Archive for June, 2008
First Day in the “Halls”
June 29, 2008
12:45 PM (Australian time- whatever the abbreviation for that is)
So I made it to Australia… finally. I’m in my room in the dorms or “halls of residence” as they call it here. The flight was good. It actually wasn’t that bad.
Although the flight from Los Angeles to Sydney was 14 hours, it wasn’t too terrible. I actually got a good seat, in that I was sitting behind a bulkhead separating first class from economy so I ended up with a little extra room and nobody sitting in front of me. I also had a window seat and therefore the best option for taking naps. I watched bits and pieces of several movies. I think they showed like 5 movies. I also slept several times. The Sydney airport is actually pretty nice, based on the little bit that I was able to see. I had to chill in the Sydney airport for a couple of hours before I re-boarded United flight 839 (I believe it was a different plane than the first tho). We were delayed for a little while in Sydney while we waited for planes to clear the way and planes to land. But we did go up and an hour later we were in Melbourne. In Melbourne I had to go through immigration, wait for a significant amount of time to pick up my baggage, and then clear customs. By this point it was over an hour past the time that I had informed the University that I’d be arriving. But luckily there was still a driver for Monash there who was picking up another individual, so I was able to get a ride as well. I then arrived, checked in, listened to and got a bunch of information and was handed my room keys.
I’m Here! (in Australia)
So below are some bits of writing that I did on the way to Australia. Enjoy!
Friday, June 27 2008
11:00 am (EST)
So I’m sitting here in Washington DC right now, when I’m supposed to be on a flight to Australia. Why? Well take a guess. My flight was late. My flight from Washington-Dulles was supposed to leave at 7:05 pm on Thursday, but it was delayed by 2 and a half hours, thereby making me most definitely miss my connecting flight out of LA. So, instead of flying to LA and arriving there late only to spend the night there and wait all day for the only flight to Melbourne which is at the same time everyday, I decide to stay at IAD. We have some family friends here who were kind enough to pick me up from the airport and let me spend the night.
Now I have a flight from IAD to LAX at 2:51pm. I just hope this flight isn’t delayed, but just in case, I have up to 5 hours leeway. So 5 hours flight TO LAX, 5 hours IN LAX, and another 15 or so hours to Melbourne. Fun stuff.
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