We were so fortunate to have a week in January to visit Melbourne, Australia along with several friends. We (five of us) invaded Jeff and Sam's house, with rambunctious Bailey (dog pictured) and cuddly Nora (their other dog). They were gracious and generous hosts in this beautiful city including showing us the local market eats (oysters and sausages pictured), the public street art (middle) and beautiful parks (bottom right).
A big highlight included spending two days at the Australian Open which was one of my (Warren's) lifelong goals. Despite the ridiculously hot weather on the first day (106 degrees) it was everybody's first time at the tournament - and we drank in the whole experience!
The matches ranged from scintillating (Ivanovic upsetting Serena Williams) to somewhat boring (Djokovic crushing Fognini) -- the great thing is that you can always wander the grounds to see other matches. We even saw two retired legends - Martina Navratilova and Martina Hingis! Afterwards, we were inspired to go play on the local clay courts and do our best Nadal on clay impression.
An unforgettable experience.
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