We came from a land down under! What is there not to love about Australia. The gorgeous coastline, the Sydney Opera House, the Great Ocean Road, kangaroos, incredible birds… and a visit from Papaw Isenberg!
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…
Nolan has been talking a lot about returning home and going to school. He’s always been a thinker, he has thoughts and ideas and he expresses them unlike most 5-year olds. In the last few weeks, he’s been talking a lot about school. He’s repeatedly…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…