chiz and i went to brisbane to celebrate christmas and new years with friends. kate & matt were nice enough to let us stay with them and treated us like family through the holidays. they really do the holidays up right with lots of good food and drinks! they even took us to see some of the amazing beaches around queensland! it was a really wonderful time!
growing up in nyc, i remember watching all the new years celebrations happening all over the world during the day leading up to the ball dropped in times square. it was strange to me ringing in the new year here, going to bed, only to wake up to it still not being new years in nyc due to the time difference… it was also a bit odd celebrating new years in such beautiful hot weather! i could get used to that!
here are some picts from our holiday:
![img_5221](http://applematsu.com/applecheeze/wp-content/gallery/brisbane_1/img_5221.jpg "i had \\"bugs\\" - they are like big crayfish or small lobsters... yummy!!!")
![img_5245](http://applematsu.com/applecheeze/wp-content/gallery/brisbane_1/img_5245.jpg "the next day we went to the sunshine coast -first we stopped at a \\"sushi train\\" restaurant with a real train!")
