Happy 303 Day!
TA is fired
For our Retirement trip, we chose a local Travel Agent. It was a big trip and we thought it would be helpful. Spoiler: It. Was. Not. We don’t want to write a review, but I want to share some points. So, she is fired. We didn’t thank her at all. We declined to meet with…
Days 89-94: San Francisco, California Zephyr
Day 89 – San Francisco 2.0 We were supposed to wait for our Global Entry interview, but there was a sign-in sheet and an hour wait. Our driver was already there (he was a tad bit early, but this was mostly another Travel Agent blunder since she never accounted for us needing to go through…
Days 85-88: Fiji deluge and fucking kids fucking everywhere
Day 85 – getting to Fiji and our first night Our first flight on Fiji Airways was great. They do a strange push for duty-free purchases, but the tech and service were both very nice. Too bad they don’t fly more places! It made us even more excited to take them on the longer flight…
Days 74-84: back to Sydney, Opera House shows
Day 74 – fly? yes? no? maybe. Unsurprisingly, they showed up for our luggage at the original time. We explained; they said they’d come back. There are luggage holds with areas for marina or airport that are grouped by time. It’s a pretty good system, but with our change unchanged, we didn’t trust it. After…
Days 70-73: Hamilton Island deluge
a total deluge on Hamilton Island held us prisoners
Days 62-69: Sydney 1of2, Brisbane
Day 62 – Melbourne to Sydney We had breakfast, packed up, and went to a bougie shopping area. We found the Lego store; those are always fun. The mall had a lot of cool stuff to see beyond just the stores. We found a cute (and busy!) Thai place for lunch. After that, we used…
Days 58-61: Australia! Melbourne, Penguins
Day 58 – Christchurch, New Zealand to Melbourne, Australia Our plane (Qantas) from Christchurch to Melbourne was way too hot and crowded (fully booked, tiny seats). He was supposed to have a window, but it was that one weird spot where not only was there not a window, the spot where it should be jutted…
Days 54-57: Fox Glacier, Greymouth, Christchurch II
Day 54 – Queenstown to Fox Glacier Our drive from Queenstown to Fox Glacier was another cloudy and gray one. After we checked in, we drove the 20 minutes over to the view point of Fox Glacier. It was about as womp-womp as we expected. Be it tiny, the town has a few places for…
Days 51-53: Queenstown, Milford Sound
Day 51: drive to Queenstown This was a “different” New Zealand than what we had experienced so far. The dreary duldrums were gone by the time we woke up. Finally, it looked like the New Zealand we expected. One stop on our drive to Queenstown was to see the Roaring Meg. The force of the…