The Quinntesential Blog

I was up earlier today thanks to an early bedtime the night before. Normally I like to sleep in but when I’m travelling I do make an effort to be up earlier to make the most of the time I have. Upon the recommendation of some friends from Adelaide, I decided to visit the Australian…

I woke up at 09:30 feeling exhausted from the night before. Daylight savings happened overnight and I lost an hour of sleep. Combined with not yet being fully adjusted to the time change, I knew it wasn’t going to be getting up to all that much today. Thankfully breakfast was still being served until 11:00,…

My alarm woke me up bright and early at 06:00, but I was ready to get moving. I made my way down to try out the hotel breakfast and was (unusually) one of the first ones there at 06:30. I had been a bit disappointed from the dinner the night before but the breakfast spread…

I made it to Sydney! After an exhausting 30 hour journey, I am finally in Australia. Last night I was hopeful that I would get a good sleep on my flight to Fiji. Unfortunately that didn’t exactly turn out to be the case. I did manage to get about five hours of sleep, which isn’t…

Two flights down, two more to go! I’m sitting in LAX waiting to board my 23:55 flight to Nadi, Fiji. It’s been a long day already, and I haven’t even made it halfway to Sydney (by distance, that is). I got to the airport in Edmonton earlier than I normally would with the intention of…