Now I am use to max having an hour drive into the airport
well that’s not the case in Australia.
Emma and I had to leave the house by 7:00am, to drive 2 & ½ hours to
Ballarat to catch a 1 & ½ hour shuttle to the airport. I pretty much slept the entire way on the shuttle, as I felt I
needed to stay awake for the first half since Emma was driving!
We checked in, got our ticket and luggage tag and then had
to drop off our bags. When we got to the
counter the guy asked if we wanted to be upgraded at no charge to an exit
row. In my head I thought, yeah sure but
will that scare Emma at all since it was her first flight. She agreed to it and we got upgraded! WOOT WOOT!!
Now we go through security, Emma follows me as she knows I
know what I am doing being a world traveler and all. However, apparently in Australia you don’t
need to show ID and boarding pass and you don’t have to take your shoes
off. Opps! Sorry Emma, I thought you everything you need
to know for the USA! I of course set the thing off with my Alex and Ani
bracelets, but the lady held them while I walked though again. Now I know why
there weren’t any lines at the security!
We got some fast food that I had been craving and then
headed to the gate. Instead of calling
row by row, we all lined up and just got on the plane. As the guy scanned my ticket, he started to
double check that I would agree to help in case of emergency being in an exit
row and then he was like wait a second how old are you. I said, 24 as I am use to it in the US. He then says oh ok, you like your 12 and
that’s when I gave him a dirty look. Now
I know I don’t look 24, but do I really like 12?? Annoyed we walked on to the tar mat, up the
stairs and on to the plane.
Usually when one thinks exit row, its like 5 inches more
space, well no it was more like 2 or 3 rows of seats space, which was
awesome! Emma had the middle and I had
the Isle. Some guy sat down next to Emma
and started to chat her up. He tried to
scare her a little as she admitted it was her first plane ride, but she ignored
him. (I will admit, I didn’t know he was
super hot until the end of the flight when we took off his hat. If I had known this sooner, I would have
switched seats with Emma, as clearly she had no interest in him!)
We got up in the air, they offered beverages and snacks for
a fee and then we landed. SHORTEST PLANE
RIDE EVER! We landed safely into
probably the smallest commercial airport I had ever been to. It had ONE carousel. We checked in and got our lovely red car and
headed into the city.
Mind you, Emma is a great safe driver but from the country
and not the city. I offered to drive but she insisted on driving. Lets just say it was adventure. At one point, which Emma didn’t notice thank
god, we were on a massive bridge and with no divider. The only thing telling you which of the five
lanes to be in were the lights above with green or red marks. And it had cars coming at you from the other
direction WITH NO DIVIDER! A little
scary but Emma got through no problem! We found the hostel and parked the car a
street until we checked in and to see if they had a car park. Unfortunately they didn’t so we decided to
move the car for the time being onto the street we were actually staying
on. This is what turned into the adventure.
Thinking we could just go around the block was a joke as
Hobart is filled with one-way streets.
At one point, Emma thought we needed to go to straight and I thought we
needed to turn right, well since Emma was driving we went straight. All of a sudden we were on narrow streets
with options to stay righ tor left. I
kept telling her to go right, as the ones to the left tended to go down the
hill and we needed to stay on the hill.
Well I was right and once we turned the GPS back on we found the hostel
and were good.
Now for those who don’t know, Emma and I booked plane
tickets, a car and a hostel for two nights and that’s it. For those who know me, this isn’t like me but
everyone kept telling me its what I needed to do. Well lets just say its been amazing. We do what we want and if we have more time
we figure it out as we go. I also found
this handy little free book on Hobart and its been my best friend.
Once we settled into the hotel and I was looking through the
book they had a free walking through of Hobart, so off we went. I figured it would help us know what was
around. It was a lot of walking but so
worth it and it was so nice to enjoy the weather. I did notice while out that apparently my
bright jumper attracts attention, as I felt like I would get stares from people
and one little girl at the park kept yelling pink. I love my pink jumper, it
may be bright but its comfy and you can’t miss me!
After exploring our free walking tour, which should I
mention Hobart needs to paint a line for this walking tour like Boston
has. Well anyways, we got back, changed
and went on the hunt for a supermarket and dinner. We found dinner and eventually found a
supermarket with the help of the people running the hostel and walking around a
massive block. At dinner, I had a
seafood pasta dish with interesting things.
It was suppose to have scallops, mussels and prawns, but it also had
fish and some interesting things… Does
anyone know what this is?
I didn’t
know and neither did Emma so I didn’t eat it!
The rest of the dish was awesome so that’s all that matters! We walked
back to the hostel very exhausted and passed right out, well at least I did! …
To be continued!
Ps. Wedding post will come, this was on my mind and much
easier to write!
Love always, Aloterella
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