Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Day 1: MLI - DEN - LAX - SYD - AKL








G'day Mates!
It's that time of the year...out of the country I go!  This summer's tour is taking me to Australia & New Zealand for 17 days!  I have 5 students (4 girls, 1 boy -- all graduated seniors) and 3 adult travelers (my 3 M's--Mike, Molly & Mary). We're paired up with 2 other groups:  Texas & Puerto Rico.  Our Tour Director is Adam, born & bred Aussie who has taken good care of us so far!
 As you can see from our flight pattern above, we have a loooooong travel day ahead of us today.  We actually arrive in NZ on Thursday, spend 4 days there and then head over to Oz.  We spend 10 days there and then, instead of heading to Hawaii, we're heading up north to Cairns for 3 days/2 nights, heading to the Great Barrier Reef!!
4th time Down Under, 3rd time with kids on this exact tour...haven't been back for 6 yrs, so will be exciting to see many familiar places...and some new ones!!
So, wish us luck, pray for safe, smooth travels on our many flights and G'Day to all!!
~steph :)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

First comment from your favorite over anxious mom! Hope everyone has the time of their life!! This will be the first birthday I have not spent with Olivia and I am sure this one will outweigh the last 17! Keep her safe and have an amazing time!!!