Written on June 29. Posted....a few days later: Greetings from England’s 18th century convict dump Before I continue the exciting report of our soon-to-be legendary trip to Australia, I must indeed confirm Lindsey’s retelling of the luggage-hauling excursion at LAX. No less than one billion miles were covered. (Actually I would wager it was well over a billion, but for now I’ll accept rounding down for storytelling purposes). On Thursday, in our bustling early morning excitement, Lindsey and I ran and skipped all the way to the Olympic Park and NSWIS facilities, even beating the rest of the group! Well maybe that isn’t the most accurate account, but it’s close enough for a travel blog. At NSWIS (pronounced ‘N-Swiss’, or ‘In-Swiss’ in Australian), we were given a series of lectures on various sports topics, including the
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