The Vanderbilts Walkabout Australia: Lessons Learned

Lesson #1- any sport played in Australia is called Footy. Rugby, football, soccer, cricket, bowling... all footy. We've been to a handful of "footy" games, not knowing what we're going to watch, or who we're going to cheer for until we get there (or at least that's how I feel). Our latest footy show was an AFL (Australian football league) game, my favorite of the bunch. Fun to watch, sort of understand the point of the game and Brisbane's team, The Lions, is pretty good. Photos from the footy game...

Lesson #2- Never play barefoot soccer. Jeff joined the KPMG soccer team, The Write-offs (accounting humor at its best). His first game was a weekend long tournament with 4 games on Saturday and 2 games on Sunday. One teammate had the brilliant idea to play a soccer match barefoot... I mean, why not?!? It's like football without pads, boxing without gloves, swimming without a speedo, or bungee jumping without the cord. Who needs shoes? Apparently The Write-off's do. They ended up coming in 2nd place, and Jeff's feet ended up looking like this...

The Write-Offs. Yes, those are KPMG jerseys

Lesson #3- When your wife is a bit lonely and misses home, bring her flowers. Big shout out to Jeff for coming home with flowers and a bottle of wine to cheer me up. Been getting a little homesick lately... but have a wonderful husband and city to keep me distracted.