Sorry there haven’t been a lot of updates to the blog lately, but things around our Sydney household have slowed a bit. Last Sunday, whilst I was off at my second sailing lesson, Lisa was at her yoga class and there was a bit of a mishap and she injured her hamstring. The Monday after yoga, was particularly tough on Lisa since she is not used to being injured—unlike me who has spent, over his lifetime, well over a year’s time on crutches. Lisa started feeling better on Tuesday/Wednesday, and then she went to a formal orthopedic doctor who yanked and cranked the leg a bunch and put her in a fair amount of pain again. Last night, Wednesday night, she had an MRI on her hamstring is it showed some tears which will take approximately 8 weeks to heal. Lisa is pretty bummed about it, but also happy she won’t have to have surgery at this point. It has been a tough week on her. Please send her healing vibes. Ooohhmmmnnnn.
Heading to Cairns for Easter
Lisa and I are headed up north by way of a three hour plus flight to Cairns (airport code CNS) in Queensland. This is near the Great Barrier Reef (and Port Douglas) and we are looking forwards to some Rest and Relaxation. We will be staying at a place that Eric Leblanc recommended called the Thala Beach Lodge. None of Lisa’s colleagues at MS had heard of it, but I’m putting my money on Eric and thusly booked. It is expensive flying around inside Australia unless you book way in advance. Even with a 7 day advance purchase, the flights are costing more than the stay (not including wine :-)). Seems kind of strange since I think I saw roundtrip flights from LAX and SFO to Sydney for $600 USD and the flight for the two of us to CNS is $1500 USD. Oh well, for a little time away from the city to heal over Easter, its worth it. This will be Lisa and my first experience travelling inside Australia by plane (at least that I can remember).
I had been to Cairns fifteen or so years ago and stayed at a hotel on the wharf and had a good time with snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef and taking the steam train up to the rain forest. When I mentioned to a local about having been up there so long ago, they said I will be amazed how things have changed.
Australia is B-I-G-!
