(Glad you're back! Now let's continue with the tale of this day.) Patrise returned from the Māori excursion about 3:30 pm in the...

Today’s post will be the longest yet: not because we did so much, but because there will be more pictures. Therefore, I am writing it in...

Last night we ran into our first day of inclement weather. The winds were over 40 miles per hour and that created rough waves over the...

Second full day at sea and about all I am doing is sleeping. Patrise seems to be going about things in a normal rhythm, but I am sleeping...

Yesterday was our first full day of cruising. It could only be described as a day of rest. We had essentially been on the go every day,...

This was our final day in Sydney, before beginning the cruise portion of our trip. The day could best be described as a “day of waiting.”...

Morning in Sydney: Just as yesterday, we were able to sleep in a bit and start the day quite leisurely. This being our last full day –...

Today was another marvelous day! We started the day quite leisurely, allowing me to sleep in. Our primary agenda item today was to visit...

Today was a marvelous day! We actually had the opportunity to get up, go sightseeing; travel to a mall to pick up a few things, like...

We awoke in the Peninsula Hotel this morning, got dressed and headed to breakfast. We took a last look out of our living room window....

For me, the strangest hotel experience we’ve had so far – not the worst, but the strangest – has been the Peninsula Boutique, here in...

After breakfast, we said goodbye to the Savoy Hotel. Our driver picked us up and we headed to the Melbourne Airport. It was a pleasant...

Today was an exciting day. After all of our stressful activities to actually get to Melbourne, today was the day that we had to enjoy it....

Yesterday, we had cancelled our original flight to Melbourne before we knew I would get a new passport. That flight was scheduled to...

“I will say that Patrise urged me to have faith, to turn this one over to God, since clearly we could not see a way forward.” For regular...

Before I describe today's events, let me post some pictures of Auckland, both as we were approaching the landing and as we were...

We will spend the day in Wellington which is the capital of the Country of New Zealand. Wellington is the second largest city in the...

Without a doubt, this was the slowest day of the trip so far. It could be summed up like this: Ø woke up and packed; Ø had breakfast; Ø...

The morning began at a very reasonable time. We awoke about 7:30 and leisurely went about getting dressed and getting our things...

The morning began very early, about 5:30am, as we had to get ready to meet our driver in the hotel lobby at 6:15. We packed and carried...