchy for my last full day in Oz, so I didn't get my "full on" beach day. We got up and had a yummy breakfast at the Barking Frog in Manly. Elizabeth took off to the city and Heather, Hugo and I headed ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/australia2006/i-jumped-off-the-sydney-harbor-bridge.html If traveling to Sydney on Saturday or Sunday, be sure to visit at least one of the city's many markets. Paddy's market in Chinatown offers the usual gaudy trinkets, while the upscale market in Paddington (on the grounds of a gorgeous historic church) provides access to loads of local artists, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/australia2006/sydney-markets.html Everywhere we go, the Christmas season is in full swing in Sydney. Beyond the traditional trees and trimmings, the summertime version of the holiday offers a few unusual treats, like a rolling Gelato stand pumping "We Three Kings" and the St. Mary's Cathedral nativity scene, set in the middle of ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/australia2006/christmastime-in-sydney.html You've got to love a city that actually has Emergency Beer Delivery trucks. But for a city built by rum barons, I'm shocked at the lack of Captain Morgan. I'm very sorry for the Aussies that they don't have this nectar of the gods. Not that it ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/australia2006/emergency-beer-delivery.html The Manly ferry, while arguably the most gorgeous commutes in the world, seems very much like a cattle stampeed when loading. Heather, from the official BootsnAll Australia Blog, is being awesome to host us at her place in Manly. You couldn't ask for a better spot to crash in Sydney. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/australia2006/the-manly-stampeed.html It's really hard to put in to perspective going from sleeping in a hammock on a giant sand dune with a fire in the fireplace in the middle of a national park to an apartment in a city of four million, but that's what we've done. Today we said ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/australia2006/leaving-broadwater.html I don't want to leave Broadwater. Who would? This is the kind of place where you go to find things you didn't even know you lost. At home, it is IMPOSSIBLE to get the solitude the people here have every day. You can't get away from ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/australia2006/dead-nudibranches-and-other-aussie-wild-things.html