I can hear you wondering
about the 104 days. Where can they go that takes 104 days? We are going on a ship and sailing from
Sydney all the way back to Sydney.
On Monday, May 20, we
board the Sea Princess ship in Sydney, and sail all around the world. We get
back to Sydney three and a half months later on September 2nd. (thus 104 days)
Tomorrow we head to Brisbane and then north to
Singapore where we turn West through Asia and India (calling in as we go for a
day here and there).
We go through the Suez Canal, visit places in
the Mediterranean, Ireland, England and spend time in the Baltic Area.
We turn West again to the
Faeroe Islands north of Scotland, to New York, the Panama Canal and up to Los
Angeles.
Thence to Hawaii and down
through the Pacific Islands, New Zealand and we head for home.
I will have email on the
ship as our means of staying in contact.
I also hope to write of
travels on this blog: Log in regularly to read what we're doing.
Let us all hope we come
back well and happy in September.
It is now Sunday afternoon
and tomorrow is the big day. The suitcase is almost packed except for the
bundles of things still on the bed. They are all going in willy-nilly as I love
to have with me all my things I’d like to take. I’ve already sorted the
‘rejects’ and put them away again. It’s not like a plane where you have one
suitcase with 23 or even 30 kgs. You can take as much as you like – BUT you’ve
got to carry it to the ship, and then find places to store it all in the
not-so-big cabin – or State Room, as they like to call it.
There is some anxiety as
time runs out. As it’s a long time to be away from home. I have a good lady coming to live in to mind
our apartment and my little dog Lucy. I
only hope they get on well together for all that time. I think that Lucy
suspects what is afoot because of all the packing, suitcases on beds and
unusual activity. While I’m typing this she’s asleep under the desk in my study.
I just hope she doesn’t miss us too much.
Later : It’s done. The
suitcase is closed and all that stuff is IN.
Hope your clothes have elastic waists - after 104 days of 3 meals a day served to you they may come in handy.
ReplyDeleteBon Voyage - have a wonderful journey.