Insanity at Sydney Airport and Calm Day in Adelaide

Thursday mom and I had to catch our flight at noon, so we got up, had breakfast, packed up, and checked out. We caught the airport shuttle at 10 am, figuring that an hour would be enough time to check in for a domestic flight. Our driver got us to the airport earlier than I expected so we dragged our bags inside and tried to check in at an automated booth. After typing my information in twice and getting an error message saying there was no flight registered under my name, I went over to the nearest agent to see if she could check for me. She said Qantas did not have a flight scheduled to Adelaide today, which was frightening. Then, after typing in my name, she said I was actually scheduled on a domestic leg of an international flight to Singapore and that I was in the wrong terminal, which was more frightening. Mom and I lugged our stuff to a different counter to check in and we told we just made the cutoff for checking baggage, so we watched mom's bag go down the conveyor belt out of sight and shuffled off for security and the bus to the international terminal. After waiting 10 minutes, we were carted off to the international terminal, me checking the time every 30 seconds because I was positive we would miss our flight. We got there, finally got through customs only after I had to throw away 2 drops of my face wash because I might blow up the plane with it, then we sprinted to our gate. We got there with 10 minutes to take off! I don't really know how we could have avoided this, other than getting to the airport a little earlier, but no where on my ticket does it indicate we were on an international flight and were supposed to act as such.

Anywayyyyy, we landed in Adelaide as schedule and Sarah picked us up at the airport. We went grocery shopping that afternoon for some supplies for the next couple of days and for our Uluru trip. Then later that night, mom came with Marie, Sam, and me to volleyball.

The next day, the only thing we had scheduled was a 2 course lunch at the Botanical Gardens Restaurant. We took our time, washing clothes and making muffins in the morning before catching a bus to Adelaide. We walked around the botanical gardens about 30 minutes before our 12:30 reservation. It was beautiful, and I will definitely be going back this spring for afternoon naps in the sun.

We had an amazing lunch (pics below) before walking around the Botanical Gardens for about 30 more minutes. Mom had lamb and I had crispy skinned snapper. Her dessert was sticky toffee pudding and mine was popcorn ice cream with peanut mousse coated in rich dark chocolate. We actually got truffle mashed potatoes too. We were so full.

We then ran some errands, including buying lots of candy and postcards for people at home.  I rented a medieval costume for a party Saturday night, then we went to an event called "Uncorked" that happens every 2 weeks at the National Wine Center. Mom and I order a tasting of 3 wines and also a glass of Shiraz to try. They were all good, of course. We then caught a bus home and made shrimp tacos for dinner and watched movies. Tomorrow- Barossa Tour and Medieval Party!