First of all, I am dedicating this blog to Sven. The day I got here he was hit by a car and E had to put him down. He was really an incredibly fun cat, the best to come home to, and it's hard to believe he's gone. And poor Junebug lost her brother. They were independent from each other but relied on one another for warmth and play.The flight from LAX to Brisbane was better than I thought it would be, thanks mostly to the empty seat next to me and the good luck to have switched to the back of the plane at the last minute. It turned out that 80% of the plane was filled by college juniors headed to Australia for a semester abroad, and free alcohol on the flight for anyone over 18 meant it was probably not where I wanted to be.
After arriving at 7:30 am, I took a cab to my hotel downtown and immediately realized why I was here. The traffic between the airport and downtown was horrendous since there is no highway, just surface streets. The project I am working on here is designing the final lining for a new tunnel that is being built from downtown to the airport, which along with a different bus tunnel and surface improvements will cost upwards of $4 billion dollars.
I am finally enjoying my first weekend here. I spent most of the week looking around for an apartment and finally get to move in tomorrow. I also found an old bike today that I got from this crazy German that fixes them up. Perfect.
OK, that's probably enough for now. I have a lot of random observations I'm itching to share with someone, like how books seem to be a luxury here because I've seen exactly one bookstore and they are quite expensive. But plenty of time for that.
Here are a few photos I've taken so far (and one of me washing Junebug cause she stank)
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