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The next 7 months of travelling

We’ve broken the trip into three sections before Christmas, with the option for another one afterwards.

America & Morocco

We’ll be waving goodbye to Sydney and heading for Texas at the end of May.  Then it’s on to Washington DC, slight detour to Orlando, then up the East Coast stopping in New York and Boston.  We’ll then skip across to Morocco and onto Intrepid’s Best of Morocco Tour.

Europe

Despite plenty of travels whilst we lived in the UK, there’s still much of Europe we didn’t get to, so we’re going again.  From Morocco we fly into Geneva and head for Courmayeur in Italy for some hiking.  We’re also hoping on jumping across to the French town of Chamonix for Scott’s Birthday/ Bastille Day celebrations.  From there we head down through Italy to meet mum in Venice for a two week visit packing in Venice, Florence, Tuscany and Rome.  We’ll say Goodbye to mum, then carry on down through Italy before making our way over to Croatia, then overland down to Greece and Turkey over the next few months.

India

Our final stop for the year is India.  We’ll be joining another Intrepid Tour – the Classic Rajasthan for 15 days.  Then there’s a few weeks in India on our own before we head back to NZ for Christmas.

Any tips or recommendations – please let us know!

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Adventure awaits

We’re now less than two weeks from the start of our adventures, and the excitement is definitely building!  So I’m taking a break from the ‘fun’ of packing and cleaning to think about what I’m looking forward to most over the next 7 months of travelling.

  • New York City – the backdrop to so many iconic tv shows and movies, museums, central park, shopping… can’t wait.
  • Being a giant kid at the theme parks in Orlando- you’re never too old for Disney right?
  • Going to a ball game in Boston
  • Souk shopping in Morocco – I may be on a budget, and with limited space but that hasn’t stopped me researching shipping purchases home (mum and dad, look out for some packages!)
  • Hiking in the Alps
  • Spending Bastille Day/ Scott’s birthday in France
  • Exploring Italy with my mum
  • Pompeii – featured heavily in the three years of Latin I studied and somewhere I’ve always wanted to go.
  • Taking time away from working to hopefully figure out what I want to do next
  • Good wine and good food.. It’s no accident we’re travelling extensively in countries known for good wine.
  • Meeting other travelers and sharing stories and travel tips
  • After a year of Scott doing FIFO work, spending a decent amount of time together.
  • The highs and lows of travelling.  Some days we’ll fight, some days we’ll want to do nothing more that veg out and watch movies, and some days we’ll be tired and grumpy.  But then there will be the amazing days- new sights, new friends and travelling the world
  • Washington DC- the heart of US power.
  • Sarajevo- still in high school when war broke out, this area has always held a fascination for me.
  • Staying at AirBNBs around the world and meeting the locals renting out their properties.
  • Getting outdoors – hiking, walking and running with some beautiful scenery rather than cramming an hour in the gym after work.
  • Finding that unexpected place that turns out to be amazing
  • The crowds and craziness of India..
  • Home for Christmas to see family and friends.
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