since our blog started for our travels around the world, we kind of forgot that it might be helpful to update from home.
so to everyone who doesn't know...we did make it home safely! we got back to San Diego on December 9th and promptly began celebrating the holidays in a non tropical zone. we ate Mexican food (the one type of food that cannot be found anywhere else in the world, that tastes good anyway). we bought a Christmas tree. we tried to unpack and organize.
thanks for following us on our trip. it was really fun to hear people say "oh I've been reading your blog!" because it made us feel like we weren't writing to ourselves. we might post more, so check back if you'd like to. currently we're sorting through 9,000 trip photos...so expect to see some of those...eventually.
Merry Christmas from the Callahans!
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
quick update from Australia!
we're almost all the way around the world! we've been having a lovely time in Australia. the weather hasn't been as lovely, but we still like it here. tomorrow we head to Fiji for a few final days of rest and beach before returning to the States.
we can hardly believe this trip is almost over. if we get a chance we'll recap Australia and Fiji. and we'll finally show some real pictures when we get home and have time to sort through the thousands on our portable hard drive. there are some treasures in there, I'm sure.
Sydney was a fantastic city, made all the better by gracious hosts. we got to stay with friends of a friend (we love it when strangers welcome you!). it was so fun to be in a home, with a proper kitchen and bathroom. plus we got to see their side of the city...including a house concert and Sunday church.
we took a mini road trip up the coast, where Jared did an impressive job of driving on the left side of the road. Sophie got pretty skilled at spotting kangaroos from the passenger seat! and reading maps of Oz.
after an adventurous 2 days, we made it to some family near Byron Bay. it's been so wonderful to reconnect with Sophie's cousin and her husband and kids, since she hasn't seen them since they relocated across the world 8 years ago! They've had fun telling embarrassing childhood stories of Sophie. we've seen a lot of rain and surf lifesaving competitions, but luckily the rain held off today for a bout of town walking.
tomorrow we make our second to last flight. we've passed the 80 day mark...only 3 left to go.
talk to you from the States!
we can hardly believe this trip is almost over. if we get a chance we'll recap Australia and Fiji. and we'll finally show some real pictures when we get home and have time to sort through the thousands on our portable hard drive. there are some treasures in there, I'm sure.
Sydney was a fantastic city, made all the better by gracious hosts. we got to stay with friends of a friend (we love it when strangers welcome you!). it was so fun to be in a home, with a proper kitchen and bathroom. plus we got to see their side of the city...including a house concert and Sunday church.
we took a mini road trip up the coast, where Jared did an impressive job of driving on the left side of the road. Sophie got pretty skilled at spotting kangaroos from the passenger seat! and reading maps of Oz.
after an adventurous 2 days, we made it to some family near Byron Bay. it's been so wonderful to reconnect with Sophie's cousin and her husband and kids, since she hasn't seen them since they relocated across the world 8 years ago! They've had fun telling embarrassing childhood stories of Sophie. we've seen a lot of rain and surf lifesaving competitions, but luckily the rain held off today for a bout of town walking.
tomorrow we make our second to last flight. we've passed the 80 day mark...only 3 left to go.
talk to you from the States!
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