Something to look forward to

Before Christmas, you might have missed it, I posted details of the grand jaunt we are planning to New Zealand at the end of the year.

I know, crazy.

Well, when we travelled back from Housten at the end of October 2019, little did we know that it would be possibly 23 months before we would go on any kind of holiday again.

We have had the time to travel, of course, and since August the money to travel further and more often. But life had other ideas and brought is COVID, and now hardly anyone goes anywhere. Some do, apparently, going skiing or travelling to the US, who would be dumb enough to do that. Julia Hartly Brewer for one. Apparently.

Anyway, on Friday we decided it was time to book the flights. We're fully insured and can change or delay the flights, or add on two weeks isolation in a hotel if needed. We shall see.

We fly out on 2nd December on a drect flight to Sydney, where we have a five hour lay over and then the short hop to Auckland.

We return at the end of January.

Just so you know how serious we are, we paid in full and I have selected our seats for the out and return flights.

Bloody serious.

Just hope it is going to happen.

In preparation, I have ordered a field guide to NZ orchids, and have joined a group on FB for hints and general orchid-porn.

OK, getting excited just writing about it.