We decided to do a FAQ post to help answer some of those frequently asked questions.

Q: What do you miss most about the States?

A: Maddie (all right, all right..and all of you)

Q: What is the most different thing about Australia ?

A: Accent and sides of the road/sidewalk for driving/walking

Q: What is the water temperature at the beaches (not sure why this is such a popular question, but it is)?

A: Mid 70’s

Q: How is the food?

A: Excellent, lots of variety, very fresh

Q: What are things they don’t have that you miss?

A: Dyer sheets, graham crackers, teddy grahams, Cosi, pounds, gallons, inches, feet, normal ice cream and soft serve (don’t worry –there’s lots of gelato), dill pickles, queso, ground turkey, ridiculously massive serving sizes, free refills, WAWA

Q: What do you like that’s different?

A: What the price is marked as is what you pay – no added sales tax, no tipping, the amount people travel and the fact that most use up all their vacation and are fine with taking leave without pay to travel, the weather, fresh fresh food everywhere, living so close to the coast- lots of water, bays, beaches, and the harbor, being surrounded by people who love where they live and consider the beaches their greatest luxury in life

Q: Is Sydney very different from DC?

A: Besides the beaches, warmer weather, so many internationals living here, and a slightly more relaxed attitude, not too much.

Q: Is it hard understanding the Australian slang?

A: Not as hard as understanding the British slang!

Q: Does it get cold in winter?

A: Not sure, we'll tell you in six months.

Q: How's the tv in Sydney?

A: Not so great, but they do show Lost, so it could be worse

Q: Who writes the blog entries?

A: We both do! Actually, we split the duties. Whoever isn't writing is in charge of editing.

*We are flying up north for Surfer's Paradise, Brisbane, Gladstone, & The Great Barrier Reef on Saturday, so we won't be posting until we return, but promise a great post as soon as we get back!