Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Houston to Melbourne the hard way

About 5pm yesterday I got an email asking me "Oh, did we tell you that the Sydney training has moved to Melbourne?". Ah, no, nobody bothered to inform the instructor.

Non-refundable plane tickets were sorted out a couple of weeks ago. Houston to L.A. to Sydney for me. SFO to Sydney for my co-instructor (my safety net!). And for me, a trip on the following Sunday from Sydney to Singapore for round two of this class.

So now we're going to Sydney, allowing 3-1/2 hours to clear customs and re-check baggage, then on to Melbourne. Instead of an early morning arrival, shower and all day to get settled and discuss the class, we'll get to Melbourne in extra-exhausted state about noon. Door to door will be something like 30 hours. Ick.

Returning to Sydney Thursday evening, on to Singapore on schedule. Home on Friday the 12th.

And now they're making noises about a run of this class in Latin America and Eastern Europe in October.

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