G'day from Down Under!

Well, that's cheesy. However, it's also apt - we're in Australia and having a wonderful time. We spent the first afternoon here at the zoo - which was a blast! Today, our second day here, we went to the aquarium and saw all manner of fishy folk! So much fun!

Alexandra has been a star through all of this - she's eaten dim sum for lunch, she's done more walking than she's used to, definitely. She had prawns with rice for dinner tonight - -

And tonight, for the second night in a row, she's fallen asleep early, still wearing her jeans and sweater. At least she waited until after dinner today - last night she missed dinner.

I'm fascinated with the little differences as we see more of Sydney. Today, in Chinatown, I realized that while I was getting accustomed to the cars driving on the left and the drivers being on the right, I was continually heading to the right to get on escalators - and was repeatedly discovering that I was heading to the wrong escalator.
There's a fast food place we've driven by a few times now - Hungry Jacks. Fine, just another regional fast food place, right? Except that Hungry Jacks' logo is identical to Burger King at home. Coincidence? I doubt it.
There's still McDonalds and Starbucks... and Alex pointed out a KFC today.
"Thank goodness, Grandpa, they have KFC and Starbucks in Australia too!"

Uhmmm.. yeah. Thank goodness...?

We were parked waiting for someone today in the city when Alexandra asked
"Mom, do you do digital photography?"
"Yes Alex. Why?"
"Well, Mom, then Ted's is the place!"

I looked across the street to a discount digital photography store with big bright yellow signs advertising "Ted's Digital Photography"

At least she also enjoys learning about new places and trying new things. She's not wholly based in consumer capitalism. Only about 90% or so...