Moving north

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It’s early. Really early. The good part about cheap, early flights happened when we purchased the flights and enjoyed the cheap fares we had received. The bad part? Waking up for the flights. This one that we’re currently on, from Sydney to Brisbane, was a 6:20 flight, which meant waking up at 4am to leave David’s by 4:30, walk (yes walk… have you caught on to how cheap we are?) to the airport and be checked in by 5:30ish. Barf. The sad part is, it’s not our earliest flight. We have another that is about the same time from London to Venice and a pleasant 5:15 from Tel Aviv to London. Thank goodness Kris manages to sleep ok on planes. Me? I trudge through.
Our last day in Sydney was a good day. After getting a great night sleep Friday night and saying our goodbyes to Tegan, we did a couple loads of laundry (which we felt we earned) and made our way one last time to the city. Found some good Middle East clothes options for Kris, picked up a thank you gift for David and got down to Paddy’s Market in Chinatown. Paddy’s Market is like an endless strip and maze of kiosks of just about anything you can think of. Being at lower prices than other stores and being a Saturday afternoon, it was a zoo!! But we managed to find suitable trinkets and get out before we went crazy. The rest of the afternoon was spent roaming all over the city for a tacky souvenir shop (harder to find then we figured) to grab our Sydney magnet and move on. After a proper dinner at a yummy pizza/pasta joint we hit the sack early and called it a week.
We are extremely grateful for the awesome hospitality of our good Aussie friends, David and Tegan. We told them that any time they could find their way to the states and Chicago, we’d show them an awesome time. Till then, our gratefulness and trinket gifts will have to suffice. On to Brisbane!

(Pictures: Kris at Patty's Market, a beautiful church in Hyde Park, old men playing HUGE chess)