Wandy McNoble Down Under

• Flying to Australia in a Pandemic 2 weeks ago When we made the decision move back to Melbourne last summer, we naively thought that this whole "Covid thing" would be over by Christmas. Oh, how wrong we were! In the early months of the pandemic Australia seemed to have things under control, but all that changed in July when a breach in hotel...
• December Recap 3 weeks ago It's New Year's Eve, and we are currently on Day 2 of our mandatory quarantine in Sydney, Australia. December has been a crazy month, as you might be able tell by the lack of activity on the blog. I'll write a whole post about our flights to Sydney and our quarantine experience in the coming weeks,...
• Winter Wonderland 2 months ago It snowed allllll day last Sunday, from 9 o’clock in the morning until after we went to bed. We had already had a couple of light snow showers this winter, but this was the first substantial snowfall of the season. It coincided with us putting up our Christmas decorations, so to quote the song,...
• Mid-Winter Break 2 months ago We just had a mid-winter break at my school, which meant a four day long weekend. Last year during this break I took advantage of living with my parents and went to London with my good friend Kristin for four days. What a luxury that seems like now, just hopping over to London for a weekend! Gah, I...
• Moving to Melbourne... Round 2! 2 months ago It would be weird to begin this post without mentioning what has arguably been the biggest political event of our time. What a week! Watching the US election unfold over the past five days has been intense. I was glued to the internet, watching states turn red or blue, and then waiting what seemed...

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