Saturday, February 23, 2013

Mom and Dad Come to visit TandA!

Our 3rd and 4th Visitors!!!!!!
It was a fun 2 weeks with mom and dad.  



Walking, hiking, eating, cooking, riding boats, wildlife, swimming, big ducks....where do we being! 
Ok lets start with just Sydney Adventures

Mom and dad started with a day in manly beach!

They were lucky enough to be jet lagged, and woke up for the 5am sun rise.


Onto the next Manly experience....

 Alex "grilling"

We had a great time cooking with the family. The whole fish on the grill was a new one! ( and yes it was delicious)


While T & A were off working - Mom and Dad had lots to explore.
They were in town to see the Big duck!  





None the less, it was also the Hottest day in Sydney History 113 degrees F 
Well since we have no AC-  we took them to the beach and all had a nice cool ocean swim! 

Onto the highlight of Sydney - The opera house!  We took a tour and saw two shows!  





The Opera house from the balcony



The harbor bridge

Mom and Dad also experienced the "birds"  - who are not shy!  Tea for Two please! 

Onto the hikes- this was Bondi to Coogee walk, its a shame it rained!   But we made it!
Ah, all dry and back home for some home made Mussels! 

We even had a bit of Torrone! 
Our next hike- was much sunnier!  
This was Watson's Bay
They have such a beautiful view of the city!  Mom and Dad look postcard perfect!

We travel alot via ferry....
Mom and Dad took a "few" photos



It was alot of walking
So much, that we decided to show Mom and Dad Sydney via "Model" in the custom's house.





Oh and how can we forget- We also experienced a WIN from the ravens.....The family celebrated!



Stay tuned for Part 2: the great ocean road; koalas; australian open and Melbourne! 


Saturday, December 1, 2012

T and A Do Thanksgiving

Apparently Australia does not celebrate Thanksgiving, but WE DO!

Soo we hosted our first Thanksgiving!  
Yep using the couch as extra chairs.

Table set, Turkey on the grill, soo good!


A perfect turkey!  
First try, no big deal...

 
A homemade feast all from scratch!
Mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, stuffing, gravy, turkey, calamari, shrimp, green beans, sausage, cranberry sauce...

And friends!
5 Americans, 2 Ausies, 2 Frenchies, and 1 English.

Dinner done, time for desert, pumpkin pie and carrot cake!


All done!  Time to relax on the balcony with some wine.

A great Oz Thanksgiving!


Monday, November 26, 2012

Britt & Sara come to visit.....a few months ago!

Apologizes to my brother- in law and future sister in law - for the late post! But better late than never!

 Welcome to a land down under!


Day 1- Let's go whale watching
 I see them! 
The waves were rough, I hope they didn't get sea sick like the rest of the boat did!



Day 2 - Britt's birthday! Happy 28th Birthday Britt

A surprise cheese cake from Sara! 



Day 3- Britt and Sara get engaged!  She said yes! Congrats

 What a fun celebration at a very chilly restaurant

Overlooking the Sydney Bridge, great views!


Onto - our typical Sydney hike.

Watch out Sara!


That is better!  What a cute couple


Onto sibling rivalry - Who can do the most dips!
Looks like Britt is winning....



End of the visit- Palm Beach!  
Thanks for coming to visit Britt & Sara- we will see you soon

Saturday, November 3, 2012

T and A Go Island Hopping! But to what Island?



Yep, FIJI soo gorgeous, and yes they drink Fiji water in Fiji!!!
We apologize in advance for this post to the people in the tri-state area that read our blog.     
Life is good down under!

Our thoughts and prayers are with your friends and families and our middle fingers are with Sandy.


Stayed at the Intercontinental awesome first class resort!!


Resort classy, T and A not soo much...  
It's no tambourine, but it will do...

BULA!! 
Means Welcome!

This is going to be a good 4 days....


A little golf, don't mind if we do....
Really tough course lost about 12 balls on 9 holes...
On this one I actually hit the ball straight, but it landed in a pond, luckily a local boy was in said pond and found my ball, Fiji was a little random that way.


And now a horse just wandering on to the tee box...


T lining up her winning shot...  


Yes, T won, and she was very excited!

No pro golfing, but maybe paddle board?

 Much better outcome...




After all of this activity it's pool time!


Ok bath time! Yep bath tub on the balcony!  
Thank you Intercontinental very much!





















Yeah  just hanging out in the trees at sunset.


Tree time over, fire show time!
Every sun down there was a fire ceremony.  
Happy Hour and a fire show hard to beat!

 T makes a friend...
After touching the frog T was not feeling well, but there was hope...

Locals recommended wine and turtle beer, Vonu!
A good end to a great trip!