Standing at a height of 309 metres (1014 ft), the Sydney Tower is the tallest building in Sydney and among the tallest in the Southern Hemisphere. Construction of the tower started in 1975 and public…
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The Zoo With the Best View
After my Aquarium adventure last Friday it was time to see some Australian animals so I visited the Taronga Zoo on Tuesday. I took the train to Circular Quay and then hopped on the Zoo…
Fish Are Friends…
Fish are friends, not food! Finding Nemo is one of my favourite animated movies, so it shouldn’t be hard to imagine my excitement when, while visiting the Sydney Aquarium, I found Nemo! I…
Art Galleries & Film Festivals
I’ve been feeling under the weather the past few days, much to my disappointment. I must have picked up a stomach bug somewhere between Grenada and Sydney so I’ve been a little green since Sunday….
Adventures of an Island Girl: Sydney Edition
Greetings from Down Under! After spending close to 23 hours on a plane, I finally made it to Sydney, Australia for three weeks of adventures. My journey started on Thursday morning with a seamless…
Let The Good Times Roll
Laissez les bon temps rouler! When I started working on the social media accounts promoting AARP’s 2012 Life@50+ National Event & Expo I couldn’t wait to get to New Orleans. I spent hours each…
Breakfast Sunday: Mt. Moritz West Indian Breakfast
On Sunday morning bright and early my father came making noise outside my bedroom door and saying that I had fifteen minutes to get ready. It wasn’t even 6 a.m. yet so I was a…
Three Suitcases and A Box
I’m writing this post from my bedroom in Grenada. In case you didn’t realize from my last two posts, my whirlwind of an experience in DC has come to an end and I’m back home…
My Room Is A Mess
My room is a mess…. When I moved to DC two years ago I came with one suitcase. Now I’m leaving DC with three suitcases and a box. When did I accumulate all this…