9,000 Miles, 23 hours and no Monday

On Sunday July 29th at 4:55 I will be boarding an American Airlines flight to begin the long journey to the other side of the world! I will be flying from Boston to Los Angeles. After a 3 hr layover I will board one of the biggest planes in the sky, a Boeing 747-400, owned by Qantas and will fly overnight, through Monday due to passing the international date line, and will land 14 hours later in Brisbane, Australia at 6:05 AM Tuesday July 31.

I will try to update this blog during the layover...... and defintetly when I get to Brisbane on Tuesday!

I will miss everyone!

A Very Warm Thank You

In the movie Its A Wonderful Life, Clarence says to George Bailey: "Remember, George: No man is a failure who has friends'. If that saying is true, which I believe it is, then I am one of the most successful men around!

Over the past several weeks I have enjoyed the great company of many of my friends and my family as they wished me a fond farewell prior to my departure to Brisbane, Australia.

I want to thank everyone who helped plan, hosted, set up, showed up, or were there in spirit for my going away get togethers! I am truly a lucky person.

On Sunday I was able to enjoy a great bottle of Cristal champagne......

To an equally amazing 'gun show' at Fritz!

The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

Today is July 11.  This was the first day that I was hoping to board that Qantas 747 out of Los Angeles and start my new work and life adventures a half a world away.  But due to a back log of Business Visa applications in Sydney I am still grounded in Boston waiting for my visa to be finalized!  

The movers came on Monday and took away my belongings.  A shout out goes to Gentle Giant for doing a great job.  Not sure where they fall in competitiveness of pricing but if they are more expensive it has to be worth it.

I am still hoping to get my Visa any day now.  

I think my new departure date will not be until a week from today.  Again, this is all relative to the Visa process.  Good times!  

Look back for more updates!

(p.s. - the picture above is named 'Waiting')