Back from Oz

Got back yesterday from my\ trip to Australia. It was all very last-minute - little planning possible. But I did plan on staying an extra day in Sydney - one of my favorite cities in the world.

When I arrived in Sydney, I was surprised to find that United had canceled my flight home. There were no other flights out on my originally scheduled departure date, so I was "stuck" in Sydney an extra day.

What to do? What to do?

I did what I always do when I'm in Sydney. I love hopping on and off the ferries and walking the neighborhoods: Mosman, Balmain, Manly, Watson's Bay, etc.

For me it's the exercise plus the challenge of navigating from one ferry stop to the next plus the simple joy of being out on the ferries.

Speaking of things I love, here's a silly little video of an experience that never grows old for me.

I'm home again till Tuesday, then I'm back on the road - Virginia this time.

Mechanical issues

Mechanical issues with flight UA 863.

Don't know if you'll be able to see this in the video, but that's jet fuel leaking out of our plane bound for Sydney. How very reassuring.

Back to Oz

It's been a busy week. Make that a busy month! England, Scotland, Philly, Palo Alto, and last night I found out I'm going to Canberra. Seems like I was just in Australia. Oh wait, I was.

So here I am sitting in the Red Carpet club (or whatever United wants to call it now that the merger has commenced) at SFO. That's UA 863, my flight to Sydney, there in the photo. That's it, the 747.

Still waiting to hear from United whether I'm getting upgraded. If not, it's going to be a long night. Cross your fingers!

I'm flying to Canberra to help mentor a co-worker. Oh darn, fly me to Australia for work. :-)

This crazy fly-out-on-a-moment's-notice gig is coming right on the heels of a brief trip to Palo Alto to film some more online instructional videos. Thought a picture of the recording studio would be interesting to see for those who have seen the one of the final results.

Got to run now. Boardings about to begin. So it's time, once again, to wrap up all my power cords and hop on yet another plane.

Perhaps I'll dream of something handy tonight over the Pacific. I know I'm wanting one at the moment.