We arrived in Melbourne (flew on a new A-380 -- nice!) on time (those flights don’t have much room for error!), cleared customs quickly and picked up our rental car. I asked Miranda to keep an eye on me for a while as it had been 3 years since I’d driven in Australia. I do have an Aussie Driver Licence (their spelling!) but every time I come back it still feels like I’m “driving on the wrong side of the road”! The boys fell asleep in the car on the way in to Genna’s (Miranda’s sister) house. We took our time because I wanted to stop at a store in the “CBD” to get some of my favorite coffee –“midnight oil” is its name. Alas, the store was gone, NO COFFEE!
We arrived home and the boys woke, they were now officially on the new time zone. They are perfect travelers. No one was home so we unpacked leisurely. Ron called on his iPhone 4 from New York and we stood our iPhone up on the desk and FaceTimed with him for 30 minutes as we were putting things away; excellent smooth picture, simultaneous audio, to someone 10,000 miles away – amazing technology, oh yeah, and free, too!
We went to the store and stocked up on TimTams, Vegemite, Magnums, VitaWheats, and other Aussie fare that we can’t get in New York. It’s always fun exploring a grocery store in a different country.
Miranda had a great reunion with her family when they all arrived home later that evening.
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