Australia

It’s official. I have a new favorite city. Sydney. My adventurous son was studying at the University of Sydney and it gave us a great excuse to take a family trip to Australia. I dreaded the 15-hour nonstop plane flight, but my traveling companions (Xanax and wine) ensured that it was tolerable (I slept the whole way).  We packed a lot into our 10 day trip, but here are my Top 10 Things to Do on a…

It’s on many bucket lists. A family trip to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. It is after all, the largest living thing on Earth, even visible from outer space. The reef is made up of over 2900 individual reefs, 600 continental islands and 300 coral cays. It was the ultimate family vacation. Just the four of us traipsing through Australia. It was probably a once-in-a-lifetime trip, at least with all of us together, so…