It seemed simple enough: leave on a 5:30pm flight to Toronto, zip over to another gate for my flight to Sydney (with a stop-over in Vancouver), sleep/read/gameboy my way across the pacific ocean and wake up to find myself in some sort of sub-tropical paradise.
Here’s what actually happened.
(I’m going to cut this into three parts [...]
Archive for February, 2008
The Journey Begins
February 29, 2008Finally! Pictures!
February 24, 2008Okay! It’s the first day of classes, and I’ve finally dragged my arse into the library at school with my laptop, so I can post a few pictures of the trip I took last weekend. Over the next few days I’ll take a little time to write about that particular adventure in more detail. I [...]
Good times, good times.
February 19, 2008Sorry about the general slow start of this blog, folks. I’ve been checking out internet options yesterday and today, and my wallet is already crying in agony. I’m even considering just saying “screw it!” to internet at home, relying on campus wireless instead – but this would make using skype to talk to family and [...]
I HAVE ARRIVED!
February 15, 2008After the longest freaking plane ride EVER I have arrived safely in Sydney. It feels like a big city at home, but with a liberal sprinkling of tropical paradise thrown in for fun.
My apartment is a little divey, but it has everything I need and lots of blessed, blessed counter space in the kitchen.
Will give [...]
The Blogging Begins…
February 4, 2008Howdy!
I’m Cass, and this is my travel blog for my semester abroad in Sydney, Australia.
At least once a week I’ll write a post here about the more amusing and/or embarrassing things that are happening to me. Likely to be included are such topics as: Cass gets lost on the public transit system, Cass is attacked [...]
