It's been awhile since my last post, for semi good reason. It is a bit ironic that I start with telling some of my earliest memories about my relatives from Australia, and then unexpectedly leave a week later to Australia.
Late on Friday, almost a week after the prior post, I get word that my Australian grandfather passed away. It was both expected and unexpected. He had been in poor health for a few years, but stable until that day.
He passed away late on our friday, I bought the ticket late on Saturday, and I left mid Monday. I arrived late morning on Wednesday, and spent Wednesday fighting jet lag and working on both a eulogy and the photo slideshow used during the luncheon of the funeral.
I spent two and a half weeks in Australia, and unlike last year where I spent every waking moment either visiting relatives or playing tourist, I was able to do fairly normal things. I felt more like I was living there and less like I was vacationing.
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