Hollywood and Vine? Yup, we have that intersection up here in
Alaska, too...Wasilla, to be exact. It’s not my jumping off place, but
it’s close.
And, in case you didn't know, Darling Harbor is in Australia: Sydney, New South Wales.
The
airfare and hotel are booked and paid for. January 12th, 2014, I will be
in Sydney. After taking a day to adjust to the time difference and the 23 1/2 hours spent in the air or in airports, I’ll be walking the same beaches
as did those First Fleeters (is that correct terminology?): the
convicts and mariners who first set foot on Australian soil to establish
a colony for England in 1788.
I'm going south (just about everywhere in the world is south from where I live in Alaska) to research FAIRIES DOWN UNDER, the fifth book in THE FAIRIES SAGA.
I’ve read volumes, both online at
websites and in paper and e-books, but I want to ‘feel’ the air in
January, smell the trees and dirt (arboretums, here I come), feel the ocean beneath my feet. You see, even though I am very prone to seasickness, I will
even sail on a big ship, the 1874 barque James Craig, to get as close as I can to being in the shoes of
one of my time travelers.
Oh, and it will be deep into our Alaskan winter, with only 6 hours of daylight, when I go down to the middle of a Sydney summer. Counting down, just over 100 days left!
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