First day in Oz

We arrived today (Tuesday the 22nd) at 6:30am this morning, Aus time, after our
14 hour flight. The flight was pretty good, kinda bump at some points
but not scary. It was three seats on each side and three seats in the
middle. We had a three-seater middle isle to ourselves, so I was able
to lay down a little bit, but didn't sleep very well. We only got
about 5 hours or so in of sleep. We did watch a couple movies and they
fed us, so overall it was good.

Australia looks pretty similar to the US. It's green and there are
lots of trees, it's mountainy/hilly. We had a
two-hour drive back to Mark's parents house. The driving, or riding I
should say, on the left side of the road wasn't as weird-feeling as I
thought. Took me a little while to remember that his dad was driving
on the right side of the car. That was the weird part, to me. It got a
little scary riding on the smaller roads, but I think I will get used
to it pretty quick.

We picked up meat pies on the way to his parents house. They are
really tender beef with gray in a little pie, mine had mashed potato
on top! YUM! I also tried a bite of a bacon and cheese one and a curry
one. They were all good but I like the potato one the best. PS the
ketchup "tomato sauce" tasted pretty close to ours so there's one
worry I can do away with haha.

After lunch we went over to our house. I LOVE IT! It is so cute! It
has hard-wood floors, a very nice kitchen and a back room that has
lots of windows and get a lovely breeze. The weather was pretty nice
today, only about 65 F. Windy but nice. The house is in a residential
neighborhood in a nice town, and when you pull up to it, it's pretty
much below the road, down a hill. It's weird, though, because when you
go in, go in the kitchen and look out the back window you are high up
and there is a pretty view of a farm and field behind the house and
hills in the background. There are cows back there and you can
hear them mooing. There is lots of birds "chattering" outside and
combined with the cows mooing, the sound is so calming and nice. With
the bright windows, the good breeze and the sounds outside, the back
room is my favorite! I will do a video tour of the house and take lots
of pictures to show.


I think I'm gonna like it here! 

HALLOWEEN!

 Something Mark and I share, is a love for costumes! So, naturally, we had to have a different costume for each day Halloween was celebrated. Since Halloween was on a Monday, we dressed up on Friday, Saturday and Monday. The Shanty in Cardiff is big on Halloween, taking many photos and posting them on the walls all year long. We went all out on our costumes to ensure we made it on the wall! Great Halloween!

Friday - Frankenstein and his bride

Saturday - Smurfs

Monday - 70's Glam

Vegas!

Pool @ the MGM Grand

Playing some Blackjack

Bellagio fountain show