Dear Reader,

I respectfully give you the following travel challenge.

1.  Wake up at 6am, take a brisk walk to the Sydney Opera House in order to catch the 7am backstage tour (totally worth it).

The Sydney Opera House at 6am

On the Symphony Stage at Sydney Opera House

2. Brisk walk back to hotel, pack, check out and hit Luna Park (old time theme park in Sydney) for an hour before leaving for Auckland.

Luna Park, Our Last Stop in Sydney

The Gang Acts as Bottom Dentures

Squeak Hit’s the Rollercoaster

Luna Park “Characters”

Selfie with Stilt Lady

3.  Get your bags, your tickets, your passports and head on over to Botany Bay (the international airport) for Air New Zealands Flight 718.  A 3 hour trip you also tack on an additional 2 hours in time change.

Beautiful Flying Sky

That turned into a beautiful

Beautiful Sunset Sky

With 50 minutes between connections, we literally disembarked one plane and walked onto the second plane (a perfect flight change).

Squeak catches some beauty sleep from Auckland to Australia

Big G does the tuck and roll sleep style on plane

4.  Arrive in Los Angeles at 4:00 pm on the very same day.  All in all one of my most productive days ever…