Arrival

Kousman says:
We have arrived!!! About 12 hours ago we landed in hot and sunny Sydney Australia and we are the better for it! The flight was great really: we chatted and played games for about the first two hours, slept for the next 10 and watched our respective entertainment programs (Pat – No Country For Old Men, Me – The Simpsons & Jamie At Home) for the last two. The always wonderful and charming Nicholas Cobb picked us up and we made our way to our brand new home – Neutral Bay, New South Wales! This is a beautiful neighbourhood, great residential architecture, plenty of shops close by and only a short drive (or a great fitness walk) from Sydney’s downtown core. We walked EVERYWHERE today!! Well maybe not everywhere (we didn’t get to Newtown, the alleged “vintage clothes” district, if you know what I mean) but we definitely got our feel for the lay of the land. Nick has graciously opened up his (FANTASTIC) flat to us for the majority of our trip, so I am yet again reminded of the relentless and seemingly boundless generosity of the growing catalogue of wonderful friends I have around the world. His roommate, Clémont is not here because he’s working. What does he do, you ask? Oh, well he works for the richest man in Australia. He is the chief steward on his yacht. No. I am not lying. Tomorrow Nick’s sister Justine’s ex-boyfriend, the pilot, is going to take us all up in an airplane to see Sydney Harbour as the birds do. It’s a tough life.

And for those of you who are interested in our strange LOST-related occurrences, our flight number was 108. Think about it…


Connzo here:
Hello and Kudos to you all!
This is my first official blog-related post. It both doth excite and intrigue me. Telly has so succinctly reviewed our first day in what appears to be a true paradise. We were blessed with high temperatures and sunny skies as we embarked on an Australian-style walk-about throughout Sydney’s bustling districts. We stopped only to buy ridiculously colored retro-style shorts, which I believed would come in handy throughout the trip. We finished the afternoon in one of Neutral Bay’s many parks “fitnessing,” which in this case involved the tossing the ol’ circular disc around. We proceeded to the local grocer to purchase locally grown fowl, which we paired with an $8 Shiraz. Stories were passed across the table, which told of great times past and exciting times to come. We now look forward to a bright shorts-filled trip that contains hints of both ridiculousness and extreme frivolity.