Kathy Brown, Author at BATW

By Kathy BrownMay 3, 20190

Welcome to Auckland!

Welcome to the Auckland house! Our first and only actual house of the trip and we loved, loved, loved it. Our house was in a little town called Birkenhead just north of downtown Auckland it was perfect. We were all pleasantly surprised by how spacious the…

By Kathy BrownApril 29, 20190

Love, Melbourne

When we first started planning Australia, we originally thought we might just visit Sydney. We received some strong recommendations to visit Melbourne, and I’m so glad we did. The two cities are so very different. I liked Sydney, but it wasn’t anything special for me…

By Kathy BrownApril 26, 20190

Family: Australia (Sydney and Melbourne)

After Japan, we were all looking forward to a slower pace in Australia, and that is just what we got! We were in Australia for a total of 6-weeks, 3 in Sydney and 3 in Melbourne. During our time in Sydney, my Dad actually came…

By Kathy BrownApril 22, 20190

Faith: Australia (Sydney and Melbourne)

Australia has been an interesting country to visit for my Faith research. In both Sydney and Melbourne, I didn’t find many churches in my walkabouts, which led me to research a bit more about Australia. Although there is no established church or religion, the vast…

By Kathy BrownApril 20, 20190

Food: Australia (Sydney and Melbourne)

Welcome to Coles! The most welcoming grocery store since Amsterdam. It didn’t take long to become familiar with Coles, which is the local grocery store in Australia. The logo caught my eye first, because it looks very much like the Target logo. Even Nolan thought…

By Kathy BrownApril 20, 20190

Happy Easter!

We’ve tried to keep up the fun tradition of the holidays while traveling and Easter was no different. Being in Australia, we had tons of options and overall, it was an amazing Easter weekend. First, I gotta say, I was totally impressed with the Easter…

By Kathy BrownApril 12, 20190

Just a Quick Flight Down to Melbourne

Since we were in Australia for 6-weeks we decided to split our time between Sydney and Melbourne. We’d received a lot of feedback that the two cities were very different and worth exploring. So we took a short (about an hour) domestic flight to Melbourne…

By Kathy BrownApril 10, 20190

Sincerely, Sydney

Sydney was a chance to settle for me and I really needed it after Tokyo. I was in really rough shape heading into Sydney and I knew I needed to find some balance and reconnect to ‘me.’ My dad also visited us in Sydney and…

By Kathy BrownMarch 23, 20190

G’Day Mate, from Sydney!

Greetings from down under. We’ve made it to Australia and finally back to a western-style home. After three months in Asia, I was very happy to return to all the luxuries of a western-style home. Welcome to Rosebery, a suburb about 3-miles south of downtown…

By Kathy BrownMarch 22, 20190

Friends Make the World Go Round

After traveling for 9-months, the feeling of isolation has set in. We’ve greatly enjoyed this experience but dearly miss our friends and family. Along the way, we’ve had friends visit us, which honestly has really kept us going during a few tough moments. In July…