January 2024 - Cruising from Sydney to Auckland then relaxing in Rye
Another year has started and, with it, we kicked off our first trip – a cruise on the Viking Orion from Sydney to Auckland. My Dad had booked this cruise but was not well enough to go and asked us to go in his place. We didn’t need to be asked twice! We missed our eldest’s birthday (he turned 28) but he and his fiancée were holidaying in Singapore anyway so I didn’t need to feel badly about that! Their wedding is at the end of the year so I will have a married child this time next year. Wow – when did I get that old??! The cruise was fun. The timing wasn’t great as it coincided with the other 3 kids and partners being on holidays. We ordinarily would have had lots of family time at Rye but, instead, we were sailing the High Seas! Also, we would not have chosen to cruise so soon after the cruise to Antarctica. Having said all that, we enjoyed it. We flew to Sydney (an adventure in itself as wild storms closed Melbourne airport twice whilst we were there!) By the time we arrived at the V...