• The Sydney Opera house at night. The restaurants and path leading up to it are illuminated and there are blue colored lights highlighting the entrance.

    To Opera or Not to Opera

    As you probably remember, we were heading to Sydney, Australia so our Kidney Donor Athlete could run the newest World Major Marathon. And since we were going ALL THAT WAY, we wanted to make sure we saw as MUCH of the continent as we could. We spent a few days in the Outback at Uluru, gazed ever-changing masterpieces in Melbourne, walked the beach at Brighton, drove the Great Ocean Road and even spent time with some penguins. But what to do in Sydney? The question quickly became, “to opera or not to opera?” We knew we’d at least want photos of it since it’s beautiful and iconic. But neither of…

  • The Magical Land of Uluru

    Last year, Abbott announced that Sydney would join Boston, Chicago, New York, London, Berlin and Tokyo, as the newest World Marathon Major. Since our world-famous kidney donor athlete had already conquered the original six, off to Australia we went! Stephen asked me what I wanted to see there and my very first answer was…the magical land of Uluru. Join us this week for a walk about in the land down under! Getting There We lucked in to two Delta One seats on our way from LA to Australia. The trip from Sydney to Uluru, however, was a touch LESS glamorous. And really, other than the leg room, we found Jetstar…