Lines and lines of people….

Finally arrived in Barcelona a little bit earlier than scheduled and hopped on the bus taking us to customs. The line is catastrophically long winding like a giant maze throughout the building. So far it’s been over an hour. They have open, 9 of a possible 20 exit gates with more plane loads constantly arriving […]

48 hours to go….

I’m chomping at the bit waiting for the opportunity to select my seat from what’s left on the flight. Amazing how many people must pay the extra to secure a preferred spot. I tossed up if this was viable but decided that really it’s going to be just as bad in any seat for the […]

Countdown to launch off…..

Laying in bed tonight and thinking there’s only three days to go and things are starting to become chaotic. Went down to the bank today to check which of my many cards I should take with me and also to ask about my travel money. I ended spending over an hour but ended up saving […]

How the hell did I get here so quickly?

Once upon a time – or as my grandson Hamish used to say ‘uponce a time’…. I was young, totally unaware of life, enjoying my young innocent childhood – like most people and it was GREAT. Teenage years – well… not my best memories but I did a lot of things – I played a […]

In the beginning….but that’s another story!

After having had such a really awful holiday in 2017 when I managed to break a disc in my neck and returning to Australia 6 painful weeks later to have the disc replaced by a nice new polymer one – I started thinking about my next holiday the following year when I’d finally had my […]

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton