It is one month yesterday until I get on the plane to take me to Italy.
Things are coming together nicely. I have the first lot of documents out, and the rest to go this week.
It is now time to start getting excited and time to start looking to see what I need to take, think about a suitcase and what minimal number of things I will take. Also what to take on an electronic front - do I buy a new camera, do I deprive those at home of a camera for a month - and miss some of those great kid moments.
I gave a talk at a local Travel Club on the tour last week - went well - though the feedback was I could have had a few more pictures.
Today is fathers day - Caro got a small Moleskin Diary for me with a wee note and a nice picture of mum and the kids to take with me. Very nice - bought a tear to my eye.
For lunch we went to the recently relocated South Vietnam Restaurant.
They have branched out into Vietnamese Sandwiches which I haven't had since I was in Ho Chi Minh last year one one side and the traditional Pho on the other. Fantastic food - even Ellie gobbled it up, and the traditional Vietnamese Coffee was great - really really recommended.
Speaking of the food we fall in love with while we travel - I was in Christchurch last week at the
House of Travel 20th Birthday Conference. I purposely booked my trip home later so I could tick off the Bill Hammond show - and what a feast it was. Auckland you would be sad it isn;t coming here. The other thing I must do when in Christchurch is have a decent Souvlaki, there are several locations to chose from - and as pictured - it was true to form, tasty and in my book beats a kebab any day.
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