Blogs from Fairlight, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

Hello All The suitcases are back in the cupboard and we are back into our normal routine! Lovely being back with family and friends, in our own home and sleeping in our own bed.....but I miss the adventure and the break from the mundane. Waking in the morning and moving on. Packing those suitcases again and wondering how I was going to get all that 'stuff' back to Aussie. How did I in the end? I bought two new suitcases with 4 wheels each which I could push with one hand (luckily I have two!) - the old one was cactus anyway. And because we were travelling round the world and stopping in L.A. on the way back we were allowed two bags weighing 23kg each. oh joy. Could've bought everything I saw in UK but ... read more

Booked the last flight , hotel and hire car. Raided all the travel shops and bought half the shop! Read all the 'hints and tips' I can find - how am I going to carry all this stuff.! Itinerary, tickets and paper print outs weight a ton - what about the clothes! Had a last minute panic about how number one son will cope while we are away (I can hear him now"don't worry mum - I won't have HUGE parties!") Getting two back teeth out next week - just hope the swelling's gone down before I get on the plane. Then there is the 'what to take' issue. It could be boiling in Thailand, hot or very wet in UK, in the 20's in Russia and who knows what in Europe? By November the temp ... read more