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Sailing in Scandinavia – Part 1
Back on the Sea It feels like a lifetime since our last cruise, but in reality, it was only eight months ago. Between that time and now, we spent a month in Australia, and even that trip feels like a distant memory. I have a theory that travelling and immediately returning to work shifts your focus to the present moment,…
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Our Month in Australia – Final
The Final Weeks I’m going to be wrapping up this final installment and cover almost two full weeks of our Month in Australia, so it’s going to go over a lot of ground. I’m starting to write this section as we’ve been in Brisbane for 3 days, and by the time I’m finished writing, we would have been in two…
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Our Month in Australia – Part 3
The Car As there are six of us, we wouldn’t have been able to get around without us having our rental car. We’ve now gone to several places and have taken two cars. I honestly don’t know how we would have done anything without a 2nd car. In an ideal situation, we would have rented a seven-passenger car so we…
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Our Month in Austraila – Part 2
Flight Worries, Weather Worries When we boarded the flight in Vancouver on our way to Australia, most of us wondered if we would experience any turbulence as we flew over Cyclone Alfred, which was directly in our flight path as we approached the Sydney airport. This turned out to be a non-issue as the flight took a slight diversion around…
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Our Month in Australia – Part 1
Long Time Planning Planned further in advance than any trip in memory, our return to Australia started almost two years ago. I remember it all like it was yesterday. It was in May of 2023 when I made a promise to my cousin to soon make a return trip back to Australia. In reality, we would have eventually gotten around…
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Our Excellent Return to the Sea – Final
Transition Day Today is Saturday the 19th, and the whole ship is in transition. About 95% of the passengers have disembarked as they only booked a seven-day cruise ending in Civaateccia. Right now, the whole ship feels very empty as there are only ten cabins, including us, who have booked 14 days. The crew is extremely busy emptying out and…
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Our Excellent Return to the Sea – Part 4
It’s been six days since I last wrote anything about our trip, which is unusual for a three-week vacation. I always bring my laptop with me, and I try to write a little every day, especially in the early morning when Barb is still asleep. I’m going to catch up on most of the things that have occurred over the…
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Our Excellent Return to the Sea – Part 3
Sick It’s not unheard of for any of us to get sick while traveling. It doesn’t happen on every trip and when it has occurred in the past it’s more or less just been an inconvenience and recovery is often very quick. This isn’t one of those trips. As of this writing on Sunday morning, I’ve been sick for about…
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Our Excellent Return to the Sea – Part 2
The Island Our flights from Vancouver to Santorini were uneventful, but it’s always tiring to travel so far, and fully getting over jet lag will take some time. It’s a 9-hour time difference from Vancouver, and it always takes a toll and a day or two to start sleeping normally. I’m writing this section at 6 AM on the first…
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Our Excellent Return to the Sea – Part 1
Barb and I were reminiscing how it’s been 30 years since we first visited Santorini. It was in 1994 when we traveled to the Greek Islands and the Mediterranean on our honeymoon, seeing the world for the first time with fresh eyes and jumpstarting our 30-year love of travel. Who knew back then that we would get to see so…
