The past month was full of all types of firsts. Below are the highlights. Up next? Melbourne Easter weekend and Hunter Valley the following weekend.
Sydney
Manly Beach
Taronga Zoo
Aquarium
Mardi Gras (Harbour, Mardi Gras Party, Parade, Frisky, Love Muscle, Extra Dirty & Toy Box)
Cairns
Cape Tribulation
Daintree Rainforest
Diving & snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef
Fraser Island Camping
Maheno ship wreak
Eli creek
Indian head
Lake [...]
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As of this week, I’ve been living in Sydney for 6 months, which means I’ve been out of the U.S. for almost 9 months. Incredible how fast that time has gone.
Today was my last full week of work for a little over 3 weeks. Next week I have friends and family visiting, which I’m extremely [...]
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This article in the Sydney Morning Herald and its comments provided incredible insight to the old (and tired) Sydney vs Melbourne debate.
More importantly, the author raises an incredibly interesting question whether more attractive, but less intelligent people tend to gravitate to beach cities like Barcelona, Miami and Sydney.
Hmmm…certainty worth pondering.
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It’s hard to believe that I’ve been in Sydney for only 11 days. It feels much longer, perhaps because I’ve I arrived on September 11th, started work on September 13th and spent the first 8 days in hotels while looking for an apartment.
Well, I’m happy to report that I’m now renting a room from a [...]
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Music has the powerful ability to elicit memories. Personally, I love music that has a lot of vocals. I remember reading an article that said music preference is an excellent indicator to personality type. Specifically, it noted that most people that like vocal heavy music are extroverts. They feel more connected to people through [...]
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I depart London for Athens in a few hours. London has been great, but I’m extremely excited for Greece (Athens & Santorini) since it will be my first time in both cities.
I remember finding it difficult to comprehend the historical significance of Rome both times I visited. Athens has been continuously inhabited for at least [...]
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Thursday is my last day in Barcelona, so I´ve been busy saying goodbye to friends and getting ready for the crazy month of travel ahead of me.
BCN> London> Athens> Mykonos> Santorini> Istanbul> Thailand> Sydney
TRAVEL SCHEDULE
London 8/13- 8/17
Greece 8/17- 8/22
Turkey 8/22- 8/29
Thailand 8/29- 9/10
Sydney 9/10 [...]
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Yesterday my friend’s Jose, Paul, Nik and I went to Matinee’s 2nd annual Summer Festival party at a water park along the coast of the Mediterranean (about 20 min outside Barcelona). Thousands of people partying all day and night. It was incredible. Below are a few photos.
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My Arrival
The flight from Chicago to Dublin was uneventful, other than a young girl puking twice during the flight. She was sitting only 3 rows behind me so I smelled the pungent aroma until the attendants worked their magic (side note: flight attendants don’t’ get paid nearly enough money for what they have to deal [...]
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Dublin has been a lot of fun. I’ll write a detailed post on it soon. For now, I’m focused on Barcelona. Why?
I think I’ll be OK.
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