Getting it all together

Today was a busy day.I picked up Sheldon's suit and the three dress shirts at the dry cleaners.No ironing of dress shirts yeah.Found a couple bottles of Deep Woods Off with 25% Deet. Along with the Malaria Pills we should be all set. I managed to put all our confirmed tours in a binder organized by date& time. I did bump up the time of the tours by 1/2 hour so I can get Sheldon to the places on time. He likes to be the last one to arrive anywhere and he thinks that organized times are for anyone but him. This totally annoys me as I like being early so I fooled him this time, I hope ha ha. I booked a Hovercraft tour in Broome. By the looks of the things we have booked, I think I might need a vacation to rest from the vacation. Oh well...only going this way once. Today I worked at the admission desk at the Ladies Winterlude. I managed to take in a lecture on Travel Tips.Sorry to say, I didn't hear anything I didn't already know. Now I'll try to post a picture of the Hovercraft. Til later mates

I Am So Impressed

I always knew the Nakile staff were awesome and now I am so impressed. I just checked my followers list and they have added Gil to the list. He will be able to follow us on this once of a lifetime trip. What a thoughtful thing to do. Thank you so much. I am sure this will ease his mind wondering what we are doing. Can hardly wait to tease him about learning to be a computer nerd ha ha

Getting there

I am slowly getting things organized. I have finally settled the delima about the voltage converter with my laptop.I contacted Acer support and after several e-mails they told me the currency converts auto. I'll save these e-mails just in case. I have a 3 year warranty and if they are incorrect guess who will replace my computer. Not me. Sunday I'll start the actual packing. I am slowly getting the extra's purchased that I need. Only 20 days left now.

A Wee bit lazy

We love formal nights on the cruise. It is our one time of the year to get really dressed up. We never used to like dressing up and that was one of the reason why we thought we would not like cruising. After our first cruise we found that if you didn't want to dress formal you didn't have to go to the main dining room on formal night, but you could go to the windjammer venue and have the same meal as in the dining room but you could be in casual dress.We have never opted for this however and have always taken our formal wear. On the 12 night cruises there were three formal nights. On this 17 night cruise I don't know how many formal nights there will be but we will go to them all. However, for anyone that knows me well, knows I hate to iron and will avoid it at all costs. Yesterday I took Sheldon's suit to the cleaners. To avoid the ironing, I took his three dress shirts along. I could just as easily have washed and ironed them but I decided not to. Now that chore is finished. Just have to pick them up next week and pack them. How nice is that!

One Happy Traveler

Today I am happy. United Airline posted on their web site that travelers going to the US can now have one carry on bag per person. That sure makes life a lot easier. We had our appointment with VON travel and we have decided that we will not need the Japanese Encephalitis vaccine as we will not be traveling to the inland area of Paupa New Guinea and the chances of contacting this disease is 1 in a million. We also do not need Yellow Fever as we are not coming from a country that has yellow fever. This saves us $2,160 so now I can buy a trinket or two. We've had 2 of our Twinrix shots and we only have one more to go. We do need Malaria pills that we have to start taking just before we leave. It's only 28 days to go. I had previously bought a voltage converter but it is too powerful and would blow my computer. Can't find the size I need in Yarmouth so hopefully Renee can get the size required in Halifax on the weekend. I need to take my camera battery charger to Sky Tech to see if it has a built in converter. After this is settled, I'm pretty well set to go. Time is going by fast now and can't come to soon.

Bring On The Sun

After today's snow, I am really looking forward to the warm weather . It's now 31 days and counting. Our ship will be docked at the Overseas Passenger Terminal which is located between the Harbor Bridge and the Opera House. Our hotel "The Marriott at Circular Quay" is also located within a block or so of the Opera House. We'll be in the thick of all the action and walking distance to the pubs.

A Few Thoughts

I have been thinking a lot about this trip down under. A few years ago when we were much younger our trips seemed to revolve around beaches and having fun. Fun is still important, but the last few trips we have done is about meeting people from other cultures and experiencing new things. We have met and kept in touch with a lot of wonderful people from all walks of life during our travels to Hawaii, Alaska and Europe.Mind you, I still love snorkeling and doing touristy things. Sheldon is a pretty cool traveler and is game for anything but he would never plan ahead and would just go with the flow. I like researching and planning and he laughs at that but I like to know about the places we will be visiting and any obstacles we might run into. Maybe I do go a bit overboard but to me it is fun. We probably won't do everything on our list but at least we have guidelines and options and a general plan. All is pretty well in place now and we have started on our inoculations. On Tuesday we have a consultation with VON Travel.Today I will start a "To do" of things I need to set aside and things I need to purchase. I am going to try and travel light as United Airlines charges for each checked in bag