Last Night In Sydney, Off to Queensland

Today was my last day in Sydney until the last night of the trip. It was a fun one. Started the day by heading to the Harbour Bridge and walking across of it. The Harbour Bridge overlooks the Sydney Harbour (Big Surprise!!!) and gives you amazing views of Sydney. There is an option to do a bridge climb where you actually go in a group and get to the top of the bridge. Amazingly, my mom did this while she was here in Sydney. But the plain walk across the bridge was just fine and very nice. Than just started wandering around Sydney all day and just checking it out. Sydney is a great city. The only international city that I have been to where I would even consider living. It is just gorgeous and extremely vibrant.

At one point in the day, about 2:30 local time here, I stumbled across this bar where they were showing Monday Night Football. So, I popped in for a quick look and came across this Aussie guy in shirt and tie having a beer at lunch who was a huge "gridiron" fan. That is what they call football. Funny enough, Mike Vick was his favorite player. After that, just walked around The Rocks and much of Sydney's different districts. Tonight, Todd and Debbie took me to the best Thai restaurant I have ever been to, Spice I Am. Story goes it was the local favorite before the Sydney Herald food critic wrote about the place and called it "the best thai restaurant in Sydney." It was amazingly flavorful. So, I type this blog before I head off to grab a beer. It is going to be nice tonight having my own room after sharing one last night in a hostel with a couple of crazy guys, one who snored his ass off. Took some of the casino winnings and got myself an upgrade. I have to say before last night I had been extremely lucky and fortunate. Have met a lot of cool people in the hostel rooms. Just like I have been extremely fortunate with the weather. Somebody is looking out for me. After the stint on the runway, every day has been majestically sunny.

Tomorrow, Debbie and I are heading off to Queensland. The northern coast of Australia. We will stay there 2 nights before jumping aboard a 3 day, 2 night sailing trip along the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef. It is going to be amazing.

SPECIAL THANKS TO DEBBIE AND TODD. They have been amazing hosts while here. They have consistently gone out of their way to make my time in Sydney fantastic.

Other Notes:

Todd Grandominico's bag and fleeces have made their way to Sydney, but were than taken hostage by aborigines protesting the treatment of Boss back in Atlanta.

Happy Birthday coming up to Gordon Burnett (aka Big).

Thanks to IBM for depositing my commission check.

The Icy Hot Stuntaz might not want me back after Elliott's results.

I want to hear more about Julie the night after the LSAT.