Two of our good friends moved to Melbourne, Australia for grad school earlier this month. It's pretty cool that they were able to apply for schools and get everything worked out in order to move to another country.

We're going to visit them sometime this year, most likely at the end of September and into the first half of October. It's the start of their spring in October and airfare is significantly cheaper than in November or December. It all depends on their schedule though. They said there's plenty of room in their place for us to stay, which will save us a ton of money.

We're thinking we'd spend about a week or so in Melbourne and then a few more days in Sydney. We'll probably be gone a total of two weeks when you count the time it takes to fly back and forth. It'll be nice to hang out with them in their new city and have them show us around and be a tour guide of sorts. The weather should be decent too.

We're really looking forward to it. It'll be the biggest and longest trip we've ever taken. It'll also be the first time for me to be outside of the United States (assuming I don't visit Canada before then). We can't wait to visit them in Australia! Now if only we could figure out a way to fit New Zealand in there...