First week in Brisbane

Brisbane, along the riverbank
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We arrived on a beautiful sunny day, pretty much postcard worthy...Aaron (our contact guru) collected our group (6 St. Louis, 1 Wichita, 1 Seattle, 1 Huntington Beach, 1 Mesa) from the airport and whisked us away towards downtown and our apartments. By the way, the Boeing 747, fabulous specimen of an aircraft! And I'm not just saying that because I have any sort of bias ;). I just enjoyed the flight all the more with the comfortable seats and in-flight entertainment. talk about awesome! what has 18 different buttons to control the angle and inclination of your head, neck, back, tush, legs and feet! a Qantas sleeping pod! who needs all those buttons?? all it was missing was a massage feature. I'm sure the next upgrade will accommodate that, haha. On the flight over James and I watched "Baby Mama" which is not at all what I had expected; Amy Poehler wasn't as annoying as I thought she would be.

Our Australian Exchange Program (AEP) Class of 2008/2009!
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Quick summary of what we did on day 1: Arrival @ airport>immigration>customs>foreign exchange to get some AUD>Apartments (shower!)>sightseeing>Mt. Coot-tha for lunch>Wooly's for groceries>settle in and crash

what has 18 different buttons to control the angle and inclination of your head, neck, back, tush, legs and feet??

Anyway for this first entry I just wanted to share pix of my first weekend in Oz...