What Makes Me Laugh

After 20 hours of flying (4 airplane rides) and 15 hours of layover, we are finally in Adelaide, Australia. I was so tired that I thought the flight attendants directed us to turn off our “muggle phones” on the descent and then I fell into hysterical laughter thinking about my Harry Potter Freudian slip. Anyway, [...]

Travel Tip #1: Avoid long layovers at LAX at all costs! We are currently suffering through a 12-hour marathon layover in LAX.  Here’s how today was suppose to go: Get up ungodly early, arrive at LAX from Montana at 9:00 a.m., check our luggage with Air New Zealand, throw carry-ons in a locker, and head [...]

Here’s the short version: First, read Martha Beck. Next, set a wildly improbable goal. Then, Google “Win a Trip to Australia.”  Enter contest. Win contest. Travel to Australia. Here’s the long version: It started with my niece Hannah, who is studying abroad this year in Australia at the University of Queensland. Before she left last summer, [...]