Down Under

So this is the view from my hotel window in Sydney, Australia. Jenny Crusie and I are having an absolutely fabulous time, being treated like queens. I got to ride on a ferry and see the opera house while Poor Jenny worked, but now I think I know where I want to move to.

The Harlequin people are fabulous here --- they threw a Venetian masquerade with people dressed to the nines.

Everyone was quite glorious, and Sister Krissie was in her prime. I had a funky picture of Jenny but I promised not to post it and she'd smother me in my sleep if I did.

We saw koala bears and wallabys and the most amazing butterflies, then flew off to Brisbane this evening for an academic interlude (which I will try to behave at -- since I come from academia I tend to be a bit jaundiced). Then on to New Zealand for the NZ Romance Writers Conference, and eventually home.

In the meantime, I'm having a wonderful time, I adore the people here, and I don't miss anyone at all.

Any of you ever been to Australia and New Zealand? Any of you dying to go?