We finally made it to Australia!! The plane landed in Sydney at 7:00 am. We had to go through customs which were no big deal, than take a shuttle to our gate for our next plane which was to Brisbane! We had to go through security again where my bags and suitcases got checked because I had food in them.. ha. We had a 2 hour layover, which actually ended up being a 3 hour layover due to wind conditions. The plane to Brisbane was much smaller and there was a lot more turbulence. This flight was only an hour but turned into an hour and a half because the plane before us hit birds on their way down so they had to clear the runway. So while they cleared the run way we circled Brisbane while the pilot described the area around us.
We finally got off the plane, and went to the baggage claim. All of our luggage made it safe and sound! From the airport Alissa, Kristina, Lauren, Johnny, Brian and myself all took a Mexicab to our near by hotel in Brisbane. The poor little driver had to load all of our luggage into the van and didn't even get tipped for doing it because Australian's don't tip! Our hotel was pretty nice, very cheap, and over looked downtown Brisbane. Brisbane is pretty much a smaller, cleaner N.Y.C. The first thing we wanted to do was find a way to tell our families that we had landed but that wasn't as easy as it sounds. With internet being so 1995 slow and costing $2.00 for 15 minutes it was hard to contact them. As we were walking around downtown Brisbane we found a 7/11 that sold calling cards. We each bought one but of course they didn't work! After getting a bit to eat we continued to walk around and finally found a Vodafone store. A few of us got a pay as you go phone and called home right away. While we were walking an Australian stopped us and asked if we were from America. When we answered yes he yelled "OMG ITS SOOO OBVIOUS!" It didn't take long for the New York crew to stand out. We all headed back to the hotel and tried to stay up late to avoid jet lag.. well 7:00 rolled around and I was out like a light.
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