From New Zealand to Australia and back…

From New Zealand to Australia and back…

I spent two whole days being completely green.  The Tasman Sea is hard to handle.  Luckily the crossing only lasts three days.

I have been eating mostly pasta and salad on board as they are the only vegan options available, so when we got to Melbourne, which for some reason has an immense amount of vegan restaurants especially when compared to the rest of Australia, I went crazy!  Jason planned an entire day for us purely around the restaurants where we would be dining.  We made it to one because I ate so much, there was no room in my stomach for any more food!  I had spring rolls and samosas, the vegan nachos and a chocolate cake with soy ice-cream for desert.  Delicious!  I am still craving pizza and cookies and fake sausages (there are no meat substitutes out here…if there are, they are well hidden), but it was wonderful to assuage some of my hunger.

In Sydney, we had an overnight and Jason booked a room for us at the Intercontinental Hotel.  We had a beautiful view of the opera house, the bridge and our boat!  I took a bath and ordered room service!  It was a great night and we got to sleep in the same bed since we’ve been here.  The beds in our room on the ship are bunk-beds and they’re smaller than my dorm bed in college.  It was an awesome mini-vacation.

I still have no idea what day it is or where we are most of the time.  Maybe I’ll get used to it soon, but it seems to me that time will just blur on by (especially during the Tasman Sea crossing, which we just finished again this morning).  I am looking forward to our next trip to Melbourne over Valentine’s Day and I am planning to pace myself so that I can eat multiple vegan meals on shore.  I miss everybody so much, but the internet has been horrible.  Just know that I’m thinking of all of you wishing that you were here!