May 23rd : Arrival To Melbourne

Well hello everyone ! Hope everything is going well in the U.S. Today we arrived to Melbourne at 8:10 in the morning. We never saw May 22, 2012. The plane ride surprisingly was very smooth and nice. We we got on the plane at night in LA, a few minutes upon boarding on the plane I fell asleep so I don't even remember taking off from L.A. I soon woke up to passengers eating a meal, but I just did not eat and went back to sleep. I think you can say I already had what they call "jet lag." On the plane ride there were some things that went down. Shane, who was sitting next to me was out like a rock, we shook his seat, pushed him an no response, I at least made sure he was breathing, and sure enough he was still alive! Kaycie who was to the right of me had some other guy sitting in front of her that kept putting his chair up and down. She was getting annoyed! Do ya blame her? Also our plane had digital tv's right in front of us so we were able to see our plane flying, the degrees up in the air, seat chat, games, and movies! Can you say we were entertained? I think so! It was awesome! I also experienced the bathrooms on the planes.. they were quite interesting. I have no clue what time it was at night but everyone was asleep and tho thought I was stuck in the bathroom! I pulled on like three different handles and still was not getting out of the bathroom. Finally I pushed on the door and well... IT OPENED! Thank the lord!

Kangaroo at the zoo

After we arrived to Melbourne, we went through customs which was easier than I thought it would be, then we met with our tour guide and were on our way . Oh did I mention that my luggage was at the baggage claim! It was like Christmas, I was so happy to see it! Anyways back to the tour, next stop was to Healesville Sanctuary. This was a zoo! e saw so many animals. We saw kangaroos, dingos (dog like creatures), and a variety of birds. It was a great experience and took many pictures! One last fact I learned from the ladies at the gift store was that Thomas Crapper invented the crapper! Fun fact huh? This stop that we made to the zoo is one stop that I will remember, and learned various facts to apply to other experiences on this trip!

Feeding a bird at the zoo

Well so long mates, we are about to check into our first hotel in Australia! Sorry for all the delays this blog is actually a day later than I wanted.

So long mates !
Kara

A few of the winerys in Australia