We made it!

Wow - we're finally here! What a beautiful place!

The trip here went surprising well, although we got off to a bit of a rocky start. We left for T.O. a little later than we would have liked and after quite a few stops (dinner, bathroom breaks etc.) only made it to Emma's house close to 2 a.m.

The next day we took public transport to Pearson and flew out on time. Oliver finally got to sleep at about 9 p.m. and was so tired he actually slept through the entire landing! He only woke up once we put him onto his stroller to change planes at LAX.

The L.A. flight was delayed by about an hour, so we didn't actually take off until about 4 a.m. Montreal time, but we all managed to stay awake. The Qantas gang took really great care of us and after a nice dinner (about an hour into the flight) we all feel asleep and managed to get between 5-6 hours of rest. We landed in Sydney this morning at 8 a.m. local time and it is 4:15 p.m. as I write this and although we are tired we are all still awake. I think we will sleep well tonight but I think the effects of the jet lag will be minimal.

We are staying in a great hostel right in the middle of downtown. The facilities are spotless and our room has a double bed with a single bunk above. There is a full restaurant-sized stainless steel kitchen for our use and great hot showers! (I cannot remember the last time a shower felt as good as it did this afternoon after we finally checked into our room!)

We walked around the city a little today and got a feel for where everything is. It is a beautiful city and it was a fantastic day weather-wise. It's hard to believe that it is the middle of their winter as the sun was shining and it must've hit 20 degrees.

Tomorrow we are talking about hitting the Taronga zooand the aquarium later on in the week. Thursday we are flying to Melbourne to continue our adventure...