6.27.06
Brisbane
We got up at 2:45 this morning to take off to Brisbane. Eating breakfast at 4 a.m. is pretty disorienting, but Nate and I were still able to make some fine food art at the breakfast table. Australia lost their advancing spot in the World Cup matches due to a crappy penalty kick given to Italy 30 seconds before the end of the match. Needless to say, the whole country is a little sad today, and I’m not Italian for another week or so.
Brisbane is a nice city. The Brisbane River snakes around in the city, making for a pretty landscape, but very difficult navigation. We are staying at the Hilton, which is located smack in the middle of the downtown retail district. The streets here are all name after kings and queens of England and they run similarly to the way avenues and streets normally do, which made it easy to get around on foot.
The best part of my day was coming back to my room to find chocolates and champagne (but you have to say champagne like The Continental or it’s no fun) from Alex, who is hands down the most awesome person alive. I won the manfriend lottery.
Another superb highlight of the day was the awesome dinner at the Hilton and our family excursion on the crazy streets of Brisbane afterwards. We saw many statues and funny water fountains.
We got up at 2:45 this morning to take off to Brisbane. Eating breakfast at 4 a.m. is pretty disorienting, but Nate and I were still able to make some fine food art at the breakfast table. Australia lost their advancing spot in the World Cup matches due to a crappy penalty kick given to Italy 30 seconds before the end of the match. Needless to say, the whole country is a little sad today, and I’m not Italian for another week or so.
Brisbane is a nice city. The Brisbane River snakes around in the city, making for a pretty landscape, but very difficult navigation. We are staying at the Hilton, which is located smack in the middle of the downtown retail district. The streets here are all name after kings and queens of England and they run similarly to the way avenues and streets normally do, which made it easy to get around on foot.
The best part of my day was coming back to my room to find chocolates and champagne (but you have to say champagne like The Continental or it’s no fun) from Alex, who is hands down the most awesome person alive. I won the manfriend lottery.
Another superb highlight of the day was the awesome dinner at the Hilton and our family excursion on the crazy streets of Brisbane afterwards. We saw many statues and funny water fountains.
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