Gold Coast (or as Ella calls it the "Train Beach")

We took the train and then the train and then the bus to Surfers Paradise last weekend (seven hours in total travel door to door). Could have flown to Singapore in the same time period - that will come later. We selected a fabulous day - clear, sunny, warm but not too hot and we had lost of fun. Discovered that Ella enjoys the water and actually trying to extricate her from the place was a challenge. 

Michelle relived old times as she ponder the last time she was there traveling around Auz before grad school.

Todd just enjoyed the fact that Michelle and Ella were with him in Australia.

Ella with her Japanese fans in the background - she is now all over facebook.

On the train to the beach