Smiling, happy, nervous...

9 Days to Go

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November 9th 2008
Well I have 9 days to go before my big trip and it still has not sunk in that I am going! This is my first blog so still trying to work my way around the system. I leave on November 18th for 6 months. I will spend 3.5 months in South America on my own. From there I fly to Madrid to stay with an old friend and his family, Barcelona to meet my cousin, Switzerland to stay with my friend Sara w ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Balmain

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more