Down under

Obviously, we made it to Australia. We picked up our Toyota Camry and headed straight north for Brisbane. "Brizzy! Briz Vegas", as the car rental steward called it. They've got a casino there, and the town is indeed a bit flashy, with some colored lights and neon (but nothing like Las Vegas. At all.)

Actually, Anders fell completely for Brisbane. A nice little city, orderly laid out with streets and avenues (although they might be named otherwise, I guess most of them are named "Whatchamacallit Street" and none of them "1st Avenue" or "5th Street", but at least it's a grid-looking thing!

The city has nice little shops for shopping, nice little people for having friendly encounters, and nice little parks and stuff. It's just nice and little! So cute! Why not move here?

The main reason NOT to move here

Anyway, we stayed at the Mercure hotel (same as in Singapore) right next to City Hall, pretty much in the middle of town. We had time to walk to the South Bank, where Emi could swim, hop on a river boat, as well as walk to Kangaroo Point across the river bend, and have dinner at Eagle Street Pier after another little boat trip. It was lovely, as they say!