it was a really long trip, but we finally made it down under!
our first stop was brisbane. this is the city where chiz used to live and attended school. we stayed for about 5 days with her good friend kate, kate’s husband matt, her daughter georgia, and their two sons jake and ryan.
brisbane has amazing tropical weather! everyday was beautiful, sunny, and hot! kate and matt have a gorgeous new home and were very generous to open it up to us. they showed us around the city, took us to some nice restaurants, and even had a bbq in our honor!
they gave us a really sweet and thoughtful wedding gift – a night at the hilton hotel in the city of brisbane. it gave chiz and me the chance to explore the city on our own; and for chiz to point out all the places that she remembered when living there. we also went into the casino to bet on only one spin of the roulette wheel and turned $10 into $100! then turned the $100 into an amazing meal that i will not forget for a long time. we discovered tasmanian oysters… which were the most amazing oysters that we have ever eaten! they were more like foie gras than sea food!
i’m really glad that we had the opportunity to spend some time in brisbane before heading off to melbourne. it was also great to put a face to the name of one of chiz’ good friends. i hope that during our time here in australia we will get the chance to visit brisbane again…
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