Blogs from Woodend, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania

After six wonderful months of exploring parts of the world we have only read about, today we finally headed home. Back in April it was a really exciting feeling as we buckled ourselves into our seats at the start of our adventure. Today the excitement was for a different reason, we were going home. We needed the alarm today to wake us in time to prepare for our 6:50 am flight. It has been the trip of a lifetime with such wonderful memories. Someone recently asked us to name the top two highlights. This was an almost impossible task because there were so many. Perhaps it was the art such as the statue of David or The Last Supper. Maybe famous palaces: the Ahlambra or Hampton Court. We visited churches in many cities, finding Gaudi’s church ... read more

Our Travel Itinery for Europe Daniel's brother, Ed, suggested we put our itinery up on our blog so you can all see where we're planning on going on our journey - we thought that would be a great idea - so here's our plans so far: Wed 30 - Thurs 31st July - UK/London, adjusting to the time difference! Fri 1 Aug - We are taking the train and boat to Holland - leaving London at 6am and arriving in the Hook of Holland at 4.15pm. Fri 1st Aug-Sat 2nd Aug - at Daniel's Aunty and Uncles house (Oom Johan & Tante Nancy) Sun 3rd Aug - Mon 4th Aug - with Beppe in Friesland Tues 5th Aug - Aunty Margerth & Uncle Albert in the Netherlands Wed 6th Aug - we pick up our rental ... read more

Only 12 hours until my first flight leaves... I've realised that trying to get 4 months worth of stuff into one travel pack is not easy (consider about 5 attempts at repacking everything - and one mild hissy fit where I actually threw everything across the room because it wouldn't fit!) but I think it's finally all done now. All I have to remember now is passport and tickets - I think I'm the queen of multiple lists, I'm probably psychotically prepared but I have to be to keep myself sane! Anyway, the next time I write I will hopefully have found my way to Los Angeles and will be enjoying all the fun and excitement of Disneyland. Wish me luck, until next time...... read more