Jade Down Under

In Brissy right now, exhausted and ready for bed.  I'm trying to stay awake as I figure 6pm is a little too early, even for me.  I got to the hotel around 12 and headed to the Queen St mall which is just around the corner - fantastic.  I found an Aldo which was just a tease (they only have 10 in all of Australia) but refrained; its easy when you have no money.  I'm getting closer to home each minute.

When I first got here my room wasn't ready so I after browsing (totally over rated) I came back to the hotel where I found out my room is two single beds.  ARE YOU KIDDING ME???  The hotel is booked solid and they could not change the room; I tried pushing the two beds together but there is a side table in between them that is BOLTED to the ground.  If I only had hulk powers I would rule the world.  So once again tonight I'll be cramming myself in a single bed.  Tokyo better have doubles!!!  I know Japanese people are small but I need some space!!!

After lugging my mass amounts of luggage to my two-single room I headed out to ANZAC Square which because of my awesome location is just down the road.  I took some pictures but unfortunately couldn't mount the large kangaroo statues because I had no one to take my picture, so I left head hung and headed to the Brisbane Museum.  Luckily that's free.  They had an exhibit (small one) on the development of fashion and then some photos, blah, blah... yeah, that's how it was.  McD's was my next stop, good old Mickey D's and that leads me up until this point, dopey-eyed in the hotel lobby.

I'm up at 5am again tomorrow (shoot me now) and will be picked up at 6am to head to the airport.  My flight to Tokyo leaves just before 9am.... 9 hours and 25 minutes is the time I will spend in the plane on the way to Tokyo... ugh.  Luckily I've already asked for a window seat.  I'm not sure if JAL covers my airport transfers... I hope so.  I'm trying to get rid of my Aussie money I don't need Yen.

OHHHHhhhh... thinking of airports, guess how much I had to pay to get my luggage to Brisbane?? 

Take a guess......

Higher.....

$210!!! That was after she discounted it.  I nearly suffocated right at the Virgin teller.  I swore if I saw an obese person on the plane I was going to make a stink.  Especially because I only paid $150 for my ticket and my luggage weighed less than me!!!!  Yeah, yeah... I know it doesn't work that way but when the pretty, perky, little.... princess... takes almost every penny in my wallet.... anger rises....  She apologized and I did the whole 'its not your fault' but really inside I was screaming profanity directed right at her.  Need hulk powers.  I should have asked her if I could buy a ticket for my luggage instead.

That's all folks.  Oh, yeah.  Facebook back up.  Yeah.......

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