Merry Christmas!…It’s Christmas Day, today in New Zealand!..
Merry Christmas from New Zealand. It feels both familiar and completely different to be writing those words from this side of the...
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It’s Christmas Eve, here in the Southern Hemisphere…A laid back holiday for us…
Tom thanks our many friends/readers who reached out to him with happy birthday wishes; it was yesterday here on this side of...
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Happy birthday, to my dear husband, travel companion and friend…
December 23rd is Tom’s 73rd birthday. Happy birthday, my darling husband. Depending on where you’re standing on the globe, it’s almost his...
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An update…
We arrived in New Zealand a week ago today, though it feels both longer and shorter than that, depending on the moment....
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The revealing reason why….Photo of our new location…
I don’t like sharing this news, but because we’ve always promised transparency in our stories, today I had no choice but...
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We’re baaaaack!…WiFi issues resolved…Kaiwaka, New Zealand…Our new home for the next two months…
Getting here after we disembarked the cruise wasn’t easy, and that’s putting it gently. After weeks of floating predictably from port to...
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Day 46…Port of call…Airlie Beach…Ten key facts about Airlie Beach…Two days until disembarkation…
There’s a particular sensation that settles in during the final stretch of a long cruise, a blend of anticipation and nostalgia,...
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Day 45…Port of call…Cairns, Australia…Ten key facts about Carins…
Note: Today's photos are from our 2015 visit to the Cairns Botanic Gardens. If you'd like to see more of our posts...
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Day 44…Out to sea…Christmas decor in the Windjammer Cafe…
As this 47-night cruise winds down and Saturday creeps closer, I find myself caught between two familiar worlds, the floating, ever-moving pace...
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Day 42…Port of call…Darwin…Ten key facts about Darwin…
We have decided to stay on the ship today while we're docked in Darwin, Australia. Having been here several times over the...
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