Monday, December 24, 2007

Tuesday, Dec 25, 2007

MERRY CHRISTMAS! I woke up to this this morning:

Festive, huh?

We wished Sean safe and fast travels this morning at 9, and Jef and I shared some crumptes and we made omelets. I made phone calls to my family who was celebrating on Christmas Eve--still interesting to think that my Christmas morning was your Christmas Eve.

Anywho, around noon I decided to check out the Zoo, The Melbourne Zoo--and what a good decision that was.

Gary, Jef and I had a blast. The zoo was huge and well-stocked, gorgeous weather to enjoy them in, and loads of indigenous animals. Among them I saw giraffes, koala, kangaroos, a platypus, gorgeous butterflies, a rhino snake, all sorts of monkeys, elephants, and the list goes on.

Koalas are perhaps the cutest creatures on the earth, even though I hear they can be quite vicious. The roos walk with the entire aid of their humongous tail, and hop all over the place. I have videos to share, but may have to wait until I'm stateside to show everyone--it'll take about a month to show you all everything I'm sure.

We spend about 4 hours at the park. I'm not sure what we have planned for the evening--I might head to the beach to see if there are any celebrations on St. Kildas, which is the local beach for Melbourne-ers.

My Grampians trip is tomorrow and I'm excited. The following days will be comprised of climbing, seeing some of the friends I've made at gyms and possibly checking out some local spots for some beers and food. I submitted an answer to a restaurant's trivia of the week (I might win a burger). What movie is this from: "Shoot the glass"

MERRY CHRISTMAS AGAIN! I MISS YOU ALL HEAPS

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good to hear from you and glad everything is going great! Nice commentary on the koalas by the way, of course they were your fav and they're not conceited or anything. Have a safe flight, and stay well!
-Jenn