Melbournt Out

I spent this last Thursday and Friday in Melbourne (or better known as Ben's next destination) for client meetings and from the trip, I discovered a few things...

A) I LOVE QANTAS airlines

B) No matter where you are if it's raining, it sucks

C) I am destined to go to the Sonaisali Island resort in Fiji

I'll address these one at a time.

First, my love for QANTAS...This airline is absolutely unbelievable. Ben (my coworker I was traveling down to Melbourne with, not my brother) pointed out to me that if you're on a morning flight, they give you a copy of that days newspaper. And we're not talking a newspaper of their choice, they have all three main Sydney newspapers available for you to pick from. There is apparently always a decent meal served onboard (which they will take away if you are sleeping, FYI) and if you happen to fly between 4 and about 8 at night, your meal is served with a complimentary drink. I love this airline. On top of that, you may remember the name of it from the movie, Rainman. Dustin Hoffman's character only wanted to fly QANTAS because it was the only airline that had never crashed. I'm not sure how many years ago that movie was but this fact still holds true. I will say that in general, international airlines are far superior to the ones in the U.S (at least the ones I've seen internationally). I never really had reason to complain about the U.S. airlines before because it was all I knew but now I have seen the better life...and there is no going back.

Second, the rain continues to pour here. It did down in Melbourne as well. Aside from the inside of my hotel room (which was very nice) I got to see the inside of two office buildings, the inside of several cabs, the inside of the hotel bar. Sucky weather gives me a sucky attitude and this was no exception.

I should preface this third point by telling you that for quite sometime (when my background on my computer screen wasn't Tim Tebow) it was this beautiful picture I had found on the internet of somewhere in Fiji. I had no idea where exactly the photo was taken but I liked it because it was a very calming image, and it was obviously somewhere I'd rather be. When I got on the plane to come back from Melbourne, I grabbed one of those magazines they keep in the back pocket of the seat in front of you. Flipping through it, I came across an ad for Fijian vacations...and the image I'd stared at for so many months on end finally had a name...The Sonaisali Island Resort : http://www.sonaisali.com/ The picture that was my background is the one in the top left at that site. I'm taking this with in no uncertain terms whatever that I need to get to Fiji ASAP. If for nothing else to get out of the cold and out of this rain.