Written by Kim – we’re a bit behind so don’t miss Day 36 if you haven’t read it yet It was a big day today but we have limited pictures because we don’t have an underwater camera (guess we should have bought that go pro). We were up early for our snorkeling tour at the […]
Day 36 – Waterfalls and animals, lots of animals (10/22/19)
Written by Alex Wow, what a crazy busy three days! Lots to report so let’s get to it…. On Tuesday morning we decided to take a ride to a small local waterfall, Crystal Cascades. It was about a 20 minute drive and another 20 minute walk on a well paved walkway. Have to get those […]
Day 35 – Exploring Cairns, Kuranda and Port Douglas (10/21/19)
Written by Kim We were up early as usual. Alex worked to connect to a VPN so he could listen to the Giants who unfortunately lost. It was weird listening to Sunday football at 4 am Monday morning. I was working on catching up on laundry before we headed out to see the rainforest. Our […]
Day 34 – G’day Australia! (10/20/19)
Written by Alex Waking up early to sail into Sydney brought on some new excitement. This is something we’ve been waiting to do for so long, it seems almost unreal that we are finally here! It was picture perfect morning to snap pictures from our balcony! Today we are to fly from Sydney up to […]
Day 33 – Our last day on Ovation (10/19/19)
Written by Kim The last day of a cruise is always bittersweet. We had a fantastic time and made so many new friends but time to pull out the suitcases and say our goodbyes. We had breakfast in the main dining room and I finally tried eggs Florentine which were yummy. We went to a […]
Day 32 – Relaxing sea day after fun in New Zealand (10/18/19)
Written by Kim We are enjoying our last 2 sea days before we must disembark in Sydney and begin the last leg of our journey. We had a bit of a lazy day. Sat by the indoor pool and enjoyed the hot tub a bit. It wasn’t very crowded at all. It’s really cool, rainy […]
Day 31 – Beautiful and scenic Picton for wine tasting (10/17/19)
Written by Alex After the breezy, rainy day yesterday in Wellington, we awoke to a picture perfect day at Picton. We had booked a tour to the Marlborough region for wine tasting through Viator. We arrived in Picton about an hour before our tour so walked around this pretty town. A little before 10, we […]
Day 30 – A romantic Scottish day in Wellington (10/16/19)
Written by Kim Despite the cold, rainy, windy day we had lots of fun in Wellington. It was difficult to see the full beauty but we did our best to make lemonade from lemons. We took an electric bike tour today. Surprisingly, it was only Alex and I with our guide Jim and a guide […]
Day 29 – Final sea day before New Zealand! (10/15/19)
Written by Alex I think I speak for Kim also when I say we are ready for some land. It’s not as though we are having a bad time (we aren’t) but I will say that this length cruise is about as long as I’d ever tackle again. Maybe three weeks max. We love to […]
Day 28 – Monday? What Monday?? (10/14/19)
Written by Alex Crossing the International Date Line for the first time is weird. We had been 7 hours behind New Jersey for a few days and suddenly – BOOM – we are 17 hours ahead! Hello Tuesday! The engineer in me had to figure out what happened to our 24 hours. Basically we pick […]