A Long Pause

Yes its been a very very long time between posts. 

I started this blog just before we took our first cruise Europe in 2015 and then life got in the way, and then I completely forgot it!- Social media posts seemed the easiest way to share our travels but recently Ive had an urge to write more than would be appropriate for a Facebook post and definitely more than could ever be said in an Instagram post.

 Last week I saw a meme on Facebook and it reminded me about this blog that Id started long ago - and really looking back at my past posts they aren't really what Id like to achieve now .

Of course now we are completely between trips- but are we?? That 2015 trip was supposed to be a once in a lifetime trip but what it did was renew our previous joy of travel and just made us want to travel more. 

And travel we have. We've been back to Europe three times since 2015 despite being stuck within New Zealand due to Covid restrictions that lasted nearly 3 years. 

We made good use of those three years though, travelling when we could extensively throughout New Zealand in both the North and the South Islands allowing us to remember that the scenery here at home is hard to beat .

In 2017 we took a road trip to Italy and the UK, and then in 2019, a River Cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest, and just this year a month long road trip in France. This trip was originally planned for 2020 but for obvious reasons had to be cancelled. I took the opportunity to add a little bit to the original itinerary and in May this year we flew to Milan and spent 5 days on Lake Como , taking a side trip to tick off a bucket list item - The Bernina Express from Tirano to St Moritz, before continuing to France.

On returning, initially the jetlag was so bad we decided not to go anywhere far next year, but within weeks we saw the light and now we are booked on a 15 night cruise on the Oceania Insignia leaving from Barcelona and ending in Southhampton in June next year . More details on that to come.

So for now - posts here will recall past trips,  discuss the planning for next year, and cover any local trips we might make (In fact we have one starting tomorrow) in the mean time.