Marcella's Blog

Hello! I am in Melbourne now, pronounced with a soft r sound so more like Mel-ben. Anyways Yesterday we were in Canberra (Kan-Bra), the state capital, It was really interesting. A guy from Chicago, Mr Griffen, won a contest to design the city and he did it on a triangle basis. We saw parliment and their two houses of senate and representatives. Then we drove around all the embassies and found the of couse the US had the biggest one! The second largest was the chinese...go figure Later that afternoon we went to the smallest airport ever to fly from Canberra to Melbourne. It was only an hour long flight. Amanda allmost threw up in my lap but its all good! Then we unpacked in our HUGE hotel room and headed out for a night on the town. We figured that a sat. night would be hopping but we were sooo tired we made it to one bar and then went to bed. (Mom i finally wore my scarf!) Today A and I ran for a bit in a sketchy part of town and then we went on a day long visit to the Yarra river va...

Hello again Yesterday we went to the Blue Mountains! It was awesome we saw kangrooos! we were like 3 feet from them! then we ate lunch at a lounge and then we saw the mountains from the cliffs! we went on a old mining trip and then we saw the olympic site! we had a funny tour guide Les, who has done everything and seen everything in Aus. We went out last night so some bars it was really different but also fun. They had a live rock band playing greenday and semisonic!!! Today is our free day so we went to Paddy's Market and bought cheap stuff and then we went to the Tower. the 2nd highest point in the southern hemisphere. we had chinese for lunch and then we are heading out to walk across the Harbor Bridge! The Aussies abbreviate everything so sometimes it is hard to understandwhat they are explaining but it is nice to hear their accents! Tomorrow we are going to Canberra, the capital, for the day then flying to Melborne tomorrow night! Hope everyone is doing well! G'day Mate!

Hello from Down Under! The flight from LAX to Sydney was liek 14 hours. We actually slept like 6 hours straight so that was nice. we got two meals a dinner two hours into the flight and a breakfast two hours before we landed. The plane had two floors but only the business class could use the lounge upstairs. Also we got free alcohol while on the plane. Customs was odd I was freaking out but amanda told me that i would be ok..i checked yes in the box because i had prepackaged food like pretzels and stuff they just looked at it and told me i was gonig to be ok haha. then we went on our first bus tour to our hotel and then we went on a lunch cruise of the harbor it was fantasitc. we all took some great pictures. I would not mind living here but its like 10-30 million dollars a house. Then we took a bus tour of all the suburbs which was cool to see the different areas. One area has a legal heroine injection store. how odddd! then we were on our own for dinner. the whole crew decided to go...

Hey people! I am in LA and I am heading to Sydney tonight. Friday we went around Simi Valley and I saw someone famous but I dont know who it was. Then we went to Malibu - Gladstones for dinner it was totaly yummy and on the beach!!! Yesterday Amanda and I went to Beverly Hills and walked around Rodeo Drive. My Cousin Consuelo works with the stars and has clients like jennifer aniston and justin timberlake ...she took us to lunch and we got FAMOUS CUPCAKES!! its a place calledSprinkles and they are famous for selling 3$ cupcakes its awesome.. Ok we are going to citywalk today for dinner see y ou in sydney

Hey people! I am in LA and I am heading to Sydney tonight. Friday we went around Simi Valley and I saw someone famous but I dont know who it was. Then we went to Malibu - Gladstones for dinner it was totaly yummy and on the beach!!! Yesterday Amanda and I went to Beverly Hills and walked around Rodeo Drive. My Cousin Consuelo works with the stars and has clients like jennifer aniston and justin timberlake ...she took us to lunch and we got FAMOUS CUPCAKES!! its a place calledSprinkles and they are famous for selling 3$ cupcakes its awesome.. Ok we are going to citywalk today for dinner see y ou in sydney