If the country seemed less charming for a few weeks there, it was probably because pop country superstar Taylor Swift was on the other side of the world playing shows in Australia and Japan. She was so excited about her international travels and her experiences in foreign countries that she logged onto her MySpace blog to share some photos and memories with her fans all across the Internet.

The photos begin in Sydney, with Swift taken in by the city's bright lights and stunning architecture. "I remember last year when we were in Australia for the first time, we went to go see a Coldplay concert on one of our days off," she wrote to accompany one of the photos. "It was at the giant arena there, and I remember thinking 'Wouldn't it be amazing if someday down the line, we could play in this arena?' Playing two nights in that arena less than a year later was something I'll never forget. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Sydney.

Swift didn't just take tourist photos — she also included some performance shots and some backstage pictures of her band, her crew and her friends. There are also a handful of photos from a trip to the beach in Melbourne.

Following seven shows in nine days Down Under, Team Swift made its way to Japan, where the singer played some shows, ate with chopsticks and visited a restaurant that appeared in Quentin Tarantino's film "Kill Bill." She had nothing but warm feelings for the trip to the Far East. "The show in Tokyo was unbelievable and the fans were so welcoming to us everywhere we went," she wrote. "I loved the presents and the letters. I can't wait to go back and play more shows."

She wrapped up the blog with a note that she was glad to be back home, she was writing a lot of songs and that the tour would resume in the U.S. soon.