Happy New Year everyone! Although, New Years came 16 hours earlier for me than it did for a lot of you - it was so weird to call mom & dad at 4:00 pm my time, yelling Happy New Year!
So...where to begin? Getting here ended up being a bit of a debacle, (for more info see Elliot's Blog!) but I think we managed to stay in pretty good spirits. Here's a shot of us landing in Sydney on one of our stop overs, the line in the center of the picture is the coastline.
Once finally in Melbourne, Elliot & I checked into the Westin Melbourne right smack in the middle of the city for New Years Eve!New Years in Melbourne is an all out party - in a matter of a few hours, the streets went from a basic ghost-town to a party every few steps. Federation Square, right along the Yarra river, could have put Times Square to shame (slight exaggeration possible here)...complete with a fireworks show.
Our adventure included a trek to find a bar...any bar...something that
would welcome us thirsty souls to ring in the new year. Elliot came prepared with a "Map of Bars" he had found on his ventures earlier in the day...although we are now convinced that this was a tourist trap - think along the lines of "here's the map to the pool on the roof of your high school!" We walked and walked and walked, and none of the bars listed on this map were there! It was a comedy show! We eventually landed at the Crown Casino Complex - now this could rival a vegas casino, no exaggeration here. It was endless, with two full casino floors, and an endless number of bars! Here's our first pic of 2007!
The Apartment
Finally - while most of you were coutning down to midnight, Elliot, Jay, Jenn & I were checking into our room at the Grand Mercure. I"ll let the video of the view from our balcony speak for itself.
This is where we will call home for the next 6 weeks! Happy New Year to us!
Here's a link to the photoset of pics I've taken so far, including more of the apartment, and some more of New Years!
That's all for now folks, time to try to get more sleep. Miss you all! Mwahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
6 comments:
You're here! Yay!
Glad you like my city :)
Hope you've been enjoying youself!
Tell Elliot I have a bridge to sell him in Australia. It's probably located right on his map.
The place looks amazing. Hope you guys have a blast!
Hi Guys!
Your pics are great and that apartment is UNREAL!!! So jealous but in a really good way :) I'm so glad you guys are having fun and I cannot wait to read more entries....be safe and have a blast!!
love you and miss you!!
xoxo
Hope you are having a wonderful time!! Happy New Year.... I thought of you guys at 12:00...miss ya!! love you xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo....
Wow girl, your new crib looks amazing! I am so happy for you and so glad I can read about your activities down under via this blog. Miss you and can't wait to hear more stories. Congrats again to you and Elliot. Happy 2007!
OK babes, I'm turning to you now. What classes are you taking? When did the little world conquerer get the cajones to make him the luckiest guy EVER??
And I thought you were going to Sydney??
Well who cares glad you're having a blast and CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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