I haven't blogged here for a while but just noticed I never really posted about coming home. And I'm someone who likes conclusions and happy endings...On our final night at Long Island Resort, we took advantage of happy hour before dinner (see photo) and then after our meal, took a stroll on the peaceful beach...the moon was glowing and surrounded by a hazy, milky sphere. It was just beautiful. A band played typical wedding reception covers (Mustang Sally, Brown-Eyed Girl, etc) while people hung out by the bar. On September 23, we traveled from Long Island Resort to Airlie Beach, then to Brisbane and on to Melbourne, retracing our stops during the two week vacation. Upon leaving the Long Island Resort, we actually met a staff member from Eugene, Oregon! Of all places, I least expected to talk to someone about 'the Ducks' on a tropical resort in Queensland, Australia. It's always meaningful to find those connections when traveling.
We left Melbourne on September 25 and arrived just fine on September 25 in Portland. (I love time traveling!) Three days later, I drove to Seattle for my last library school residency (yep, I graduate with my MLIS in December!). And now we've been home in Portland two months. We had a wonderful party last week in which about 18 friends came over and ate mini-cupcakes and drank wine from Tasmania and Australia, and viewed our Aussie DVD slideshow. V won a miniature koala bear and $5 AUD for answering our trivia question. People ask us how it is to be back. And both of us feel "mixed"...our home in Portland is wonderful, but we miss Australia. Hopefully we'll get to return someday.
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