Australia Adventure, December 4th-15th

G'Day Mates! Welcome to my Great Australian Adventure with Oprah Winfrey and five of my closest friends...not to mention the other 400 or so that will be traveling "Down Under" with us!!

We are extremely excited to begin this "Once in a Lifetime" opportunity, but also wanted to be able to share it with so many of our students, colleagues, family and friends back home in the US!

We are flying out to LA on Dec. 4th, staying overnight at the LAX Westin, spending the day in LA, and then heading to the airport sometime in the late afternoon. Details to follow once we know exactly what is happening as much of this has been a secret and will remain so until the moment it happens!

So, stay tuned and keep checking this blog... it was created for all of you to share in our amazing good fortune!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Day 1, Sydney

G'Day Mates!!  We have arrived in Sydney and it is absolutely amazing!! They rolled out the "Red Carpet"(literally) for us and we are in awe of the hospitality and the beautiful sights and sounds of our 5 star hotel and surroundings.  We had a welcome reception with buffet lunch, divided into smaller groups where we found out where our 4 day excursion would take us.  More on that later as we have to keep it under wraps due to the intensive media coverage...the airport coverage was overwhelming! 
In the afternoon, the groups broke up and some of us went on a walking tour and some of us went to the Sydney Opera House.
At five, we all met in the lobby to take a harbor cruise with appetizers over to the Taronga Zoo where we had a private tour of the zoo. We had our pictures taken with a Koala Bear and then a buffet dinner during sunset overlooking Sydney Harbor!!


As you can see, we do not have much down time!!  Every moment is filled with an eloquent adventure and to end our first day, we had to pack for our next 4 day personal excursion!!  Details on that later...stay tuned!

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  1. Looks great. I did check every building and we can view your blog in each building. Have a great time!
    Larry

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  2. We are here freezing and you folks are sucking up the sun--looks like fun!

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