We officially landed in Brisbane June 3...
So just to update everyone, here's the story. We landed Thursday morning and got somewhat settled into the new apt, found the office and a few places of interest, including the bike store and the bank. The new team took us to dinner at Jade Budah on the river and we had a great time!
Friday Greg woke up at the crack of dawn but I tried to sleep longer, unsuccessful. We moved luggage around in the apt, went to lunch then to the office for a bit. Friday night we went to dinner with Andrew and Steph, and again had a great evening.
Saturday morning I wake up at 5:30 AM and can't sleep any longer. We found out that Skype is pretty successful and enjoyed seeing familiar faces. We took a day trip, and I mean, all day, to Ikea. We had a fabulous time shopping the whole store with Sian and Stephanie. Spent too much money, but hey, we don't have a car and not sure when we'll make it back. Then lunch, so far, best pizza at Sugo Mi near Steph's apt in Bulimba, yum! Saturday night Stephanie and I met up with expats with BG and had dinner and saw SATC 2. So much fun and the girls are great! Greg found the local pub and was nicknamed "Texas" by a group of locals.
So after two days of waking up WAY too early, we brought out the melatonin, brilliant! Sunday we woke up at 10:30 and felt way better! We had lunch then walked forever to Southbank to the markets. It is truly beautiful there and we took some cool pictures (soon to come). After all the walking, we took a very long nap! Great first weekend in the city!!
Today, I went to work and Greg ran some errands for us. Groceries and Target are very close, and very expensive but we're figuring it all out. Still suffering from "sticker shock" as Greg says. However, we managed to scope out the $4 Coronas. If we would have known they weren't ten bucks a piece, we probably wouldn't have tried to drink Texaco out of them before we left.
Well we miss all of you guys in Texas and thanks for all the Facebook updates and posts. Take care and we'll talk to you soon!
Later Gators!
Nat
