Hop, hop, hop,..

Waking up the next morning I felt a bit lonely. Fortunately, I had plans to attend a Polish SDA Church in Adelaide. I was looking forward to hearing the service/songs in Polish – wondering exactly how much of it I would understand. I soon realized that I didn’t have to struggle with the ‘big’ words as the sermon was translated into English as well. I hoped that after service I would be invited for lunch somewhere – as back home, almost all my Saturdays are spent amongst friends - so spending it alone was not appealing to me. My prayer was answered, when a lovely, welcoming lady, Ruth, Brezniak sat next to me and invited me over for lunch. We had such a pleasant and amusing that the thought of leaving had me disheartened. Our exchange was so effortless that it was as if we had been friends our whole lives.
Upon leaving Ruth & George’s home, I was chatting away with Ruth and instinctively slide myself into the ‘passengers’ seat, fully expecting to drive. As I sat there, Ruth, in a serious tone, asked me ‘if I was ok’, as I didn’t even realize the steering wasn’t there J. The hrs drive north to drop off the car at Stan & Deb’s Szalbot’s place was an adventure. For some reason, only known to these southern hemisphere inhabitants, street signs are rare and after making it ^6th/7th of the way there (in the dark mind you), I had to do the unthinkable and ‘call for help’. It was more than a little crushing (for my personality of course) to have to be rescued.
I’m so very pleased to have meet these two, terrific families whose kindness and friendship made my trip to Adelaide truly memorable.
Next on the menu was my long anticipated trip to Kangaroo Island. KI is a unique pl. in Australia (3^rd largest island) as its teeming with wildlife as it has no predators (they even have to start culling the Koala now b/c of their over abundance). After two full, intense days spent krisskrossing the island, I got to sight Kangaroos, Wallabies, Koalas, Fur seals, up close and in the wild. For those gals out there, this was a real ‘ahhhhh’ moment’. As Rick can attest too, one can be in Australia for months and never see a wild Kangaroo or Koala. What a treat!
Next, I’ll be travelling to one of the most isolated cities in the World in search of sunshine and warmth….