So the picture is of Flinders street Station. A famous train station. The buildings of Melbourne are incredible to look at. A wonderful mix of old and modern My hotel is only a few blocks from this station. So today is an early day as we are going on the Puffing Billy Steam Train (the oldest in Australia). Our bus tours leaves from the city and we are first taken to a picnic area in the Danendongs Mountains. Here we have Billy Tea, and are able to hand feed the...

So after the movie, I take the nice sleeping pills that two nights previously had me stumbling around like a drunken sailor, complete with swearing, and tossing my cookies in the bathroom. Not a nice reaction to the meds. However, I was trying to stay vertical and pack things at the time. This time I chose to remain seated and wrapped in a blanket with an air sickness bag in my hand, just in case it wasn't a fluke thing. Some nine hours later I awake refreshed, t...

Ok, so I'm late in making this entry, and the picture is of Alcatraz not LAX (Lost Angeles International Airport). Let me tell you, I HATED LAX. I will do everything in my scope of abilities to avoid this place. It was old, dirty and yes, I'm spoiled by MacNamara in Detroit. Let me back up a bit. Tuesday, December 11 was a comedy of errors. All the little things were going wrong, from a project I was working on, to banking, to the new Ipod I bought for the trip....

So less than 24 hours and I've a million little things to do and no time for them all. Updating the Ipod, repacking the carry-on, visit to the bank and I'm calling it good. Christmas cards are going to be postcards from downunder this year. I've already packed the labels. Five plus hours to LA then 15.5 to Melbourne. I leave on the 11th and arrive on the 13th. How's that for a mind twister? When next I write, I will either be sitting in LAX with a Starbuck's P...