We’ve arrived.
Here’s an update of the last 24 hours.
We both woke up at 6am, YES, a stupid hour. After making sure we had packed all the essentials, we took off at about 6:45 for Sydney International Airport.
On arrival we began the check-in process. Which ended up with James having 1.5kgs too much weight in his suitcase (but who’s suprised?) Because of this inconvenience, we had to re-pack our bags at the check-in desk. Stupid. Yes.
After spending the last few minutes with our families, we said goodbye and headed through the door of ‘no return’
We passed through security with no problems, had some maccas breakfast and then headed to our gate to wait for our flight. Whilst waiting we ran into a few boys we used to play indoor soccer with, who were catching the same flight coincidently! We had a chat to them and then boarded our flight.
It was a 14 hour flight, but it didn’t seem like it was that long. It went rather quickly, even though neither one of us actually got any sleep.
We arrived in LA at about 7am…American time. (Which is about midnight…I think?) it was rainy and rather cold. Disappointing for LA!
We had the hour-ish wait at international immigration. But then…with some intelligence from the two of us…managed to sneak our way ahead of the customs line AND the check-line for our next flight. ;)
After all this, we only had to wait about 30 minutes for our connecting flight to Vancouver. Where we were lucky enough to get some extra leg room in the ‘exit seats’.
We were put next to a another nice Aussie guy who was going to Canada to visit his gf, he gave us a few hints and tips about vancouver and we had bit of a chat about life in general. And in no time…2hours and 50 minutes later…we were in Vancouver!
We got through customs really easily, however getting our Working Visa from immigration took about 2 hours. It was a very long boring and tiring wait…specially after being awake for so long. But we finally got them and were able to leave the airport!
We got into a taxi and travelled to our hotel. Where I am currently writing this blog using the free wireless that our hotel provides
Tomorrow…We shall go house hunting. haha.
But for now….It’s sleep time!
Goodnight Followers.
<3
